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30 Sep

Letter to Harper cites failure to honour earlier access-to-information pledges

The Canadian Taxpayers Federation, the Canadian Newspaper Association and the BC Freedom of Information and Privacy Association issued a joint “Letter to Prime Minister Harper: Honour your access to information […]

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30 Sep

Harper’s plagiarized speech in media

Owen Lippert, a PhD historian with a lengthy track record in Canadian public policy and politics, including a term on the Globe and Mail’s editorial board in 1996, has admitted […]

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30 Sep

U.S. bill fights “libel tourism”

An editorial in the New York Times urges the American Senate to support legislation to prevent American courts from enforcing libel judgments obtained in foreign countries if those countries provide […]

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30 Sep

Vote with media in mind

Steve Anderson, national coordinator of the Campaign For Democratic Media and the SaveOurNet.ca Coalition, wants Canadians to consider the media during the general election campaign. Anderson writes in British Columbia’s […]

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30 Sep

CAJ wants feedback on new awards

The Canadian Association of Journalists is considering adding three new awards to its current roster of honours. The idea behind the potential new awards is to celebrate daily as well […]

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30 Sep

“Everything” has changed: Ormiston on election coverage

Susan Ormiston is a correspondent on CBC’s The National. As well as reporting from many parts of the world, Ormiston has been involved in nearly every CBC election reporting team […]

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30 Sep

S’cusez, ma’ame Palin

Mario Roy, La Presse | Le geste est, je crois, inédit. Le patron des nouvelles de la CBC, John Cruickshank, a retiré du site internet de la société d’État un texte de […]

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30 Sep

Election woes at McGill

An article in the McGill Daily about an independent politician who was asked to leave campus- twice.

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30 Sep

Curiel, Giazzi, et la carte de presse

Daniel Schneidermann, Libération | C’est aujourd’hui un très vieux Monsieur. La télévision est venue le filmer chez lui, dans son fauteuil. Sa vivacité semble intacte, mais il nous arrive d’une […]

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30 Sep

France: les écoles de journalisme labellisées avec de nouveaux critères

Mathieu Oui, Educpros | Pour que la demande de reconnaissance d’un cursus soit recevable, celui-ci doit avoir diplômé au moins deux promotions, mais surtout fournir leur situation d’insertion, une précision […]

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