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{{Short description|Canadian national daily newspaper}}
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{{Infobox newspaper
| name = National Post
| image = National Post 9-28-2007 Redesign.jpg
| caption = The front of the redesigned ''National Post'', September 28, 2007
| motto = Right to the Point
| logo = [[File:NatPost Logo.svg|frameless|class=skin-invert]]
| type = Daily [[newspaper]]
| format = [[Broadsheet]]
| founded = {{start date and age|1998|10|27}}<ref>[https://www.cbc.ca/archives/the-birth-of-the-national-post-and-the-impending-newspaper-war-1.4875372 "The birth of the National Post and 'the impending newspaper war'"]. {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20201023141539/https://www.cbc.ca/archives/the-birth-of-the-national-post-and-the-impending-newspaper-war-1.4875372 |date=October 23, 2020 }}. [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC]].</ref>
| founder = Conrad Black
| ceased_publication = 
| price = 
| owners = [[Postmedia Network]]
| editor = 
| chief_editor = Rob Roberts
| language = English
| circulation = <br />142,509 Tue–Fri<br />132,116 Saturday<br />(March 2013)<ref>{{Cite web |title=AAM: Total Circ for US Newspapers |url=http://abcas3.auditedmedia.com/ecirc/newstitlesearchcan.asp |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130407174857/http://abcas3.auditedmedia.com/ecirc/newstitlesearchcan.asp |archive-date=April 7, 2013 |access-date=June 21, 2013}}</ref>{{update inline|date=November 2022}}
| headquarters = 365 Bloor Street East<br />[[Toronto]], [[Ontario]]<br />M4W 3L4
| ISSN = 1486-8008
| website = {{official URL}}
}}
The '''''National Post''''' is a Canadian English-language broadsheet newspaper and the flagship publication of the American-owned [[Postmedia Network]]. It is published Mondays through Saturdays, with Monday released as a digital e-edition only.<ref name="5daysaweek">[http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/national-post-monday-1.4167247 "National Post to eliminate Monday print edition"]. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200916214555/http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/national-post-monday-1.4167247 |date=September 16, 2020 }}. [[The Canadian Press]]. June 19, 2017. Retrieved June 28, 2017.</ref> The newspaper is distributed in the provinces of [[Ontario]], [[Quebec]], [[Alberta]] and [[British Columbia]]. Weekend editions of the newspaper are also distributed in [[Manitoba]] and [[Saskatchewan]].

The newspaper was founded in 1998 by [[Conrad Black]] in an attempt to compete with ''[[The Globe and Mail]]''. In 2001, [[CanWest]] completed its acquisition of the ''National Post''. In 2006, the newspaper ceased distribution in [[Atlantic Canada]] and the [[Canadian territories]]. Postmedia assumed ownership of the newspaper in 2010, after the CEO of the ''National Post''{{'}}s, [[Paul Godfrey]], assembled an ownership group to acquire CanWest's chain of newspapers.

==History==
[[Conrad Black]] built the ''National Post'' around the ''[[Financial Post]]'', a financial newspaper in Toronto which [[Hollinger Inc.]] purchased from [[Sun Media]] in 1997. Originally slated for an October 5, 1998 launch date,<ref>"Black's daily to debut Oct. 5". ''The Globe and Mail'', May 2, 1998.</ref> the debut of the paper was delayed until October 27 because of financial complications that stemmed from Black's acquisition of the ''Financial Post'',<ref>"Black's newspaper delayed". ''The Globe and Mail'', August 8, 1998.</ref> which was retained as the name of the new newspaper's business section.{{citation needed|date=September 2021}}

Outside Toronto, the ''Post'' was built on the printing and distribution infrastructure of Hollinger's national newspaper chain, formerly called [[Canwest News Service|Southam Newspapers]], that included the newspapers ''[[Ottawa Citizen]]'', ''[[Montreal Gazette]]'', ''[[Edmonton Journal]]'', ''[[Calgary Herald]]'', and ''[[Vancouver Sun]]''. The ''Post'' became Black's national flagship title, and [[Ken Whyte]] was appointed editor.{{citation needed|date=September 2021}}

