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10 Oct

The Facebook election

If the election in the riding of Peterborough was decided by Facebook friends, the small Ontario city would likely send a Green Party MP to Ottawa on Oct. 14. Social […]

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10 Oct

Complaint against Steyn piece thrown out in BC

The British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal has thrown out a complaint alleging that a Mark Steyn piece published by Maclean’s in 2006 exposes Muslims in the province to hatred and […]

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10 Oct

Globe election hub “admirable,” but doesn’t empower citizens

By Robert Washburn When this federal election campaign began, I criticized The Globe and Mail‘s election website. It seems only fair to come back and take a second look as […]

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10 Oct

CTV’s ethics

The Toronto Star reports on the political score-keeping over CTV’s airing of an interview with Stéphane Dion. The Star’s front-page link to its daily poll asks readers: “CTV has released […]

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10 Oct

Quixotic journalism

Art meets journalism: CBC Radio’s The Current ran a documentary about Ontario independent candidate David Page, part of a series on “The Supercommitted” candidates. It’s called “A Quixotic Candidate” — […]

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10 Oct

Desperately seeking scabs

In the face of a possible employee strike at the Montreal Gazette, Canwest News Service has approached journalism students from Concordia University and offered them work on a temporary basis, […]

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10 Oct

“Malleable and predictable” news editors get promoted, says Hersh

When it comes to covering U.S. politics in recent years, journalists failed, says American investigative journalist Seymour Hersh. Hersh spoke on the CBC cultural affairs show Q October 9th, just […]

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9 Oct

Reporter barred from campaign rally blogs about it

When reporter Geoff Dembicki from the B.C.online magazine The Tyee was denied entry to a Stephen Harper campaign event on October 8, rather than simply lament the situation, he blogged […]

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9 Oct

Court rules against Black bid for secrecy

An attempt by prosecutors and Conrad Black to have evidence about his case sealed indefinitely has failed, with a final refusal by the Supreme Court of Canada to hear the […]

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9 Oct

La guerre de Sarah Palin contre les médias dérape

Guillemette Faure, Rue89 | Un homme politique sait qu’il ne perdra jamais de point à taper sur les médias. C’était déjà ce que faisait George Bush en 2000 et 2004 […]

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