This week’s edition of L’Express International was banned by Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco for having “offended Islam.” Associated Press quoted an anonymous official who said Algeria banned the magazine because it published “illustrations or accounts … contrary to Islamic morality or national values.” In Tunisia an anonymous official said it could be considered to be…
CTV News closed their newscast last night with a witty, clever, informative and entertaining story on the U.S. election by CTV’s LA bureau chief Tom Walters. It’s poetry – literally; he marries his narration and clips in a most unusual way. Have a look – it’s great TV. You’ll laugh and be inspired.
Toronto Star public editor Kathy English wrote of the Toronto Star‘s recent move to axe pseudonymous online comments alongside signed letters in its online Web Forum: “I would prefer the Star demand real names of those who comment online. I’ve been told that’s a near-impossible expectation in the online environment. I don’t buy that.“I understand…
With an annual budget of $10 million, all donated, Media Matters aims to monitor accuracy and bias in American media — and has a reputation for holding especially partisan right outlets to account. The New York Times looks at the organization…
Aboriginal People’s Television Network asked in an episode of its program Contact, “Is the mainstream media part of the problem?” ….
A ruling by the the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission includes provision for a new fund to support local news programming in markets under one million people, with cable and satellite distributors contributing about $60-million a year, reported the Globe and Mail. The CRTC release is here.A Globe and Mail story is here.
“CIRCULATION GROWS” could be a screaming headline in 72-point with multiple exclamation marks. But, oddly, it arrived in my inbox today as a mere item in the latest e-bulletin of the Canadian Newspaper Association…
A discussion is raging on Facebook about Margaret Wente’s latest Globe and Mail column, “What Dick Pound said was really dumb – and also true.” …
The British Columbia Supreme Court ruled that a Victoria newspaper can attend and report on a judicial recount of federal election results in Esquimalt-Juan de Fuca. Sadly, that’s news.
A study of the monthly expenses that families are willing to cut from their budgets during an economic slowdown suggests subscriptions to magazines and newspapers will be cut fourth in order. That’s after tickets for concerts and sports events (1), movies (2) and DVD purchases (3), but before premium cable packages (5). A story in…