Beyond his political vision, Black attempted to compete directly with [[Kenneth Thomson]]'s media empire led in Canada by ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', which Black and many others perceived as the platform of the Liberal [[The Establishment|establishment]].{{citation needed|date=September 2021}}

When the ''Post'' launched, its editorial stance was [[Conservatism|conservative]]. It advocated a "unite-the-right" movement to create a viable alternative to the [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]] government of [[Jean Chrétien]], and supported the [[Canadian Alliance]]. The ''Post''{{'s}} op-ed page has included dissenting columns by ideological liberals such as [[Linda McQuaig]], as well as conservatives including [[Mark Steyn]] and [[Diane Francis]], and [[David Frum]]. Original members of the ''Post'' editorial board included [[Ezra Levant]], [[Neil Seeman]], [[Jonathan Kay]], Conservative Member of Parliament [[John Williamson (Canadian politician)|John Williamson]] and the author/historian Alexander Rose.{{citation needed|date=September 2021}}

The ''Post''{{'s}} magazine-style graphic and layout design has won awards.{{clarify|date=May 2019|reason=What awards? How many of them? Were the awards notable?}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 26, 2010 |title=Lifetime achievement award: Lucie Lacava – The Society for News Design – SND |url=http://www.snd.org/2010/09/lifetime-achievement-award-lucie-lacava/ |access-date=January 24, 2014 |archive-date=November 19, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181119065118/https://www.snd.org/2010/09/lifetime-achievement-award-lucie-lacava/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> The original design of the ''Post'' was created by Lucie Lacava, a design consultant based in Montreal.<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 3, 2003 |title=The Post was so Black and Whyte |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/the-post-was-so-black-and-whyte/article1014516/ |work=The Globe and Mail |accessdate=February 7, 2022 |archive-date=August 4, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804075157/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/the-post-was-so-black-and-whyte/article1014516/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The ''Post'' now bears the motto "World's Best-Designed Newspaper" on its front page.<ref>See, for example, ''National Post'' issue of August 16, 2016.</ref>

===21st century===
The ''Post'' was unable to maintain momentum in the market without continuing to operate with annual budgetary deficits. At the same time, Conrad Black was becoming preoccupied by his debt-heavy media empire, [[Hollinger International]]. Black divested his Canadian media holdings, and sold the ''Post'' to [[CanWest Global Communications Corp]], controlled by [[Izzy Asper|Israel "Izzy" Asper]], in two stages&nbsp;– 50 percent in 2000, along with the entire [[Southam]] newspaper chain,<ref name="newswar">"The newspaper war was fun while it lasted". ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', August 25, 2001.</ref> and the remaining 50 percent in 2001.<ref name=newswar /> CanWest Global also owned the [[Global Television Network]].

Izzy Asper died in October 2003, and his sons [[Leonard Asper|Leonard]] and [[David Asper]] assumed control of CanWest, the latter serving as chairman of the ''Post''. Editor-in-chief [[Matthew Fraser (journalist)|Matthew Fraser]] departed in 2005. Fraser's deputy editor, [[Doug Kelly (journalist)|Doug Kelly]] succeeded him as editor. Pyette departed seven months after his arrival, replaced by [[Gordon Fisher (journalist)|Gordon Fisher]].{{citation needed|date=September 2021}}

