Jul 14, 2026 · 41 min · 11 segments
For those who pay close attention to the news media in Canada, one company becomes quickly notorious for its openly ideological project. Postmedia, a company owned by a New Jersey hedge fund, is the…
Jeremy AppelGuestScott MartinHost[rock music] Welcome to The North State, the podcast that punches through the noise of the Canadian news media ecosystem.
It's not a malevolent room of cigar-chomping demons deciding how best to lie to the populace.
Rather, it is a systemic issue with entrenched biases, fealty to state policy, and an allegiance to capitalist ideals.
Whether this presents itself in small business environments, public broadcasting, private corporations, or those with shareholders, there's always an ideology at play.
But those who have followed this show, and news media criticism in general, have noticed this ideology is not always a low rumbling throughout the newsroom.
Postmedia in particular is a news media corporation that has increasingly been pushing polarization from the right.
The company is owned by a hedge fund based in New Jersey, owned by Anthony Melchiorri, an ally of Donald Trump and a Republican donor who also n- owns the National Enquirer.
Here to discuss Postmedia, their right-wing slant, and his new piece in Ricochet Media delving into this subject is the Albertan independent journalist behind The Orchard, Jeremy Appel.
Read the full transcript.
Create an account to read the whole episode, search across every transcript, and follow the shows you care about.
[rock music] Welcome to The North State, the podcast that punches through the noise of the Canadian news media ecosystem.
It's not a malevolent room of cigar-chomping demons deciding how best to lie to the populace.
Rather, it is a systemic issue with entrenched biases, fealty to state policy, and an allegiance to capitalist ideals.
Whether this presents itself in small business environments, public broadcasting, private corporations, or those with shareholders, there's always an ideology at play.
But those who have followed this show, and news media criticism in general, have noticed this ideology is not always a low rumbling throughout the newsroom.
Postmedia in particular is a news media corporation that has increasingly been pushing polarization from the right.
The company is owned by a hedge fund based in New Jersey, owned by Anthony Melchiorri, an ally of Donald Trump and a Republican donor who also n- owns the National Enquirer.
Here to discuss Postmedia, their right-wing slant, and his new piece in Ricochet Media delving into this subject is the Albertan independent journalist behind The Orchard, Jeremy Appel.
