CBC Ombudsman: Crime Reporting—Naming names in the digital age
The complainant, Paul Walton, thought it was not fair or balanced to provide the names in some crime stories, but leave them out in others.
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Toronto Star Public Editor: Typo of the Year for 2017 is a ‘shocker’
How did that vulgar word end up in a Toronto Star headline?
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CBC Ombudsman: “White Trash” on The Current
The complainant considered the use of the term “white trash” offensive and hateful.
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CBC Ombudsman: Being Provocative Is Allowed
Many people wrote to complain about one of the panelists on the CBC election night programme – she compared Donald Trump to Hitler.
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Toronto Star Public Editor: ‘Alt-right’? No, call it racism
Journalists must not serve as unquestioning heralds for those who espouse racism and hate.
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Toronto Star Public Editor: More discussion about demeaning team names needed
By Kathy English for the Toronto Star Can we talk, please, about that baseball team from Cleveland that dare not speak its name on this particular page of the Toronto Star. It’s not surprising that some readers are vexed and confused by what looks to them to be a gap between what a Star editorial…
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Globe and Mail Public Editor: Evidence suggests Jays game racism story is fair
By Sylvia Stead for The Globe and Mail I get a lot of passionate e-mails from readers, especially sports fans and political partisans, who have strong feelings about whether a column is fair or a story is accurate. This week, the story that garnered that heat was about the Toronto Blue Jays’ wild card victory…
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Toronto Star Public Editor: Readers still care about language use
By Kathy English for the Toronto Star In this age of instant digital news, in which journalism faces revolutionary changes, some things do not change — most notably readers’ expectations of excellence in English language usage. Rarely a day goes by without several Toronto Star readers emailing the public editor’s office to point out spelling,… -
CBC Ombudsman: Olympic opening colour commentary
The complainant stated that Peter Mansbridge had injected biased and inappropriate comments into his remarks during the opening ceremonies of the Rio games.
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CBC Ombudsman: Fairness in Ford Nation
By Esther Enkin, CBC Ombudsman The complainant, Jacqueline Bell, thought that repeated use of the name of one candidate, Michael Ford, and references to the “Ford dynasty” on the day of a municipal by-election to fill the seat formerly held by Rob Ford, violated the need for balance and fair coverage. She was concerned this…