The ''Post'' limited print distribution in [[Atlantic Canada]] in 2006, part of a trend to which ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'' and the ''[[Toronto Star]]'', Canada's other two papers with inter-regional distribution, have all resorted.<ref>{{Cite news |date=March 29, 2006 |title=National Post limits Atlantic distribution |publisher=CBC News |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/national-post-limits-atlantic-distribution-1.627059}}</ref> Print editions were removed from all Atlantic Canadian newsstands except in [[Halifax Regional Municipality|Halifax]] as of 2007.<ref>{{Cite news |date=August 9, 2007 |title=National Post limits Atlantic sales to Halifax |publisher=CBC News |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/national-post-limits-atlantic-sales-to-halifax-1.689714 |access-date=September 18, 2007 |archive-date=October 14, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171014055014/http://www.cbc.ca/arts/media/story/2007/08/09/natlpost-no-atlantic.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Focussing further on its online publishing, in 2008, the paper suspended weekday editions and home delivery in Manitoba and Saskatchewan.<ref>{{Cite news |date=October 30, 2008 |title=National Post axes weekday edition in Manitoba, Saskatchewan |publisher=CBC News |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/national-post-axes-weekday-edition-in-manitoba-saskatchewan-1.738844 |access-date=October 30, 2008 |archive-date=December 5, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081205054039/http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2008/10/30/national-post.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The reorientation towards digital continued into its next decade.

Politically, the ''Post'' has retained a conservative editorial stance, although the Asper family has long been a strong supporter of the [[Liberal Party of Canada]]. Izzy Asper was once leader of the Liberal Party in his home province of [[Manitoba]]. The Aspers had controversially dismissed the publisher of the ''[[Ottawa Citizen]]'', Russell Mills, for calling for the resignation of Liberal prime minister [[Jean Chrétien]].{{citation needed|date=September 2021}}

However, the ''Post'' endorsed the [[Conservative Party of Canada]] in the [[2004 Canadian federal election|2004 election]] when Fraser was editor. The Conservatives narrowly lost that election to the Liberals. After the election, the ''Post'' surprised many of its conservative readers by shifting its support to the victorious Liberal government of prime minister [[Paul Martin]], and was highly critical of the Conservatives and their leader, [[Stephen Harper]]. The paper switched camps again in the runup to the [[2006 Canadian federal election|2006 election]] (in which the Conservatives won a minority government).

Like its competitor ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', the ''Post'' publishes a separate edition in [[Toronto]], Ontario, Canada's largest city and the fourth largest English-language media centre in North America after [[New York City]], [[Los Angeles]] and [[Chicago]]. The Toronto edition includes additional local content not published in the edition distributed to the rest of Canada, and is printed at the ''[[Toronto Star Press Centre]]'' in [[Vaughan, Ontario|Vaughan]].{{citation needed|date=September 2021}}

On September 27, 2007, the ''Post'' unveiled a major redesign of its appearance. Guided by Gayle Grin, the ''Post's'' managing editor of design and graphics, the redesign features a standardization in the size of typeface and the number of typefaces used, cleaner font for charts and graphs, and the move of the nameplate banner from the top to the left side of Page 1 as well as each section's front page.{{citation needed|date=September 2021}}

