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    GLOBE AND MAIL PUBLIC EDITOR: The fight against ‘fake news’

    Earlier this week, I received a complaint about a Globe investigation into a fake news site. The writer, who is a Canadian professor, called the article “fake news.” The Globe story labelled “Media and ‘Fake News'” had the headline “NATO…
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    Year of reckoning looms for Canada’s newspapers

    As 2018 dawns, it’s clear that Canada’s news media are in danger of lurching into the abyss unless Ottawa takes action soon. Enforcing our country’s anti-trust laws to stop the corporate consolidation and cutbacks in local news coverage would help…
  • White knights in film noir

    Hildy Johnson, in her pinstripe suit and jaunty hat, enters the office of her editor, Walter Burns. She’s quitting. She won’t be dissuaded­­ by quick-talking Walter, her former lover. She’s through with the dirty business of journalism, wants to settle…