Type of site | News website |
|---|---|
| Available in | English |
| Owner | The Breach |
| Editors |
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| URL | breachmedia |
| Commercial | No |
| Launched | March 2021 |
The Breach is a Canadiannews website launched on 10 March 2021 to provide reader- and viewer-supported reporting, analysis, and videos on issues such asracism,extremism,economic inequality,colonialism, andclimate change.
The Breach is a successor toThe Dominion, an independent, non-profit publication launched in 2003.[1] Breach Media is a client of Indiegraf, a private media platform who chairs the Canadian Journalism Collective (CJC).[2][3]
The Breach promises to provide "adversarial", investigative journalism that exposes injustices more vigorously than corporate newspapers or theCBC, Canada's public broadcaster. "We believe journalism can be credible while still open about its commitments: to inspire action, tell stories about people remaking society, and amplify visions of a new world to win together",The Breach announced on its website.[4][5]
In Parliament,Elizabeth May of theGreen Party cited reporting fromThe Breach showing close ties between the federal government and Canada's oil and gas industry, a subject the publication pursued in later stories.[6][7]The Breach was credited by CBC for reportingConservative leaderPierre Poilievre was participating incash-for-access set up bylobbyist fundraisers despite calling them useless.[8][9] After it was reported that there wasforeign interference from thegovernment of India in2022 Conservative Party leadership race,The Walrus citied an article from theThe Breach pointing to deepening ties between Poilievre's Conservatives andHindu nationalist groups supportive of India Prime MinisterNarendra Modi.[10][11]
Its contributors include:[4]
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