In 2009, the paper announced that as a temporary cost-cutting measure, it would not print a Monday edition from July to September 2009.<ref>[http://www.newslab.ca/?p=169 "National Post halts Monday edition during summer"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090725074506/http://www.newslab.ca/?p=169 |date=July 25, 2009 }}. newslab.ca, May 3, 2009.</ref> On October 29, 2009, Canwest Global announced that due to a lack of funding, the ''National Post'' might close down as of October 30, 2009, subject to moving the paper to a new holding company.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Dabrowski |first=Wojtek |date=October 29, 2009 |title=Canwest says National Post could close after Friday |work=[[Reuters]] |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/industry-us-canwest-nationalpost/canwest-says-national-post-could-close-after-friday-idUSTRE59S3JI20091029 |access-date=May 26, 2020 |archive-date=August 4, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804065534/https://www.reuters.com/article/industry-us-canwest-nationalpost/canwest-says-national-post-could-close-after-friday-idUSTRE59S3JI20091029 |url-status=live }}</ref> Late on October 29, 2009, Ontario Superior Court Justice [[Sarah Pepall]] ruled in Canwest's favour and allowed the paper to move into a holding company.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Friend |first=David |date=October 30, 2009 |title=Will judge's Canwest decision save the National Post? |publisher=thestar |location=Toronto |url=https://www.thestar.com/business/article/718866--will-judge-s-canwest-decision-save-the-national-post |access-date=September 5, 2017 |archive-date=October 18, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018214143/http://www.thestar.com/business/article/718866--will-judge-s-canwest-decision-save-the-national-post |url-status=live }}</ref> Investment bankers hired by Canwest received no offers when they tried to sell the ''National Post'' earlier that year. Without a buyer closing the paper was studied, but the costs were greater than gains from liquidating assets. The lawyer for Canwest, in arguing to Justice Pepall, said the ''National Post'' added value to other papers in the Canwest chain.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Robertson |first=Grant |date=October 31, 2009 |title=No outside buyer, CanWest shuffles National Post |work=[[The Globe and Mail]] |location=Toronto |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/no-outside-buyer-canwest-shuffles-national-post/article1346730/ |access-date=October 31, 2009 |archive-date=September 18, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180918055758/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/no-outside-buyer-canwest-shuffles-national-post/article1346730/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In 2010, an ownership group was assembled by ''National Post'' CEO [[Paul Godfrey]] in 2010 to bid for the chain of newspapers being sold by the financially troubled Canwest (the company's broadcasting assets were sold separately to [[Shaw Communications]]). Godfrey secured financial backing from U.S. private-equity firm [[Golden Tree Asset Management]] as well as other investors. The group completed a $1.1&nbsp;billion transaction to acquire the chain from Canwest on July 13, 2010, forming the [[Postmedia Network]].<ref>[http://www.nsnews.com/Postmedia+Network+opens+newspaper+chain/3273379/story.html "Postmedia Network opens new era for newspaper chain"]{{Dead link|date=August 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, ''Financial Post'', July 13, 2010. Retrieved June 1, 2012.</ref> The company's shares were listed on the [[Toronto Stock Exchange]] in 2011.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lam |first=Eric |date=June 14, 2011 |title=Postmedia begins trading on TSX |newspaper=Financial Post |url=https://financialpost.com/investing/postmedia-begins-trading-on-tsx |accessdate=February 7, 2022 |archive-date=February 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220207164526/https://financialpost.com/investing/postmedia-begins-trading-on-tsx |url-status=live }}</ref> On October 28, 2011, the ''Post'' announced its first ever yearly profit.<ref name="nationalpost">{{Cite web |title=Post toasts 13th birthday with first profit |url=https://nationalpost.com/Post+toasts+13th+birthday+with+first+profit/5626423/story.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20111030132919/http://www.nationalpost.com/Post+toasts+13th+birthday+with+first+profit/5626423/story.html |archive-date=October 30, 2011 |access-date=October 30, 2011}}</ref> In 2016, [[Chatham Asset Management]] acquired a 66 per cent stake in the Postmedia Network, resulting in the reduction in their staff, including a third of the National Post's editorial staff.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/16/business/media/hedge-fund-chatham-mcclatchy-postmedia-newspapers.html|title=Under Hedge Fund Set to Own McClatchy, Canadian Newspapers Endured Big Cuts|last=Lee|first=Edmund|date=July 16, 2020|website=www.nytimes.com|publisher=The New York Times Company|language=en-US|access-date=February 21, 2022|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=April 18, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220418204417/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/16/business/media/hedge-fund-chatham-mcclatchy-postmedia-newspapers.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Quarterly Filings|url=https://www.postmedia.com/investors-governance/quarterly-filings/|access-date=February 21, 2022|website=www.postmedia.com|archive-date=February 21, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220221021522/https://www.postmedia.com/investors-governance/quarterly-filings/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2024, the ''National Post'' published two articles in which it advocated for the Russian documentary film ''[[Russians at War]]''. The first article by columnist Chris Selley introduced the claim that this film showed the human face of the Russians and was therefore banned.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Selley |first=Chris |date=September 13, 2024 |title=Chris Selley: Canada banishes a film with the nerve to portray Russians as human |url=https://nationalpost.com/opinion/russians-at-war-film-free-speech |work=National Post |publisher=[[Postmedia Network]]}}</ref> This statement was later used by the magazine ''[[Die Weltwoche]]'' and other media to which cinematographer [[Anastasia Trofimova]] gave interviews to defend her film after it had been banned from the Zurich film festival.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcHlLVJX8qE |title=Ukraine cancelt russischen Kriegsfilm in Zürich: Regisseurin Trofimova über ihre Doku von der Front |date=September 27, 2024 |publisher=Die Weltwoche |website=[[YouTube]]}}</ref>{{better source needed|date=January 2025}} In the second article by Chris Knight, "Russian-Canadian filmmaker battles attempts to suppress controversial film as Ukraine launches probe",<ref>{{Cite news |last=Knight |first=Chris |date=October 11, 2024 |title=Russian-Canadian filmmaker battles attempts to suppress controversial film as Ukraine launches probe |url=https://nationalpost.com/news/russian-canadian-filmmaker-battles-attempts-to-suppress-controversial-film-as-ukraine-launches-probe |work=National Post |publisher=[[Postmedia Network]]}}</ref> the idea was taken further, claiming a Ukrainian campaign against the film, whereas in reality the film was widely criticized by the international press and others.{{citation needed|date=January 2025}}

