The world may be losing its mind, but it’s at least generously inviting us to watch
Narrated by Jared Moore
Art by Daniel Medina
Text published 11/10/25:
Orwell Watch: The Great Canadian "Ostrich Cull"
On Friday, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation anchor Andrew Nichols tossed to correspondent Caroline Barghout in Edgewood, British Columbia for one of the most uncomfortable on-site TV reports ever. Barghout spends an agonizing minute and six seconds searching for creative ways to deliver a story about the Canadian government gunning down 330 ostriches without using key words like “kill” or “dead.”
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