National Post

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The '''''National Post''''' (whose anagram "Anal Spittoon" could not be more apt) is a [[Canada|Canadian]] daily newspaper founded in 1998 by Conrad Black (a 
Canadian
 [[UK|British]]<ref group="note">Black was a Canadian-born dual citizen, but renounced his Canadian citizenship to avoid controversy when taking up a British peerage. See [https://web.archive.org/web/20180104053917/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/conrad-black-to-renounce-canadian-citizenship-1.255288 "Conrad Black to renounce Canadian citizenship," CBC, May 19, 2001, updated May 19, 2001, retrieved Jan. 4, 2018.]</ref> fraudster and the answer to [[Rupert Murdoch]]) with the intent of countering what he saw as the "[[liberal media|over-liberalizing]]" of editorial policies of newspapers in the country. It was built from the bones of the ''Financial Post'', which Black bought from Sun Media (Canada's answer to News Corp) in 1997.<ref>[http://www.lib.uwo.ca/programs/generalbusiness/newspaperorigins.html Canadian Newspapers and their Origins], Western</ref> Given this pedigree, its editorial stance tends toward the [[reactionary]] end of the [[conservative]] spectrum, but due to the sober (if not always neutral) tone of its news reporting, the ''[[Toronto Sun]]'' and its exclamatory headlines beat it for the title of Canada's answer to the ''[[New York Post]]''.

Its owner Postmedia also owns most of the provincial newspapers (including both of [[British Columbia]]'s papers) and maintains an iron grip on their editorial content (hence the reactionary slant). One of the most infamous cases of this was the ''Edmonton Journal'' endorsing the widely reviled Progressive Conservative party in the 2015 [[Alberta]] election without its writers knowing.<ref>[http://canadalandshow.com/article/postmedia-told-edmonton-journal-endorse-jim-prentice-says-edmonton-journal/ "Postmedia Told Edmonton Journal to Endorse Jim Prentice, Says Edmonton Journal"]</ref>

==Notable editorial staff==
===Barbara Kay===
{{cquote|Barbara Kay is defending a CEO caught kicking a puppy. The universe is unfolding as it should.|||Ivor Tossell<ref>[http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2014/09/03/bkay-on-dogs-sacrificing-a-ceo-on-a-doggie-love-altar/ If you were curious…]</ref>}}

Kay is an anti-[[feminist]] and [[men's rights movement|MRA]]<ref>[http://www.avoiceformen.com/a-voice-for-men/barbara-kay-presentation-to-the-international-conference-on-mens-issues-2014/ "Barbara Kay's presentation to the International Conference on Men's Issues 2014"]</ref> cut from the [[Kinder, Küche, Kirche|same cloth]] as [[Phyllis Schlafly]]. She has written pieces decrying all the requisite targets: [[Birth control#Highly effective|oral contraception]],<ref>[http://network.nationalpost.com/NP/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2010/05/05/barabara-kay-the-pill-at-50-still-not-making-women-happy.aspx "The pill at 50: Still not making women happy"]</ref> [[abortion]],<ref>[http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/06/10/barbara-kay-the-abortion-issue-we-re-ignoring.aspx "The abortion issue we're ignoring"]</ref>, trans rights (albeit on [[The Post Millennial]])<ref>[https://www.canadalandshow.com/barbara-kay-quotes-neo-nazi-to-justify-attack-on-trans-identity/ "Barbara Kay Quotes Neo-Nazi To Justify Attack On Trans Identity"]</ref>, and women not eschewing [[education]] and careers in favor of prolific maternity.<ref>[http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2010/10/20/barbara-kay-the-coming-demographic-crisis-%E2%80%94-too-much-school-not-enough-babies/ "The coming demographic crisis: Too much school, not enough babies"]</ref> Of course, it's not complete without a good shot of denying [[rape culture]].<ref>[http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2014/02/28/barbara-kay-rape-culture-and-the-delusions-of-the-feminist-mind/ "Rape culture and the delusions of the feminist mind"] (Indeed, they're [http://www.vancouversun.com/reorients+frosh+events+wake+rape+chant+scandal/10135348/story.html totally] [http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/carleton-student-leaders-apologize-for-mocking-safe-space-policy-1.2758975 hallucinating] about these things!)</ref> Oh, and the whole "[[Eurabia|Quebecistan]]" thing.

