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CBC Ombudsman: Fairness in Ford Nation

By Esther Enkin, CBC Ombudsman The complainant, Jacqueline Bell, thought that repeated use of the name of one candidate, Michael Ford, and references to the “Ford dynasty” on the day of a…
Memo: CBC is back in Turkey

The following memo was sent to CBC staff on Oct. 14, 2016, from Greg Reaume, Managing Editor, CBC News Coverage. CBC News is back in Turkey. The temporary bureau we opened in Istanbul nearly two…
CBC’s senior reporters and anchors reflect on a changing media landscape

By Trevor Hewitt When Peter Mansbridge began working at a Winnipeg newsroom in 1971, there was only one woman in the entire newsroom. Her job? Answering the phone and getting coffee. That…
CBC Ombudsman: Quoting in Context – Editing interviews accurately

By Esther Enkin, CBC Ombudsman The complainant, Frank Ramagnano, President of the Toronto Professional Fire Fighters’ Association, said he was unfairly quoted in a story about a female firefighter’s harassment and search…
Newsrooms need to talk about informed consent when reporting on LGBTQ+ communities

This story was funded by the J-Source Patreon campaign. By Steph Wechsler In August, the CBC was named as a defendant in a lawsuit claiming that Farzam Dadashzadeh, an Iranian refugee now living…
CBC Ombudsman: Climate Change Contrarians

By Esther Enkin, CBC Ombudsman The complainant, Geoffrey Pounder, questioned the value and journalistic purpose of an Ideas programme called “Contrarians”. He said it was dangerous and deceptive to give air time…
CBC Ombudsman: Quebec Nationalism – Criticism isn’t bashing, it’s opinion

By Esther Enkin, CBC Ombudsman The complainant, Will Dubitsky, thought characterising the 1995 Quebec referendum as the “abyss of ethnic nationalism” was Quebec-bashing and tarred all Quebec nationalists as xenophobes. It was…
CBC Ombudsman: Donald Trump’s Ban on Muslims

By Esther Enkin for the CBC The complainant, E. Gelb, accused CBC of bias by omission in a story that dealt with Donald Trump’s call for a ban on Muslim immigration. Failure…
CBC Ombudsman: True or False—There aren’t always absolutes

By Esther Enkin for the CBC The complainant, Stephen Birch, took issue with a Metro Morning interview with Finance Minister Bill Morneau. He said the minister had made a false statement about…
CBC Ombudsman: Who said that? The use of paraphrase and direct quotes

By Esther Enkin, CBC ombudsman The complainant, Greg Hunter, was suspicious of statements attributed to the Syrian government and to Vladimir Putin. He thought it unlikely they had actually said what Carol…

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