Category / Commentary
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When being open to media doesn’t work
Scott Stinson raises an interesting point in today’s National Post column: Showing love to the media doesn’t always mean they’ll heart you back. Throughout his campaign, Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff has made…
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Was coverage of the Royal Wedding over the top?
Would you have jumped at the chance to cover the Royal Wedding? For Christie Blatchford, that answer is “not a chance in hell.”
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Sun TV’s near dupe debacle
If anything, Karl Peladeau has proven he’s hard to ignore. On Wednesday, Sun Media’s head honcho published 751 words dripping with righteous indignation over his network’s near dupe regarding a bogus Ignatieff-in-fatigues-in-Kuwait…
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Only 4,000 viewers tune into Sun News during some time slots
Sun TV’s first-week ratings are out and they are, surprisingly, dim.
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Have newspapers created their own middle class?
The National Post published an interesting article by Armine Yalnizyan, senior economist with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, yesterday. On the whole, the article is about RRSPs and TFSAs and dispelling…
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Inside Google’s Toronto headquarters
Last night, journalists were invited to learn search secrets at Google Canada’s HQ in Toronto. The Society of American Business Editors and Writers’s second foray into Canada promised to make journalists smarter…
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Online social networking changing the way Canadians get their news: study
Canadians are increasingly using social networking sites to get their news, according to a recently released study. But are they listening to journalists? J-Source reports.
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When is a Prime Minister not a Prime Minister?
Style can be a sticky thing, and this one’s been bugging us: Once an election has been called, should media refer still refer to the Prime Minister by his (or her) title?…
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Sun TV one week later: What reviewers are saying
Alright so a week has passed since the debut of Sun TV. While the network is still taking its first steps and there are, surely, more things to come, we still want…
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London Free Press call for citizen journos “concerning”: Canadian Freelance Union
On April 15, the London Free Press launched an initiative to help the community better interact with the paper. Citizens can now contact the paper with ideas, and the paper will provide…