The French-language media in Quebec, particularly Quebecor, has termed anti-Quebec sentiment Québec bashingMichel David. "Bashing Quebec fashionable in Anglo media," The Gazette, April 21, 2000.—what it perceives as hateful, anti-Quebec coverage in the English-language media. It mostly cites examples from the English-Canadian media, and occasionally in coverage from other countries, often based on Canadian sources.Louis Bouchard, "L’identité québécoise jusqu’en Allemagne – Ingo Kolboom, un ami du Québec" , Le Journal Mir, February 15, 2006, retrieved September 30, 2006 Some sovereignist journalists and academics noted that unfavourable depictions of the province by the media increased in the late 1990s after the unsuccessful 1995 Quebec referendum on independence.The Black Book of English Canada by Normand Lester, McClelland & Stewart, 2002, p.11, "Les dérapages racistes à l'égard du Québec au Canada anglais depuis 1995" by Maryse Potvin, Politiques et Sociétés, vol. XVIII, n.2, 1999 Quebec-bashing has been denounced as dishonest,"Controverse autour du livre Oh Canada Oh Québec!" video, Archives, Société Radio-Canada, March 31, 1992, retrieved September 22, 2006 false, defamatory"Un polémiste provocateur" video, Archives, Société Radio-Canada, September 20, 1991, retrieved September 20, 2006 prejudiced,"Harper takes Wong to task for column " by Alexander Panetta, CNEWS, September 20, 2006. racist,Le Livre noir du Canada anglais by Normand Lester, Les Intouchables Editions, 2001, p.9, Gérald Larose. "Michaëlle Jean a raison". Conseil de la souveraineté, September 27, 2006. colonialist,Luc Chartrand. "Les 'Rhodésiens' masqués. Les cercles de droite du Canada anglais sont en train d'inventer un rascisme subtil, politiquement correct !". L'actualité, April 15, 2000. or hate speech"The ’Quebecistan’ question" by Brigitte Pellerin, The Ottawa Citizen, August 24, 2006, retrieved September 20, 2006 by many people of all originsJocelyne Richer. "Charest exige des excuses du Globe and Mail". Canadian Press. September 19, 2006 and political colours"Charest seeks Globe apology over notion culture a factor in school shootings" , The Gazette, September 19, 2006, retrieved September 20, 2006 in Quebec.
