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4 Oct

Mallick decision: populist pandering?

Globe and Mail columnist Russell Smith wants to know “if the CBC is desperately trying to make itself more palatable to the majority Conservative government that may be coming our […]

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4 Oct

MSM wins! Long live the MSM

“The news tornado of September has been a boon to the downtrodden traditional media,” reported Ian Brown in a Globe and Mail piece about web sites of big mainstream media […]

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4 Oct

Canada-Europe trade talks nearly invisible

What’s the biggest social, political and economic issue in Canada right now? Social conservativism vs liberalism? Tax cuts? Bank regulations? Climate change? Plagiarism? None of the above, not in my […]

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3 Oct

Live fact checking: a great opportunity for news outlets

Journalists often cite tireless reporting and dedication to facts as part of the professionalism that sets them apart from bloggers. Live fact checking of debates would provide a real opportunity […]

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3 Oct

Journalist wins “alt” Nobel

 Amy Goodman, founder and host of the U.S. syndicated radio and television program “Democracy Now!” was named as a recipient of the  Right Livelihood Award founded by Swedish-German philanthropist Jakob […]

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2 Oct

Big media’s gone live blog crazy

Last night’s French-language leaders debate was live blogged all over the place and the big Canadian media outlets really jumped on board with the live blog frenzy. The National Post […]

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1 Oct

Chinese firm’s crisis management

A case study in crisis management and media relations, China, 2008: “Please can the government increase control and coordination of the media, to create a good environment for the recall […]

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1 Oct

Does the CBC need more balanced opinions?

When a recent Heather Mallick column published by cbc.ca was pulled and CBC publisher John Cruickshank apologized for the piece, media observers began weighing in on the content of the […]

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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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