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21 Oct

Danish Mohammed cartoons

Denmark’s justice ministry refused to allow seven Muslim lobby groups to take the newspaper Jyllands-Posten to the Supreme Court for publishing controversial cartoons of Prophet Muhammed, said a report by […]

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21 Oct

Afghanistan and freedom of expression

Freedom of expression does not exist under the government that we prop up in Afghanistan. That sad truth of that was verified yet again as Reuters reported, “Afghanistan’s appeal court […]

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21 Oct

Holding mobs to account

The online magazine Tyee takes a look at the impact of “citizen journalism” on the U.S. election, and specifically its role in revealing the mob mentality at the Republican rallies. […]

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20 Oct

Schoolyard bully politics

    “A confluence of factors has helped turn our election races into schoolyard tussles,” said Adam Radwanski in a Globe and Mail column. But he aimed his strongest criticism on […]

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19 Oct

Bias

Clark Hoyt, the Public Editor of the New York Times, shares some thoughts about bias — real or imagined. An excerpt: “Throughout this election season, most of the thousands of […]

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17 Oct

Tribune Co. gives notice to dump AP

Tribune Co. has given the required two-year notice that it plans to remove its slate of newspapers from the Associated Press (AP) service, Editor & Publisher reports. Tribune owns nine […]

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16 Oct

Media too influenced by poll data

Polls don’t influence voters decisions all that much, but the media, well that’s a different story. According to polling experts quoted in a post-election Canadian Press story, journalists “over-analyzed” the […]

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16 Oct

An election promise that could benefit freelancers

Now that the election has passed and the Conservatives have won a minority government, observers are looking back at the plethora of promises made during the campaign and questioning which […]

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15 Oct

Bloggers flout law

By Janice Neil A handful of bloggers and Twittering fingers couldn’t break their habit on election night, in the face of a law that essentially prohibits publication of polls results […]

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14 Oct

Who will dare challenge the election results blackout?

By Janice Neil In an election campaign with Twittering, Blogging, and Facebook mainstreeting this instant information world is suddenly going dark tonight. Elections Canada and the Supreme Court of Canada […]

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