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23 Sep

La campagne vue par les ‘twitts’

Michel Dumais, Le Devoir | Que le lecteur se rassure, on ne parle pas ici d’hurluberlus ou de cervelles d’oiseau, traduction approximative du mot «twitt», mais bien de courts messages […]

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23 Sep

Coyne on political journalism

Excerpts from a scathing piece by Andrew Coyne in Maclean’s on the performance of political journalism in Canada: “…in one respect every election is the same: the press coverage. It’s […]

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23 Sep

Blame TV news

Sez Charlie Smith of the Georgia Straight on the subject of television journalism (his blog in the alternative newspaper is a rant about the resignation of a NDP candidate in […]

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23 Sep

L’état-major républicain s’en prend au New York Times

Le Monde | Reprenant un thème qu’elle avait déjà utilisé après la convention républicaine, l’équipe de campagne de John McCain s’en est pris publiquement à la couverture du quotidien New […]

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23 Sep

Internet: contrôler l’incontrôlable

Patricia Cloutier, Le Soleil | Réglementer Internet. Le CRTC y a pensé en 1999, mais il ne l’a pas fait. Dix ans plus tard, cette possibilité refait surface. L’organisme fédéral […]

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23 Sep

Comic books and freedom of the press: Hajdu

The Ten Cent PlagueDavid HajduFarrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008New York, N.Y. ByDavid SpencerIn some circles, a connection between issues involving comic books and journalism would be considered far fetched.  However, […]

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23 Sep

MusiquePlus se refait une beauté… et une crédibilit

Richard Therrien, Le Soleil | MusiquePlus ne se refait pas qu’une beauté, mais aussi une crédibilité. La vice-présidente programmation de la chaîne chez Astral, Marie Collin, n’arrête pas de le […]

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23 Sep

Staying a step ahead of campaign spin doctors

Question: What are the best tricks for sidestepping political spin and getting at the real stories during an election campaign?Answer by Robert BenzieThe most effective way to innoculate yourself from […]

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22 Sep

“Scud stud” Kent reaches settlement in lawsuit

Arthur Kent, well-known for his reporting of the scud missile attacks during the Gulf War in 1991, has reached a settlement in the lawsuit he brought against Universal Studios, according […]

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22 Sep

Election tightens media policies: news report

The current election campaign has shut reporters out of Parks Canada, according to a recent story in the Canmore, Alta.-based Rocky Mountain Outlook. A Sept. 18th story in the Outlook […]

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