Archive
1 Mar

Fishy tale

Vanity Fair’s website has a story about the story — of the celebrity magazine’s quest to find out if a Victoria, B.C. resident was the son of J.F. Kennedy.It’s a […]

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29 Feb

Police investigation: 1, Journalist sources: 0

Ontario’s highest court has set the interest of police criminal investigations above the need of journalists to protect confidential sources, in a ruling against the National Post (and the Globe […]

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28 Feb

Stable funding recommended for CBC

The House of Commons heritage committee recommended that the federal government commit “stable, multi-year funding” to the CBC, though the committee split along party lines over the future of the […]

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28 Feb

Word choice key in covering sexual assault

“Rape” is not the same as “sexual assault,” as various media outlets were reminded — including the Globe and Mail, National Post and Ottawa Citizen — after they erroneously reported […]

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28 Feb

CAJ calling for changes to human rights law

The Canadian Association of Journalists is calling on federal and provincial governments to amend human rights legislation to prevent attacks on freedom of speech. According to CAJ, two recent cases […]

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27 Feb

Is the media sexist towards Hillary?

A piece by Judith Timson in the February 26 Globe and Mail claims that Hillary Clinton is the victim of sexism, suggesting that: “For every ‘presidential’ and ‘charismatic’ bestowed on […]

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25 Feb

What the US election means to Canada

There’s no shortage of Canadian media coverage of United States presidential candidates Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, John McCain and even Mike Huckabee. And why not — some of the horses […]

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21 Feb

Adbusters vs CBC & Global

Adbusters, a guerilla-media, anti-consumerist, magazine-publishing alternate media entity, lost its bid to force Global and CBC television to air Adbuster commercials spoofing multinational corporations and the media, reported the Canadian […]

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21 Feb

U.S. law guide for bloggers

It’s American, but Canadians might be interested in the new guide for bloggers and others, developed by the Citizen Media Law Project. It bills itself as “intended for use by […]

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20 Feb

Fining (and maybe jailing) messengers

The prosecution/persecution of American journalist Toni Locy, reported in the New York Times in a story excerpted below, highlights the need for shield laws for journalists and how authorities are […]

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