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16 Sep

Accountability and Margaret Wente

ByDeborah Jones Politicians lose elections when they mess up. Profligate financial institutions go bankrupt. Academics who publish one point of view and then change it without explanation are taken to […]

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16 Sep

CUPE fights firings

The Canadian Union of Public Employees- that’s CUPE to you- is fighting the firing of two employees at Ryerson University’s CKLN radio station.According to CUPE, management at the student-supported campus […]

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16 Sep

Election north of 49 mostly ignored by foreign media

Canwest News Service reporter Archie McLean looked for coverage of our federal election in the foreign press and didn’t find much. News media that have reported or commented on the […]

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15 Sep

Two Newfoundland journalists try politics

In Newfoundland, two prominent journalists have crossed the battlefield to run in the Oct 14th general election. And it’s not pretty. Ryan Cleary, former editor of the now defunct weekly newspaper, […]

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15 Sep

Beyond the riding profile: campaign coverage in a cynical age

By Kirk LaPointe These are difficult times if you’re not a political junkie. Campaigning is crowding other content from screens, speakers and pages. These are also difficult times if you’re […]

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14 Sep

Election issues at UBC

This is what’s affecting student voters at the University of British Columbia.Looks like tuition, the environment, and the 2010 Olympics are at the top of the list. What do you […]

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13 Sep

Poll Dancing

Back in 2005, researchers at the universities of  British Columbia and Saskatchewan found that the press was sloppy in its poll reporting during the ’04 federal campaign. The study concluded […]

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12 Sep

Lawsuit against Globe and Wong to continue

A judge has tossed out a motion brought by The Globe and Mail requesting the court throw out a suit against it and reporter Jan Wong.  The suit at issue […]

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12 Sep

Newspaper editors struggling with shift to Web: survey

A new survey of U.S. newspaper editors questions whether newsrooms are planning ahead. The survey, conducted by the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism (PEJ), showed that only […]

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12 Sep

Internet cause de grands soucis aux éditeurs de journaux

AP, Canoë | La popularité grandissante des sites de nouvelles dans Internet et l’accès au contenu par le biais d’appareils électroniques sans fil cause de plus en plus de soucis […]

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