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9 Aug

Morin new CRTC commissioner

Former Radio-Canada journalist Michel Morin was appointed this week as commissioner with the Canadian radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission. Morin retired from Radio-Canada two years ago, after 34 years as a […]

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9 Aug

Corporate control of information

A couple of interesting items this week about corporate control of public information: A major U.S. telco censored two lines in a telecast of the band Pearl Jam. The lines […]

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9 Aug

Yahoo grilled over role in Chinese jailing

The behaviour of Yahoo and Google in China has long been controversial, because of allegations that the companies comply with Chinese censorship. Now Yahoo is on the hot seat before […]

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7 Aug

Info-porn: enough already

From a report on the CBC web site: A survey conducted this July shows nearly nine out of 10 adult Americans believe there is too much coverage of celebrity scandals. […]

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7 Aug

Climate change: misreporting?

A story by Mike De Souza of CanWest concerns a report blaming mainstream U.S. media for “stalled international efforts to reach an agreement to fight climate change.” An excerpt of […]

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7 Aug

Media and Chinese Olympics

From the RSF news release in Canada:     MONTREAL, Aug. 7 /CNW Telbec/ – Reporters Without Borders staged events around the world to denounce the appalling human rights situation in […]

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3 Aug

Tom Long and the CBC’s news future

The NDP is charging political interference by the federal government, in the search for a president and a news chief for the CBC. Tom Long, the man apparently in charge […]

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3 Aug

California journalist gunned down

The editor of the Oakland Post was gunned down on his way to work on Aug. 2. An excerpt of a story in the San Francisco Chronicle: Chauncey Bailey, editor […]

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3 Aug

Who are you calling sleazy?

A cover story in Maclean’s entitled, “Lawyers are Rats,” is generating much controversy and attention from Canadian lawyers — which of course is the point of the provocative heading. The […]

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3 Aug

Media and Chinese Olympics

Reporters Without Borders is stepping up its campaign to use China’s 2008 Olympics to draw attention to China’s repression of press rights. Below is a notice of a press conference […]

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