==Facilities==
[[File:National Post building.JPG|thumb|The former ''National Post'' building in [[Don Mills]], 2009]]
The ''National Post''{{'}}s main office is at 365 Bloor Street East in [[Toronto, Ontario]]. It was formerly located at 1450 Don Mills Road in the [[Don Mills]] neighbourhood of Toronto, which was vacated in 2012.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Postmedia Network Announces the Sale of 1450 Don Mills Road in Toronto &#124; Postmedia |url=https://www.postmedia.com/2012/06/26/postmedia-network-announces-the-sale-of-1450-don-mills-road-in-toronto/ |website=postmedia.com |accessdate=February 7, 2022 |archive-date=February 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220207164527/https://www.postmedia.com/2012/06/26/postmedia-network-announces-the-sale-of-1450-don-mills-road-in-toronto/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

The newspaper is published at Postmedia's Islington Printing Plant in Toronto's Rexdale neighbourhood, along with the ''[[Toronto Sun]]'', ''[[London Free Press]]'' and various Postmedia and Metroland-owned weekly newspapers. The newspaper was previously printed at the [[Toronto Star Press Centre]] in [[Vaughan, Ontario]], until the ''Toronto Star'' closed the site.{{citation needed|date=September 2021}}

==Notable staff==
===Editors-in-chief===
{{col div}}
* [[Kenneth Whyte]], 1998–2003
* [[Matthew Fraser (journalist)|Matthew Fraser]], 2003–2005
* [[Doug Kelly (journalist)|Doug Kelly]], 2005–2010
* [[Stephen Meurice]], 2010–2014
* Anne Marie Owens, 2014–2019
* Rob Roberts, 2019– <ref>{{cite news |title=Postmedia names Rob Roberts editor-in-chief of National Post |url=https://www.thestar.com/business/postmedia-names-rob-roberts-editor-in-chief-of-national-post/article_5e53ca91-ea8e-51ed-a55f-b81b127d280c.html |work=[[Toronto Star]] |date=8 July 2019 |language=en}}</ref>
{{col div end}}

===Staff===
{{col div}}
* Nicole MacAdam,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Contact Us |url=https://nationalpost.com/contact/ |access-date=November 20, 2016 |website=National Post |archive-date=May 9, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240509062515/https://nationalpost.com/category/news/ |url-status=live }}</ref> executive producer, ''Financial Post''
* [[Terence Corcoran]], ''FP'' comment editor
* [[Andrew Coyne]], executive producer, comment & editorial (2014–2015)
* [[Diane Francis]], ''FP'' editor-at-large
{{col div end}}

===Columnists===
The following is a list of past and present columnists for the ''National Post''.<ref name="columnists">{{Cite web |title=Columnists |url=https://nationalpost.com/opinion/columnists/index.html |access-date=December 13, 2011 |website=National Post}}{{dead link|date=October 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=August 12, 2019 |title=You Must Be This Conservative To Ride: The Inside Story of Postmedia's Right Turn |url=https://www.canadalandshow.com/the-conservative-transformation-of-postmedia/ |access-date=December 31, 2019 |website=canadalandshow.com |archive-date=December 16, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191216045639/https://www.canadalandshow.com/the-conservative-transformation-of-postmedia/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

