An Ontario Superior Court justice dismissed a $30-million defamation lawsuit against Yahoo Canada and Elizabeth Di Filippo, an editor at the publication. 

In March 2021, HonestReporting Canada published at least one campaign which named at least one individual media worker or newsroom.

In February 2021, HonestReporting Canada published at least one campaign which named at least one individual media worker or newsroom.

The Public Inquiry into Anti-Alberta Energy Campaigns in January 2021 accused major news outlets in Canada of including “propagandized climate change issues in their reporting,” drawing sharp criticism from the Canadian Association of Journalists. 

An arbitrator ruled that CBC “acted improperly” in firing CBC Manitoba journalist Ahmar Khan after a “chain of events” that began when he posted a tweet in which he described remarks Don Cherry made on Coach’s Corner as “xenophobic” and “deplorable.” 

In January 2021, HonestReporting Canada published at least three campaigns which named at least 11 individual media workers or newsrooms and which also included a means to contact them. Journalists targeted include Mark MacKinnon.