Category / Commentary

Thirty years ago, The St. Petersburg Times newspaper won a Pulitzer Prize for reporting on the Church of Scientology. The religious organization, which evidently considered the newspaper’s coverage unfair, recently hired investigators…

The Atlantic wondered: How do other people deal with the torrent of information? It asked Steve Coll, Nicholas Lemann, James Gibney, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Jeffrey Goldberg and Marc Ambinder, and dished up the…

Journalist Judith Warner thought she had a great story to tell about the overmedication of American youth. And then her research undermined her premise…

American TV viewers accustomed to watching the Olympics on CBC television are upset ….

The headline sums up Clifford Stoll’s nice rant in Newsweek: “The Internet? Bah!” Or — for readers here who don’t care to click through — “When most everyone shouts, few listen.” Hear,…

The Utne Reader has announced the founding of its Dead Magazine Club. Is this ghoulish, or a fitting memorial?

Retired Major-General Lewis MacKenzie reasonably, in my opinion, criticized media coverage of the murder case involving Colonel Russell Williams. But at the same time, he smeared all journalists in much the same…

Heavily indebted CanWest Global Communications Corp is being effectively acquired by cable and satellite company Shaw Communications Corp., the companies announced.  “While there is much work still to be done, Shaw’s commitment…

The Sierra Club of Canada filed a damning complaint against Canwest and Shell Canada, alleging they “violated the Canadian Code of Advertising Standards.” The complaint concerns  a series of advertorials about the…

Well, dang Poynter’s Eric Alterman anyways, for popping the bubble of my favourite New York Times story this year: “Sinatra Song Often Strikes Deadly Chord.” The tale of how Philippines are killing…