Dans son éditorial du jour, le Globe and Mail appelle ses lecteurs à voter pour le Parti conservateur de Stephen Harper en prévision du scrutin de lundi. Au moment d’écrire ces lignes, plus de 4000 internautes avaient commenté cette prise de position du journal sur son site. Beaucoup critiquent la démarche et annoncent qu’ils se…
If anything, Karl Peladeau has proven he’s hard to ignore. On Wednesday, Sun Media’s head honcho published 751 words dripping with righteous indignation over his network’s near dupe regarding a bogus Ignatieff-in-fatigues-in-Kuwait photo. By Thursday, the source of the photo, Conservative Party political strategist Patrick Muttart, had been booted from the campaign.
Sun TV’s first-week ratings are out and they are, surprisingly, dim.
The Walrus‘s longtime managing editor Jared Bland is leaving his spot at the magazine to join House of Anansi. Bland officially becomes Anansi’s new managing editor July 1. While at The Walrus, Bland oversaw the magazine’s fiction and poetry sections. He’ll also act as Anansi’s new poetry editor. Check out the National Post‘s blog, The…
The National Post published an interesting article by Armine Yalnizyan, senior economist with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, yesterday. On the whole, the article is about RRSPs and TFSAs and dispelling the middle class myth. Here’s what’s interesting: Yalnizyan blames the media. She writes: “Newspapers make their living by writing around the facts. But…
Dès sa toute première émission la semaine dernière, Ezra Levant de Sun News s’en est pris à Radio-Canada et CBC en décriant notamment la Boussole électorale. Comme plusieurs critiques, le polémiste estime que cet outil, censé situer les opinions des électeurs par rapport aux programmes des partis politiques, a un biais pour le Parti libéral.…
Last night, journalists were invited to learn search secrets at Google Canada’s HQ in Toronto. The Society of American Business Editors and Writers’s second foray into Canada promised to make journalists smarter researchers and “get the most from the web.” Didn’t make it? That’s OK. Former J-Source associate editor and current ScribbleLive digital journalism specialist…
Canadians are increasingly using social networking sites to get their news, according to a recently released study. But are they listening to journalists? J-Source reports.
Pour la première fois, les néo-démocrates pourraient former l’Opposition officielle à la chambre des communes, d’après les sondeurs de Ekos, Nanos, Environics et Forum Research. Cette nouvelle fait les gros titres de la majorité des médias nationaux depuis plusieurs jours, démontrant une nouvelle fois l’énorme poids des sondages dans la couverture de la campagne électorale.…
Style can be a sticky thing, and this one’s been bugging us: Once an election has been called, should media refer still refer to the Prime Minister by his (or her) title? Or should we drop it and refer to the person simply as “X” Party Leader? We asked former CBC grammar guru Judy Maddren…