She [[nepotism|happens to be the mother]] of the ''Post's'' former editorial pages editor and present [redacted] grand pooh-bah Jonathan Kay, who ''really'' needed to do his job at the ''Post'' better.

===Terrence Corcoran===
So warped out of his mind that we implore you to search him yourself just to get a laugh.

===John Ivison===
See Corcoran.

===Christie Blatchford===
See Ivison.

===John Robson===
A [[denialist]] [[wingnut]] who used to write for ''[[Toronto Sun|The Rebel]]'', if that tells you anything. <ref>https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/robson-pellerin/the-environment-a-true-story</ref><ref>https://thejohnrobson.com/blog/2017/8/15/parting-ways-with-the-rebel</ref>

==="''National Post'' editorial board"===
If a commentator is apparently too shy to attach a name to a piece, but not shy enough to have it printed, it will be credited to the "National Post editorial board."

Some notable examples of of this practice include:
*"Women's Studies is still with us" (January 26, 2010)<ref>[http://www.nationalpost.com/story.html?id=2484139 Yes, and they will still be here as long as you publish columns like this.]</ref> — Accuses Women's Studies courses of promoting "[[radical feminism]]." The aforementioned Barbara Kay came to the defense of 
herself
 the mystery author in the wake of negative response to the piece.<ref>[http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2010/02/02/barbara-kay-women-s-studies-courses-are-political-activism-not-academic-scholarship.aspx "Women's studies are political activism, not academic scholarship"]</ref> 
 
*"Canadians should pay for the Internet they use" (February 2, 2011)<ref>[http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2011/02/02/national-post-editorial-board-people-should-pay-for-the-internet-they-use/ "People should pay for the Internet they use"]</ref> — Defense of a now-declawed regulatory decision mandating a usage-based billing model for all Canadian ISPs apparently written by someone with a poor understanding of how [[internet]] technology works. The decision sparked widespread protest from Canadians and was roundly opposed by every major political party in the country.<ref>[http://stopthemeter.ca/ Stopthemeter.ca]</ref>

==Comments section of ''NP'' online==
Just in case anyone had any doubt that Canada, like [[America]], has a [[fringe]] right, the comments section of the ''National Post'' online should clear that up. For many of these posters the ''Post'' isn't conservative enough as it is. The top rated comments are usually very [[nationalist]]ic and are oddly prone to [[conspiracy theories]] and [[logical fallacies]] such as [[No True Scotsman]]:

{{cquote|Getting sick and tired of the media calling these islamic terrorists 'Canadians.' 'Canadian'? Yeah right. No real-Canadian would be participating in such acts of terror.|||On a story about Canadian [[terrorist]]s<ref>[http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/06/14/ndp-launches-filibuster-against-would-be-tory-bill-to-strip-terrorists-of-canadian-citizenship/ "NDP launches filibuster against would-be Tory bill to strip terrorists of Canadian citizenship"]</ref>}}

{{cquote|Guess what lefties, the more you make him out to be a regular guy, the more the people will support him. If the cops are investigating him, it's because the unions and communists, that want to run Toronto, have ordered it.|||On Toronto Mayor [[Rob Ford]] being investigated in a crack-trafficking ring<ref>[http://www.reddit.com/r/toronto/comments/1nrl64/special_toronto_police_squad_formed_to/ccle1xr The commies are colluding with the police!]</ref>}}

==See also==
*''[[Wall Street Journal]]'' — Both it and the ''National Post'' are big on [[style over substance]] (Authoritative-looking and readable throughout the non-opinion sections, then the loss of all sanity afterwards.)

==External links==
*[http://nationalpost.com/ ''National Post'']
*[http://www.cracked.com/article_20522_the-5-ballsiest-lies-mainstream-media-passed-off-as-fact_p2.html? The ''Post'''s largest fuck-up.] 
*[http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2014/01/11/paul-russell-could-it-be-that-residential-schools-werent-so-bad/ Could it be that eugenics and the killing of 4000 children weren't so bad?] Or could it be that we're an awful newspaper?  You decide!

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