Category / Commentary
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Beyond avoiding “alleged” and using “survivor”
A guide for reporters telling stories about sexual violence.
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CBC Ombudsman: The Trump Effect on Marketplace
Marketplace ran a special edition probing the use of intolerant and hate speech in Canada to explore whether there had been an upsurge as there had been in the United States.
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CBC Ombudsman: News on YouTube
The complainant watched a clip of the young women participating in the International Women’s Day event in the House of Commons.
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Toronto Star Public Editor: Media tradition of April Fool’s Day jokes isn’t so funny now
No kidding here: Given widespread concerns about fake news, this is no time for newsrooms to play with far-fetched fraudulent news just for fun.
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Toronto Star Public Editor: Smart readers ask good questions about the how and why of journalism
It is time we did more to close the media credibility gap.
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CBC Ombudsman: What to call Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Using “dictator” is not bias
The complainant objected to one reference to Bashar al-Assad as “dictator” in a panel discussion on The National.
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‘Nationalize’ Postmedia? That’s just the first step
By Crawford Kilian, for The Tyee Canadian newspapers have gone through convulsive changes since the 1990s, largely thanks to the Internet. Their corporate owners appear to have shifted business plans. First they…
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Peter Mansbridge: Debating his legacy
By Charmaine Millaire for The Signal On the crisp winter morning of February 17, 2009, Peter Mansbridge walked off the elevator towards the main doors of the Willard Hotel in Washington, D.C.…
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Globe and Mail Public Editor: Public Editor: With headlines, the details matter
By Sylvia Stead for the Globe and Mail In these times of political spin, contradictions, obfuscation and, at times, outright lies, readers expect to see not only the articles, but also the…
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CBC Ombudsman: As always, context is queen
By Esther Enkin, CBC Ombudsman The complainant, William Heavenor, was concerned about the qualifying phrase “even so” in a paragraph about the makeup of the federal firearms advisory committee. Its placement made…
