Yep.
It is right out of the tyrant playbook, just adapted for the modern world.
Today's podcasts are, in many ways, similar to the media of a century ago. The most tyrannical regimes took control of the media, i.e. the information that the people could see.
North Korea does not likely have a free press. Of course, we could make that case for most of the west also.
A few years back, I sold my house, my design firm, and all my Junior League ball gowns to take my shot at studying Architectural Design abroad. From my first waking day on English soil, what I heard and read blew my mind. To my surprise, the news perspective was dissimilar to that of my country of birth, USA.
In fact, whenever America got tangled up in another controversy or the President misstepped before her late Majesty, Queen Elizabeth, I would, as they say in my home state, catch holy hell from my Belgravia, London neighbors.
It was politcal whiplash for me. I thought I knew what I believed to be true. I was wrong. As you say, @taskmaster4450le, purposed like the media of a century ago, it doesn't report the level facts. Whomever owns the media, owns the message.
Yep. The problem is that, with Canada, it isnt going to matter. The owner of the platform (or media) answers to the gov't. This means that they are able to push the propaganda where they wanted.
If more Americans would go abroad, they would learn how blind they truly are.