By Sylvia Stead, for the Globe and Mail On Friday afternoon, a failed attempt to be clever in a blurb on a Facebook posting sparked the wrath of many readers. It was about an amazing survival story that showed the courage and resourcefulness of two men and a teenager lost in a blizzard on Baffin Island. Nunavut…
By Grant Buckler Last week, the Ontario Superior Court ruled that Vice News reporter Ben Makuch must hand over all communications between him and an IS fighter, Farah Mohamed Shirdon, to the RCMP. It’s a worrying decision, because the news media need to be independent, not to be co-opted to do the work of the police.…
By Canadian Journalists for Free Expression The undersigned organizations have issued a joint letter to Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale expressing alarm over the Ontario Superior Court ruling that Vice News reporter Ben Makuch must hand over all communications between him and an ISIS fighter to the RCMP. The coalition urges the RCMP and Public Safety Canada to…
The complainant, Andrew Sprague, said that CBC News wrongly identified the status of an emotional support dog that was banned from an Edmonton base.
By Sylvia Stead, for the Globe and Mail Last week, an arbitration review of Senate expenses by former Supreme Court justice Ian Binnie cut the amount of disputed expenses owed by 14 senators. And when the RCMP dropped its investigation of 24 out of 30 senators on expenses, the only senator who took part in the…
The complainant, Ray Gribeauval, thought the program host was pushing the Conservative party line in a story about fiscal update.
The complainant focused on a passing reference to crop yields from GMO seed in an interview about the reasons for the Chinese takeover of a large seed and pesticide company.
A publication ban on a stabbing victim’s name meant the Star could not report what it had already reported.
CBC general manager and editor in chief Jennifer McGuire explains why the CBC reviewed their comment policy.
If there is one thing that is the root cause of most errors in journalism, it is rushing through the details.