====Current====
{{Div col}}
* [[Conrad Black]] (founder)
* [[Terence Corcoran]]  – with ''[[Financial Post]]'' 
* [[Raymond J. de Souza]]
* [[Diane Francis]]  – with ''[[Financial Post]]'' 
* [[Lorne Gunter]]
* [[Larysa Harapyn]] – with ''[[Financial Post]]'' 
* [[John Ivison]]
* [[Barbara Kay]]
* [[Lawrence Solomon]]
* [[Jordan Peterson]]
* [[Chris Selley]]
{{div col end}}

====Former====
{{Div col}}
* [[Dave Bidini]]
* [[Scott Burnside]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/scott-burnsides-integrity-as-journalist-leads-to-hockey-hall|title=Burnside 'covered League with integrity and passion' en route to Hall of Fame|last=Zeisberger|first=Mike|date=November 8, 2024|website=[[National Hockey League]]|access-date=May 8, 2025}}</ref>
* [[Christie Blatchford]]
* [[Andrew Coyne]]
* [[David Frum]]
* [[Robert Fulford (journalist)|Robert Fulford]]
* [[George Jonas]]
* [[Jonathan Kay]]
* [[Tasha Kheiriddin]]
* [[Charles Krauthammer]]
* [[Faisal Kutty]]
* [[Rex Murphy]]
* [[Chip Zdarsky|Steve Murray]]
* [[John O'Sullivan (columnist)|John O'Sullivan]]
* [[Rosemary Sexton]]
* [[Mireille Silcoff]]
* [[Mark Steyn]]
* [[Robyn Urback]]
* [[George Will]]
* [[W. Brett Wilson|Brett Wilson]]
{{div col end}}

== Criticism ==
{{see also|Postmedia Network #Criticism}}

===2006 Iran hoax===
{{Main|2006 Iranian sumptuary law hoax}}

On May 19, 2006, the newspaper ran two pieces alleging that the Iranian parliament had passed a law requiring religious minorities to wear special identifying badges. One piece was a front-page news item titled "Iran Eyes Badges For Jews" accompanied by a 1935 picture of two Jews bearing [[Nazi]]-ordered [[yellow badge]]s. Later on the same day, experts began coming forward to deny the accuracy of the ''Post'' story. The story proved to be false, but not before it had been picked up by a variety of other news media and generated comment from world leaders. Comments on the story by the Canadian Prime Minister [[Stephen Harper]] caused Iran to summon Canada's ambassador to Tehran, [[Gordon E. Venner]], for an explanation.

On May 24, 2006, the editor-in-chief of the newspaper, [[Doug Kelly (journalist)|Doug Kelly]], published an apology for the story on page 2, admitting that it was false and the ''National Post'' had not exercised enough caution or checked enough sources.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Our mistake: Note to readers |url=https://nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=6df3e493-f350-4b53-bc16-53262b49a4f7 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120904174351/http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=6df3e493-f350-4b53-bc16-53262b49a4f7 |archive-date=September 4, 2012 |access-date=February 18, 2016}}</ref>

===Accusation of anti-Islam sentiment===
From 1998 to 2014, the now defunct [[Canadian Islamic Congress]] (CIC) had been actively monitoring media coverage for anti-Muslim or anti-Islam sentiment and had issued reports highlighting its findings. It had opposed the use of phrases such as "Islamic guerrillas," "Islamic insurgency" and "Muslim militants" saying that terms like "militant" or "terrorist" should be used without a religious association "since no religion teaches or endorses terrorism, militancy or extremism."<ref>Hess, Henry, "Media's portrayal of Islam criticized", ''The Globe and Mail'', September 24, 1998</ref> The Congress had singled out the ''National Post'', saying the paper "consistently is No. 1" as an anti-Islam media outlet.<ref>Petricevic, Mirko, "When religion's in the news; Faith groups often voice outrage about unfair media reports, so scholars are trying to determine if the complaints are valid", ''Kitchener-Waterloo Record'', August 25, 2007.</ref>

