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Ezra Levant trolled me for taking my seven-year-old son to see Justin Trudeau

If we give in to fiction instead of fact, and vitriol instead of verification, we all lose.
CBC Ombudsman: Assuring Accuracy

Time pressure is a daily reality of journalism. A complaint is an illustration of the cost.
Toronto Star Public Editor: When you were the editor

Almost 11,700 Toronto Star readers participated in the 2016 You be the Editor challenge.
CBC Ombudsman: Crime Reporting—Naming names in the digital age

The complainant, Paul Walton, thought it was not fair or balanced to provide the names in some crime stories, but leave them out in others.
Globe and Mail Public Editor: When we laid eggs in 2016, you kindly let us know

The amount of corrections in The Globe and Mail in 2016 was up almost 10 per cent more than 2015, but it shows how smart our readers are
Why freedom of the press should apply in Indigenous communities

Most First Nations members don’t enjoy the right to access information and hold their governments to account that most Canadians take for granted.
Toronto Star Public Editor: Typo of the Year for 2017 is a ‘shocker’

How did that vulgar word end up in a Toronto Star headline?
CBC Ombudsman: “White Trash” on The Current

The complainant considered the use of the term “white trash” offensive and hateful.
CBC Ombudsman: Being Provocative Is Allowed

Many people wrote to complain about one of the panelists on the CBC election night programme – she compared Donald Trump to Hitler.
CBC Ombudsman: Full Disclosure – It’s important to let people know whose opinion they are getting

The complainant complained that the fact a writer of an Opinion piece was working for a Liberal politician should have been disclosed when it was published.