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. Quebec-bashing has been denounced as dishonest, false, defamatory prejudiced, racist, colonialist, or hate speech by many people of all origins and political colours in Quebec.
The passage discusses negative media portrayals of Quebec following the 1995 independence referendum.  Quebec-bashing has been widely condemned as dishonest, false, defamatory, prejudiced, racist, colonialist, or hate speech by people from all backgrounds and political affiliations in Quebec.