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22 Aug

The CBC stumbled with l’affaire Duceppe: Citizen columnist

<p>Former Bloc Québécois leader Gilles Duceppe's "whirlwind business relationship" with Radio-Canada isn't likely to fade from public discourse any time soon, <a href="http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/stumbled%2Bwith%2Baffaire%2BDuceppe/5282008/story.html">writes Michael Taube in a recent <em>Ottawa Citizen</em> column</a>.</p><p>"In fact," he adds, "Our public broadcaster will rue the day its French language affiliate tried to get in bed with an ex-politician who wanted to break apart Canada."</p>

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19 Aug

Cautionary tale: “Don’t trust Wikipedia”

<p>In <a href="http://www.thestar.com/opinion/public_editor/2011/08/19/english_dont_trust_wikipedia.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">her latest column</a>, <em>Toronto Star</em> public editor Kathy English shares the story of <em>Star</em> intern Michael Woods, who learned the hard way how damaging unverified information can be.</p><p>Woods reported on the death of Rick Rypien, the 27-year-old Vancouver Canucks winger who was recently found dead after losing a hard-fought battle with depression. By all accounts Rypien had received full support from the Canucks organization through his troubles.</p>

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10 Aug

Fanning the flames of intolerance

<p><em>In framing interim federal NDP leader Nycole Turmel's affiliation with the Bloc as a scandal, writes <strong>Nick Van der Graaf</strong>, The Globe and Mail revealed the dangerous nationalist underbelly of Canadian politics. This story was originally published in <a href="http://www.themarknews.com/articles/6294-fanning-the-flames-of-intolerance/">The Mark</a>, and a version of it also appeared on <a href="http://neodemokratia.ca/">Van der Graaf's blog</a>.</em></p>

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8 Aug

Former NHL-er Alex Kovalev takes shots at Ottawa hockey media

<p>Former Ottawa Senator hockey player Alex Kovalev may have moved on to a two-year contract with the KHL, but he's not done with Ottawa yet. Kovalev gave an interview with Pavel Lysenkov of <em>Sovetsky Sport</em> recently and  had plenty to say about Ottawa sports journalists.</p><p>The <a href="http://www.ottawacitizen.com/sports/NHLer+Kovalev+trashes+former+Senators+coach+Clouston+Ottawa+hockey+media/5223057/story.html"><em>Ottawa Citizen </em>has a partial transcript posted online</a>, which is worth checking out. Here's a taste:</p>

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8 Aug

Steve Maich talks Sportsnet with Toronto Star

<p>So, will Canada's only general interest sports pub look like a Canuck <em>Sports Illustrated</em>, or <em>Maclean's</em> with sports? Neither, new <em>Sportsnet</em> editor Steve Maich tells the <em>Toronto Star </em>in a recent interview.<br /><br />The <em>Star</em>'s <a href="http://www.thestar.com/sports/2011/08/08/mudhar_getting_the_scoop_on_sportsnet_magazine.html">Raju Mudhar caught up with Maich</a> to get the scoop on Rogers' latest magazine venture, and Maich finally shed some light on what the new publication will look and read like:<br />

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5 Aug

Journalist gets smackdown while taking photo; writes about it in Toronto Sun

<p>Freelance journalist David Menzies apparently got the smackdown from "a woman wearing a hijab" last weekend after she was captured in a photo he took at Younge-Dundas Square with his nine-year-old son. Being a journalist, Menzies <a href="http://www.torontosun.com/2011/08/02/yonge-dundas-smackdown#disqus_thread">decided to write about it</a> -- in the <em>Toronto Sun</em>.<br /><br />Here is his detailing of the incident:<br />

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2 Aug

Journalism and hidden sources

<p>The scandal at News of the World links back to some very old abuses, writes <em>The Globe and Mail</em>'s Neil Reynolds <a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/commentary/beware-those-hidden-sources/article626077/">in a recent column</a>. Namely, the risk of factual error when it comes to using anonymous sources.<br /><br />In his article, Reynolds spans the history of anonymous sources, as well as the use of pen names. Yet, his conclusion is clear:<br />

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2 Aug

Can journalism be saved?: One young journo comments on Kai Nagata

<p>By now, most of us have probably read <a href="http://j-source.ca/article/ctvs-kai-nagata-why-i-quit-my-job">Kai Nagata's manifesto</a> against mainstream TV news -- "Why I quit my job". We've also probably read (and perhaps contributed to) <a href="http://j-source.ca/article/kai-nagata-quits-job-story-why-goes-viral">the dozens of comments </a>praising and slamming the 24-year-old.

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2 Aug

Is Harper immune from Murdoch-style scandal?

<p>There is no way Stephen Harper will become embroiled in a Murdoch-style scandal à la British PM David Cameron, according to a series of analysts interviewed in a <a href="http://www.ctvnews.ca/harper-immune-from-murdoch-style-scandal-analysts-1.677664">recent Canadian Press story</a>.<br /><br />As the CP story puts it:<br />

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2 Aug

“When newspapers and reporters slugged it out” : Peter Worthington

<p>The news biz may be competitive now, writes QMI's Peter Worthington <a href="http://www.torontosun.com/2011/07/30/when-newspapers-and-reporters-slugged-it-out">in a recent column</a>, but it's nothing compared to the wars of bygone days. Especially when it comes to the <em>Toronto Star</em> and the now-defunct <em>Telegram</em>.<br />

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