Steve Paikin hosts weekly podcast in cooperation with Village Media
Eleven left-rated Canadian outlets published digests about the programme on 3 October 2026.
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Steve Paikin hosts weekly podcast in cooperation with Village Media
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What this story says
- Steve Paikin hosts a weekly podcast called "The Paikin Podcast".
- The programme airs every Saturday morning.
- It is produced in cooperation with Village Media.
- Eleven left-rated Canadian news outlets published digests about the podcast on 3 October 2026.
Who covered it
Percentages are shares of the 12 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. Coverage measured .
Trust
30/100
Craft
59/100
Hype
55/100
12 sources · methodology
Thin on the right so far
None of the 12 outlets with a published leaning rating that ran this story are rated right.
This story is still being watched, so it is a count and not yet a finding. Coverage keeps arriving for hours after an event, and a side that has published nothing this morning may publish by tonight. If it is still true when we stop checking, we will say so plainly.
Steve Paikin hosts a weekly podcast titled "The Paikin Podcast". The programme airs every Saturday morning and is produced in cooperation with Village Media. Paikin is described in the reports as one of Canada's most respected journalists.
Coverage
What the left emphasised Eleven left-rated Canadian news outlets published identical digests about "The Paikin Podcast" on 3 October 2026. All reports stated that Steve Paikin hosts the podcast, that it airs every Saturday morning, and that it is produced in cooperation with Village Media. Paikin was described as "one of Canada's most respected journalists" in each digest. The headline used by all eleven outlets was "THE PAIKIN PODCAST: How bad is it for Pierre Poilievre's Conservatives?".
Omissions
No centre- or right-rated outlets published reports on this story. The digests from the left-rated outlets did not mention the specific content or any guests of "The Paikin Podcast".
Still developing. We have re-checked which outlets are covering this 7 times, most recently on 3 Oct 2026, 14:30, and will add the sides that appear.
How each side covered it
Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.
Left
12 rated outlets
- The left-rated outlets focused on Steve Paikin's podcast, "The Paikin Podcast: How to survive losing a child." All 12 digests stated the podcast is featured every Saturday morning.
- The digests reported the podcast is in cooperation with Village Media. They also noted Steve Paikin is a respected journalist.
- No other details were provided in these digests about the podcast's content or Paikin's involvement beyond its weekly airing.
Centre
0 rated outlets
No outlet rated centre has run this story so far. We are still checking, and will say plainly if that does not change.
Right
0 rated outlets
No outlet rated right has run this story so far. We are still checking, and will say plainly if that does not change.
Questions about this coverage
- How did the left and right cover Steve Paikin hosts weekly podcast in cooperation with Village Media?
- Of the 12 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 100% are rated left, 0% are rated centre, 0% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
- Is Steve Paikin hosts weekly podcast in cooperation with Village Media left or right?
- The story itself is neither. What can be counted is who has covered it, and 100% of the 12 rated outlets on it are rated left — so far this is a story carried mostly by the left. Coverage is still arriving and that can change, which is why the figure is dated rather than fixed.
- Is the coverage of Steve Paikin hosts weekly podcast in cooperation with Village Media biased?
- Steve Paikin hosts weekly podcast in cooperation with Village Media is one event reported by 12 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.
- Which side is not reporting Steve Paikin hosts weekly podcast in cooperation with Village Media?
- When we first saw this story, outlets rated right had barely covered it. Coverage accretes for hours after an event, so that is where to look rather than a verdict — the split above is the current count, and it is the one to read.
- Which outlets covered Steve Paikin hosts weekly podcast in cooperation with Village Media?
- 12 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.
- Who hosts "The Paikin Podcast"?
- Steve Paikin hosts "The Paikin Podcast". He is described as one of Canada's most respected journalists. The programme airs weekly in cooperation with Village Media.
- When does "The Paikin Podcast" air?
- "The Paikin Podcast" airs every Saturday morning. The programme is produced in cooperation with Village Media. Eleven left-rated Canadian news outlets published digests about the podcast on 3 October 2026.
- Which news outlets reported on the podcast?
- Eleven left-rated Canadian news outlets published digests about "The Paikin Podcast" on 3 October 2026. These included SooToday.com, Barrie Today, Orillia Matters, Sudbury, Bay Today, Guelph Today, ElliotLakeToday.com, StratfordToday.ca, Bradford Today, Timmins Today, and flamboroughtoday.com.
Read it at the source
36 outlets, grouped by the leaning a published rating gives them. Every headline links to the original; an underlined outlet name opens our profile of that publisher.
