For the second time in its history, the newspaper that sees itself as a “small “l” liberal newspaper” is endorsing the NDP in Monday’s election. Today’s editorial in the Toronto Star calls on voters to “Look to Jack Layton and the New Democrats.” That puts the Toronto Star out in, well, left field; it seems…
More turbulent relations between journalists and Stephen Harper on the campaign trail. A crowed of partisan supporters apparently led by Conservative staffers, created shouting chaos when CBC’s Terry Milewski pressed Harper with followup questions. The incident, in Mississauga on Saturday, followed Milewski’s questions about the links between a man acquitted in the Air India bombing…
CBC Ombudsman Kirk LaPointe has added his voice to the Elizabeth May uproar. While LaPointe has decided not to conduct a review into the Canadian broadcast consortium’s decision to exclude the Green Party from the televised leaders’ debate, despite what he called “hundreds of complaints”, he does have a few choice words for the consortium.
Press gallery journalists across the nation are calling for an end to Harper’s history of information control. Photojournalists, documentary filmmakers and scientists are among those suffering the chill. Even the Taxpayers are ticked. A joint op-ed calls on journalists to report refusals and delays as news, and editors to turn down proffered pap. In recent…
The political standoff in Ottawa created an unprecedented opportunity for journalism online. The volume of commentary demonstrates how this publishing format can engage audiences in a way that is not only good for journalism, but good for democracy.
The online magazine Tyee takes a look at the impact of “citizen journalism” on the U.S. election, and specifically its role in revealing the mob mentality at the Republican rallies. The links to videos are worth a look. An excerpt of the piece by Ben Shingler: “It’s been especially evident during the current U.S. election…
“A confluence of factors has helped turn our election races into schoolyard tussles,” said Adam Radwanski in a Globe and Mail column. But he aimed his strongest criticism on the media, and especially online forms of media. “The anything-goes nature of online debate — on blogs and even on parties’ official websites —…
Clark Hoyt, the Public Editor of the New York Times, shares some thoughts about bias — real or imagined. An excerpt: “Throughout this election season, most of the thousands of messages I have received about Times news coverage have alleged bias — bias in headlines, photo selections, word choices, what the newspaper chooses to write…
After my bemoaning the lack of features allowing direct participation, the Globe and Mail adds “Hotline to Harper” feature, giving the audience a voice to speak directly to the prime minister. Nice…
In an election campaign with Twittering, Blogging, and Facebook mainstreeting this instant information world is suddenly going dark tonight. Elections Canada and the Supreme Court of Canada seem to think most Canadians are content with learning about poll results the way we did in an era of cathode ray tubes and the wireless (radio). Who…