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ElectionLine’s View From Abroad: CBC News Correspondent Richard Madan Says “Pleasant” Canadians Have Edge Over “Divided” U.S. Networks

Richard Madan, the award-winning Washington D.C. correspondent for Canada’s CBC News, looks ahead to covering the presidential election.

CBC News has a duty to impartiality and Madan is scrupulously neutral during our Zoom interview, watching his words carefully when talking about Trump and Joe Biden ’s respective regimes. He forecasts that viewers will see equal time given to Trump and Biden, more rigorous fact-checking, policy deep dives, and a new wave of disinformation correspondents who interrogate conspiracy theories as they take root. Madan suspects that the Canadian prime minister would favor a Biden victory, but he says Trump could be a useful foil for Trudeau as he looks to boost his poll numbers ahead of next year’s federal election.

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