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13 Oct

Feint praise?

CBC and CTV made the unusual move of disassociating themselves from Peter Kent, former broadcast journalist and now a Conservative candidate in the Toronto area riding of Thornhill. Kent’s promo […]

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13 Oct

Slap down

David Ljunggren of Reuters reports on covering the Canadian election amid surreal political perspectives of the economy, and an economic reporter’s attempts to get a handle on Conservative policy positions. […]

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11 Oct

Why newspapers endorse political parties

Toronto Star public editor Kathy English posits an answer to the question, “Why do newspapers endorse?” by quoting a Star editor 36 years ago: “The easy way for a newspaper, […]

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10 Oct

Complaint against Steyn piece thrown out in BC

The British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal has thrown out a complaint alleging that a Mark Steyn piece published by Maclean’s in 2006 exposes Muslims in the province to hatred and […]

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10 Oct

CTV’s ethics

The Toronto Star reports on the political score-keeping over CTV’s airing of an interview with Stéphane Dion. The Star’s front-page link to its daily poll asks readers: “CTV has released […]

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10 Oct

Quixotic journalism

Art meets journalism: CBC Radio’s The Current ran a documentary about Ontario independent candidate David Page, part of a series on “The Supercommitted” candidates. It’s called “A Quixotic Candidate” — […]

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9 Oct

Reporter barred from campaign rally blogs about it

When reporter Geoff Dembicki from the B.C.online magazine The Tyee was denied entry to a Stephen Harper campaign event on October 8, rather than simply lament the situation, he blogged […]

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9 Oct

Court rules against Black bid for secrecy

An attempt by prosecutors and Conrad Black to have evidence about his case sealed indefinitely has failed, with a final refusal by the Supreme Court of Canada to hear the […]

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9 Oct

How comments affect reader perceptions

There is always a flurry of talk about citizen participation in media and the value of  two-way conversations in journalism, but does the addition of public comments to the bottom […]

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8 Oct

Jody Paterson’s mission

How to interview a street person: “Don’t assume I’m stupid,” says an adviser quoted in the Globe and Mail.  “Don’t assume I don’t have skills. Don’t assume I don’t come […]

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