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16 Sep

Accountability and Margaret Wente

ByDeborah Jones Politicians lose elections when they mess up. Profligate financial institutions go bankrupt. Academics who publish one point of view and then change it without explanation are taken to […]

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15 Sep

Two Newfoundland journalists try politics

In Newfoundland, two prominent journalists have crossed the battlefield to run in the Oct 14th general election. And it’s not pretty. Ryan Cleary, former editor of the now defunct weekly newspaper, […]

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12 Sep

The revolution will be plagiarized

The citizens are failing us at NowPublic. As of 2 p.m., Sept. 11, nearly 60 per cent of the stories in the citizen-journalism site’s Canadian Election section consist of quoted material […]

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10 Sep

Greens and the election debate

The leaders of the NDP and Conservatives have backed down on their opposition to Elizabeth May being included in the leader’s debate. Was it common sense and an example of […]

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10 Sep

Internet regulations recommended

The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission released two backgrounder reports on ways to regulate new media, commissioned before a public hearing on new media. “The CRTC commissioned the reports but […]

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9 Sep

Canada virtually silent on disappearance of French-Canadian journalist

Freelance journalist Guy-André Kieffer disappeared in 2004 in Abidjan, where he was investigating a story about corruption in the cocoa trade. Kieffer spent some time in Canada, where he fathered […]

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9 Sep

UPDATED: Two alt media blogs spring up for election

UPDATE: Following my critiques of the rabble.ca election blog, publisher Kim Elliott explained that it was put together quickly once it became clear that an election was certain. There is […]

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8 Sep

Greens and the election debate

The consortium of  broadcast networks that organize the debates among political leader announced they will  exclude Green party Leader Elizabeth May. The group said in a news release that other […]

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8 Sep

Globe politics site fails on many levels

The new Globe and Mail politics portal that was launched in advance of the election announcement is an incredible effort and represents some major resources. However, it fails on several […]

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8 Sep

Community newspaper coverage of Sunday’s election call lacking

While it is said all politics is local, a quick survey of community newspapers sites in British Columbia, the Yukon, Northwest Territories, Ontario and the Atlantic region found an overwhelming […]

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