Category / Commentary
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Globe tries Occupy Wall Street humour in celeb pages; issues disclaimer
In this week's edition of celebrity photos, The Globe and Mail pokes some fun at the stars with a little Occupy Wall Street humour — or it tried to anyway.
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Leading the way
J-Source's Lauren McKeon joins the audience in Toronto as APTN's Cheryl McKenzie speaks with warmth, wit, and self-deprecation about the aboriginal network, and her own personal journey.
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CBC issues statement on Don Cherry’s “pukes” comment; subjects sue
CBC has waded into the Don Cherry "pukes" controversy, issuing a statement that distances itself from the Hockey Night in Canada star.
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Assange, his unauthorized biography, and the truth
Julian Assange: The Unauthorised Autobiography. Rhiannon Russell asks: Who’s telling the truth and will we ever find out?
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Polling post mortem
Polling became a big issue for media in the recent Ontario campaign thanks to a highly critical letter sent out by Ipsos Reid executives in mid-September, which called other pollsters "hucksters selling…
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On election nights, politics becomes spectator sport: Susan Delacourt
What network called Ontario's election first? No matter what you may normally compare politics to, writes the Toronto Star's Susan Delacourt, on election night, it's a sport.
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Welcome to Hell: Toronto Sun
Earlier this week, the Toronto Sun raised some eyebrows when it didn't endorse Conservative candidate Tim Hudak in the Ontario provincial election.
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Do young writers care if they get paid?
Sarah Millar responds to Russell Smith's recent Globe and Mail piece, where he laments that young writers, unlike older writers, don’t seem to care if they get paid for their work. This…
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Bringing the ha! to Hogtown
J-Source’s Rhiannon Russell caught up with The Onion’s features editor Joe Garden, in town for the satirical paper’s Toronto launch, to chat about Canada, what makes it funny, and what’s in store…
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Unnecessary journalism phrases
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