CBC Ombudsman: Service Dogs or Support Dogs: Getting the definition right
The complainant, Andrew Sprague, said that CBC News wrongly identified the status of an emotional support dog that was banned from an Edmonton base.
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Globe and Mail public editor: Breakfast meetings with senator OK under Globe code of conduct
By Sylvia Stead, for the Globe and Mail Last week, an arbitration review of Senate expenses by former Supreme Court justice Ian Binnie cut the amount of disputed expenses owed by 14 senators. And when the RCMP dropped its investigation of 24 out of 30 senators on expenses, the only senator who took part in the…
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CBC Ombudsman: Power & Politics: Equal opportunity questioning
The complainant, Ray Gribeauval, thought the program host was pushing the Conservative party line in a story about fiscal update.
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CBC Ombudsman: GMO Crops and Journalistic Balance
The complainant focused on a passing reference to crop yields from GMO seed in an interview about the reasons for the Chinese takeover of a large seed and pesticide company.
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Toronto Star public editor: Secrecy and the ‘open courts’ principle
A publication ban on a stabbing victim’s name meant the Star could not report what it had already reported.
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CBC general manager and editor in chief: Reviewing our commenting policy
CBC general manager and editor in chief Jennifer McGuire explains why the CBC reviewed their comment policy.
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Globe and Mail public editor: Rushing a story is the No. 1 cause of errors in journalism
If there is one thing that is the root cause of most errors in journalism, it is rushing through the details.
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Toronto Star public editor: publishing and ‘unpublishing’ in the digital age
Should the Star take down readers’ letters to the editor published on its website?
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Brunswick News ombudswoman: Readers react with plenty of pet peeves of their own
My column last month on some of my journalistic pet peeves prompted a number of readers to share their own.
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CBC Ombudsman: Journalistic Judgment: Reporting on RCMP concern about rifles converted to automatic weapons
The complainant, Rida Mirza, challenged the conclusion of an RCMP lab study that there is an increased risk from rifles converted to automatic fire.