Left
36- THE PAIKIN PODCAST: How bad is it for Pierre Poilievre's Conservatives? (opens Thorold Today in a new tab)
Thorold Today — is Thorold Today biased? Our profile of this outletOpinion
- THE PAIKIN PODCAST: How bad is it for Pierre Poilievre's Conservatives? (opens flamboroughtoday.com in a new tab)
flamboroughtoday.com — is flamboroughtoday.com biased? Our profile of this outletOpinion
- THE PAIKIN PODCAST: How bad is it for Pierre Poilievre's Conservatives? (opens Timmins Today in a new tab)
Timmins Today — is Timmins Today biased? Our profile of this outletOpinion
- THE PAIKIN PODCAST: How bad is it for Pierre Poilievre's Conservatives? (opens Bradford Today in a new tab)
Bradford Today — is Bradford Today biased? Our profile of this outletOpinion
- THE PAIKIN PODCAST: How bad is it for Pierre Poilievre's Conservatives? (opens StratfordToday.ca in a new tab)
StratfordToday.ca — is StratfordToday.ca biased? Our profile of this outletOpinion
- THE PAIKIN PODCAST: How bad is it for Pierre Poilievre's Conservatives? (opens ElliotLakeToday.com in a new tab)
ElliotLakeToday.com — is ElliotLakeToday.com biased? Our profile of this outletOpinion
- THE PAIKIN PODCAST: How bad is it for Pierre Poilievre's Conservatives? (opens Guelph Today in a new tab)
Guelph Today — is Guelph Today biased? Our profile of this outletOpinion
- THE PAIKIN PODCAST: How bad is it for Pierre Poilievre's Conservatives? (opens Bay Today in a new tab)
Bay Today — is Bay Today biased? Our profile of this outletOpinion
Show 28 more
- THE PAIKIN PODCAST: How bad is it for Pierre Poilievre's Conservatives? (opens Sudbury in a new tab)
Sudbury — is Sudbury biased? Our profile of this outletOpinion
- THE PAIKIN PODCAST: How bad is it for Pierre Poilievre's Conservatives? (opens Orillia Matters in a new tab)
Orillia Matters — is Orillia Matters biased? Our profile of this outletOpinion
- THE PAIKIN PODCAST: How bad is it for Pierre Poilievre's Conservatives? (opens Barrie Today in a new tab)
Barrie Today — is Barrie Today biased? Our profile of this outletOpinion
- THE PAIKIN PODCAST: How bad is it for Pierre Poilievre's Conservatives? (opens SooToday.com in a new tab)
SooToday.com — is SooToday.com biased? Our profile of this outletOpinion
- THE PAIKIN PODCAST: How 9/11 kickstarted the decline of the American empire (opens haltonhillstoday.ca in a new tab)
haltonhillstoday.ca — is haltonhillstoday.ca biased? Our profile of this outletOpinion
- THE PAIKIN PODCAST: How 9/11 kickstarted the decline of the American empire (opens Timmins Today in a new tab)
Timmins TodayOpinion
- THE PAIKIN PODCAST: How 9/11 kickstarted the decline of the American empire (opens Bay Today in a new tab)
Bay TodayOpinion
- THE PAIKIN PODCAST: How 9/11 kickstarted the decline of the American empire (opens Sudbury in a new tab)
SudburyOpinion
- THE PAIKIN PODCAST: How 9/11 kickstarted the decline of the American empire (opens Elora Fergus Today in a new tab)
Elora Fergus Today — is Elora Fergus Today biased? Our profile of this outletOpinion
- THE PAIKIN PODCAST: How 9/11 kickstarted the decline of the American empire (opens Thorold Today in a new tab)
Thorold TodayOpinion
- THE PAIKIN PODCAST: How 9/11 kickstarted the decline of the American empire (opens Collingwood Today in a new tab)
Collingwood Today — is Collingwood Today biased? Our profile of this outletOpinion
- THE PAIKIN PODCAST: How 9/11 kickstarted the decline of the American empire (opens Midland Today in a new tab)
Midland Today — is Midland Today biased? Our profile of this outletOpinion
- THE PAIKIN PODCAST: How 9/11 kickstarted the decline of the American empire (opens Orillia Matters in a new tab)
Orillia MattersOpinion
- THE PAIKIN PODCAST: How 9/11 kickstarted the decline of the American empire (opens SooToday.com in a new tab)
SooToday.comOpinion
- THE PAIKIN PODCAST: How to survive losing a child (opens Thorold Today in a new tab)
Thorold Today
- THE PAIKIN PODCAST: How to survive losing a child (opens Guelph Today in a new tab)
Guelph Today
- THE PAIKIN PODCAST: How to survive losing a child (opens StratfordToday.ca in a new tab)
StratfordToday.ca
- THE PAIKIN PODCAST: How to survive losing a child (opens haltonhillstoday.ca in a new tab)
haltonhillstoday.ca
- THE PAIKIN PODCAST: How to survive losing a child (opens CambridgeToday.ca in a new tab)
CambridgeToday.ca — is CambridgeToday.ca biased? Our profile of this outlet
- THE PAIKIN PODCAST: How to survive losing a child (opens Oakville News in a new tab)
Oakville News — is Oakville News biased? Our profile of this outlet
- THE PAIKIN PODCAST: How to survive losing a child (opens flamboroughtoday.com in a new tab)
flamboroughtoday.com
- THE PAIKIN PODCAST: How to survive losing a child (opens burlingtontoday.com in a new tab)
burlingtontoday.com — is burlingtontoday.com biased? Our profile of this outlet
- THE PAIKIN PODCAST: How to survive losing a child (opens The NOTL Local in a new tab)
The NOTL Local — is The NOTL Local biased? Our profile of this outlet
- THE PAIKIN PODCAST: How to survive losing a child (opens ElliotLakeToday.com in a new tab)
ElliotLakeToday.com
- THE PAIKIN PODCAST: How to survive losing a child (opens Bay Today in a new tab)
Bay Today
- THE PAIKIN PODCAST: How to survive losing a child (opens Sudbury in a new tab)
Sudbury
- THE PAIKIN PODCAST: How to survive losing a child (opens Orillia Matters in a new tab)
Orillia Matters
- THE PAIKIN PODCAST: How to survive losing a child (opens SooToday.com in a new tab)
SooToday.com
Centre
0No outlet in this group ran the story.
Right
0No outlet in this group ran the story.
Not rated
0No outlet in this group ran the story.
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