Archive
24 Feb

Trial by media: “how have we come to this sorry point?”

The recent case of Colonel Russell Williams in Trenton, Ont. is the latest example of “trial by media” and showed that “the more lurid the rumours the larger the headlines […]

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24 Feb

Deadly images

Conflict photographers explain their thinking behind their iconic shots in “The Shooting War,”  a powerful photographic essay on the Foreign Policy web site.

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24 Feb

What they read

The Atlantic wondered: How do other people deal with the torrent of information? It asked Steve Coll, Nicholas Lemann, James Gibney, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Jeffrey Goldberg and Marc Ambinder, and dished […]

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24 Feb

Broadcasters criticized by gay rights group

Broadcasters in Quebec and Australia are in hot water for on-air references to the sexual orientation of Olympic figure skaters. In Canada, a gay rights group wants a public apology […]

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23 Feb

When a story doesn’t pan out…

Journalist Judith Warner thought she had a great story to tell about the overmedication of American youth. She got a book contract, and wrote a column for The New York […]

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22 Feb

Americans bemoan Canadian Olympic television

“Canadian TV Switch Displeases Americans,” reported the New York Times, in a story about how American viewers accustomed to watching CBC television are upset they no longer have an option […]

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22 Feb

Death by double entendre

Early this year Canadian history magazine The Beaver announced a rebranding effort that included a name change. The upcoming April issue of the mag will be titled Canada’s History. In […]

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20 Feb

Bah!

The headline sums up Clifford Stoll’s nice rant in Newsweek: “The Internet? Bah!” Or — for readers here who don’t care to click through — “When most everyone shouts, few […]

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18 Feb

Reports of Lightfoot death greatly exaggerated

Thank god — Gordon Lightfoot’s still alive. Was at work; the boss came out, told me he’d read on the Internet Lightfoot had died. So I went to Twitter — […]

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16 Feb

Olympic win: not the Globe and Mail’s shining hour

Journalism professor and former Globe and Mail journalist Anne McNeilly says a screaming Globe Olympic medal headline was pure PR — and had no place on the front page. When […]

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