Category / Commentary
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Brunswick News Ombudswoman: Balanced election coverage
A five-week campaign shortens the window for achieving balance in news coverage and the immediacy of digital platforms adds to the challenge. Candidates and their supporters are quick to notice deficiencies, both…
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Globe public editor: Why sometimes it’s okay for a travel writer to take a free trip
The experience of attending a movie prescreening, for example, is quite different from being a guest on a cruise for example, writes the Globe’s public editor.
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Globe public editor: Militaristic metaphors not helpful to people with cancer
In the stories about Toronto Mayor Rob Ford’s cancer diagnosis, many people are talking about his “fight” and his “battle” against the disease and noting his strong personality. But are these militaristic…
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Public editor: The Globe’s rating systems explained
A reader wrote to us this week confused about the star rating system used in The Globe and Mail.
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Globe public editor: Without the media, some things would never be revealed
Generally, Canada’s courts have been in favour of openness and have ruled in favour of the media’s social and moral duty to report openly on matters of public interest. So why is…
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CBC ombudsman: The contentious case of Omar Khadr
The complainant, Kathleen Ruff, felt very strongly that by leaving out key details about the treatment of Omar Khadr CBC was “hate-mongering” and biased in its coverage.
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CBC ombudsman: Is it okay to feature family members in a story?
The complainant questioned the use of the husband of a reporter in a story about problems with the renewal of New Brunswick health care cards.
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CBC ombudsman: How do you judge balance and bias?
Journalists covering and writing about these events have an obligation to provide as much information and as many relevant perspectives as possible to help citizens come to their own conclusions about a…
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Brunswick News ombudsman: Today’s world requires you to be a smart news consumer
There is, in fact, a very real appetite for negative content. Audiences read it, which is why there’s so much of it. But the exponential increase in the volume of content available…
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Star public editor: Time for national press accountability
Support for a national council to be launched in 2015 appears to be consolidating across Canada, writes Toronto Star public editor Kathy English.