Brunswick News Ombudswoman: Heed the rational voices, not the angriest and loudest ones
It’s human nature to sometimes want vengeance, but that doesn’t make it a desirable remedy.
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Globe and Mail Public Editor: ‘Worst mass shooting’ in U.S. history
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CBC Ombudsman: Who said that? The use of paraphrase and direct quotes
By Esther Enkin, CBC ombudsman The complainant, Greg Hunter, was suspicious of statements attributed to the Syrian government and to Vladimir Putin. He thought it unlikely they had actually said what Carol Off attributed to them in the course of an interview on As It Happens. He questioned the accuracy. There was no violation of…
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CBC Ombudsman: Trump and the Republican Party
By Esther Enkin, CBC ombudsman The complainant, Steve Cherry thought it inappropriate for Neil Macdonald to refer to creationism as superstition in a column he wrote about challenges facing the Republican policy in the face of a Trump candidacy for President. Expressing opinion is prohibited by CBC policy and even this passing reference did not… -
CBC Ombudsman: Balancing Act
By Esther Enkin for the CBC The complainant Silvana Goldemberg thought a strong statement from a filmmaker about one of the messages of his documentary needed to be balanced with an opposing view. He referred to Israel as an apartheid state. Balance is achieved over time and the interview was not about Israel. In this… -
Globe and Mail Public Editor: We need to talk about The Donald
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Looking back, looking ahead
By Patricia W. Elliott, Editor-in-Chief Becoming J-Source’s fourth editor-in-chief is an honour that comes with big shoes to fill. On May 26, Janice Neil (editor-in-chief #2) and I sat in a booth at the Mercury Café in Regina, Sask., sipping coffee and filling in each other’s memory gaps. It was a great conversation, not only… -
CBC Ombudsman: LNG in British Columbia: Keeping the Debate Balanced
The complainant thought the noon progamme in British Columbia was biased in favour of developing LNG capacity in the province.
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Toronto Star Public Editor: The facts on the de facto head of state
Quick Victoria Day quiz: Who is Canada’s head of state? You are not alone if you don’t know.
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Toronto Star Public Editor: Homeless deserve their dignity too
Street nurse raises valid questions about journalistic ethics in depicting images of homeless people.