===Allegations of bias===
A 2017 survey of Canadians found that the ''National Post'' was perceived to be middle-of-the-pack for bias among national news outlets (perceived biased by 48 per cent of Canadians overall).<ref>{{cite web |date=April 29, 2017 |title=Canadian News Media And "Fake News" Under A Microscope |url=https://abacusdata.ca/canadian-news-media-and-fake-news-under-a-microscope/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210906204231/https://abacusdata.ca/canadian-news-media-and-fake-news-under-a-microscope/ |archive-date=September 6, 2021 |access-date=April 21, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=April 29, 2017 |title=Survey suggests large number of Canadians have likely read 'fake' news stories |url=https://ipolitics.ca/2017/04/29/survey-finds-24-million-canadians-say-theyve-read-fake-news-stories/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210907172541/https://ipolitics.ca/2017/04/29/survey-finds-24-million-canadians-say-theyve-read-fake-news-stories/ |archive-date=September 7, 2021 |access-date=September 7, 2021}}</ref> A 2010 Ipsos survey commissioned by CBC found that 38% of respondents believed the ''Post'' leaned to the right or far right.<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 2010 |title=The News Fairness and Balance Report |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news2/pdf/public-opinionreporteng-oct1_10.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506130901/https://www.cbc.ca/news2/pdf/public-opinionreporteng-oct1_10.pdf |archive-date=May 6, 2021 |access-date=September 4, 2021}}</ref>

The advocacy group [[Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East]] has accused the ''Post'' of pro-Israel bias for publishing articles from the [[Jewish News Syndicate]] which it describes as "a mouthpiece for the Israeli military".<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-12-08 |title=Postmedia Called Out For Publishing Israeli Propaganda As 'News' |url=https://www.readthemaple.com/postmedia-called-out-for-spreading-pro-israel-propaganda-as-news/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240404155612/https://www.readthemaple.com/postmedia-called-out-for-spreading-pro-israel-propaganda-as-news/ |archive-date=April 4, 2024 |access-date=2024-04-04 |website=The Maple |language=en}}</ref>

===Climate change coverage===
In a 2021 academic study on the presentation of the subject of climate change in 17 mainstream media outlets in the UK, US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, the ''National Post'' came out as the worst in terms of its misrepresentation of the scientific consensus on the impact of anthropogenic climate change.<ref name="babro">{{cite journal |author=Lucy McAllister |date=2021 |title=Balance as bias, resolute on the retreat? Updates & analyses of newspaper coverage in the United States, United Kingdom, New Zealand, Australia and Canada over the past 15 years |journal=Environmental Research Letters |volume=16|issue=9 |doi=10.1088/1748-9326/ac14eb |bibcode=2021ERL....16i4008M |doi-access=free }}</ref> The ''National Post'' was found to represent scientific consensus only 70.83% of the time—noting the significant contribution of anthropogenic climate change—while 9.17% of the time it presented anthropogenic climate change and natural climatic variance as equally relevant, and 20% of the time presented anthropogenic climate change as a negligible phenomena.<ref name="babro" />

=== Institute for Canadian Values ad controversy ===
{{Main|Institute for Canadian Values ad controversy}}
On September 24, 2011, the newspaper ran an [[Advertising|advertisement]] paid for by the Institute for Canadian Values (ICV) which was hosted by [[Canada Christian College]]. The advertisement argued against the teaching of [[LGBT|LGBTQ]]-related [[sex education]] topics in the Ontario school curriculum, and was criticized for alleged discrimination against [[transsexual]], [[transgender]], [[intersex]], and [[two-spirit]]ed people. Following the controversy, the ''National Post'' apologized for the advertisement on September 30 and withdrew the ad from circulation.{{citation needed|date=January 2025}}

==See also==
* [[Media in Canada]]
* [[List of media outlets in Toronto]]
* [[List of newspapers in Canada]]
* [[List of the largest Canadian newspapers by circulation]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Official website|https://nationalpost.com/}}

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