Globe election hub “admirable,” but doesn’t empower citizens
When this federal election campaign began, I criticized The Globe and Mail‘s election website. It seems only fair to come back and take a second look as the campaign closes.
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CTV’s ethics
The Toronto Star reports on the political score-keeping over CTV’s airing of an interview with Stéphane Dion. The Star’s front-page link to its daily poll asks readers…
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Quixotic journalism
Art meets journalism: CBC Radio’s The Current ran a documentary about Ontario independent candidate David Page, part of a series on “The Supercommitted” candidates. It’s called “A Quixotic Candidate” — no doubt because Page’s quest to be elected is Quixotic indeed. I happened to catch it and, weary of the frenzy and ideological spite of…
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Court rules against Black bid for secrecy
An attempt by prosecutors and Conrad Black to have evidence about his case sealed indefinitely has failed, with a final refusal by the Supreme Court of Canada to hear the case “Conrad M. Black v. Bell Globemedia Publishing Inc.” The court turned down Black’s appeal of an Ontario Court of Appeal decision. The appeals court…
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La guerre de Sarah Palin contre les médias dérape
Guillemette Faure, Rue89 | Un homme politique sait qu’il ne perdra jamais de point à taper sur les médias. C’était déjà ce que faisait George Bush en 2000 et 2004 lorsqu’il disait ne pas lire les journaux parce qu’il préférait obtenir ses informations de ses proches. Dans les débats et en interview, il parlait (tiens,…
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Les journalistes connaîtront-ils le même destin que les typographes?
ProjetJ | Les questionnements des journalistes face aux nouvelles technologies rappellent ceux des typographes, il y a vingt ans. Or, comme nous le rappelle Francis Masse sur le blogue de Florian Sauvageau, le réflexe corporatiste et la résistance au changement n’ont pas sauvé le métier de typographe, et les nouveaux outils ont tout de même…
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Élections: pourquoi La Presse prend-elle position?
André Pratte, La Presse | Il est de tradition pour les pages éditoriales des grands journaux en Amérique du Nord – du New York Times au Devoir en passant par le Globe and Mail – de prendre position à la veille des élections. Rien de plus logique: les éditorialistes exprimant un point de vue sur…
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Libel law flawed despite reforms
CommentaryTwo recent media victories in defamation cases do little to fix an underlying problem: Canada’s libel laws favour protecting reputations over free speech, lawyer and Humber College media law instructor Alan Shanoff argues in an October 2008 column in the Law Times. The law still presumes factual statements published by a defendant are false and, second, expressions…
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Beware the right to privacy
A Toronto family’s lawsuit against The Globe and Mail and former reporter Jan Wong for invasion of privacy threatens to strengthen Canada’s privacy laws and, writes J-Source law editor Dean Jobb, create new risks for those who impersonate others in pursuit of a story.
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Jody Paterson’s mission
How to interview a street person: “Don’t assume I’m stupid,” says an adviser quoted in the Globe and Mail. “Don’t assume I don’t have skills. Don’t assume I don’t come from your world.” The advice is part of a profile of Jody Paterson, former managing editor of the Victoria broadsheet who is now teaching writing…