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3 May

The framing of Adrian Dix

Media hear the B.C. NDP leader say big business should pay more taxes and brand him scary, hostile, and a ‘dour Stalinist.’ The Tyee‘s Crawford Kilian asks: What’s going on […]

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2 May

When being open to media doesn’t work

Scott Stinson raises an interesting point in today’s National Post column: Showing love to the media doesn’t always mean they’ll heart you back. Throughout his campaign, Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff […]

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2 May

Was coverage of the Royal Wedding over the top?

Would you have jumped at the chance to cover the Royal Wedding? For Christie Blatchford, that answer is “not a chance in hell.” Blatchford’s Saturday page three column precedes The […]

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28 Apr

Sun TV’s near dupe debacle

If anything, Karl Peladeau has proven he’s hard to ignore. On Wednesday, Sun Media’s head honcho published 751 words dripping with righteous indignation over his network’s near dupe regarding a […]

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28 Apr

Only 4,000 viewers tune into Sun News during some time slots

Sun TV’s first-week ratings are out and they are, surprisingly, dim. After months of buzz (positive and negative), more than 37,000 Canadians tuned in for the network’s initial half-hour, according […]

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27 Apr

Have newspapers created their own middle class?

The National Post published an interesting article by Armine Yalnizyan, senior economist with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, yesterday. On the whole, the article is about RRSPs and TFSAs […]

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27 Apr

Inside Google’s Toronto headquarters

Have you ever Googled “google”? Chances are you have. Google doesn’t really know why people are doing it — perhaps it has something to do with the longstanding but yet […]

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27 Apr

Online social networking changing the way Canadians get their news: study

Canadians are increasingly using social networking sites to get their news, according to a recently released study. But are they listening to journalists? Of the 1,682 Canadians polled, one in […]

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26 Apr

When is a Prime Minister not a Prime Minister?

Style can be a sticky thing, and this one’s been bugging us: Once an election has been called, should media refer still refer to the Prime Minister by his (or […]

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26 Apr

Sun TV one week later: What reviewers are saying

Alright so a week has passed since the debut of Sun TV. While the network is still taking its first steps and there are, surely, more things to come, we […]

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