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CBC Ombudsman: Privacy vs. The Public Good – Covering Personal Tragedy

By Esther Enkin, CBC Ombudsman The complainant, Paula Vallee, had a relative die in a car crash. While she herself was not contacted, she alleged the reporter was insensitive and insistent with…
CBC Ombudsman: Tough but fair—Grilling a politician is a journalist’s job

By Esther Enkin, CBC Ombudsman The complainant, Mary MacDonald, thought Anna Maria Tremonti was hostile and biased in an interview with Conservative Party leadership candidate Kellie Leitch. The topic was a proposal…
Globe and Mail Public Editor: Shooting the messenger—Trump’s toxic impact on journalism

By Sylvia Stead for The Globe and Mail In just over a week, the United States will go to the polls in an election that has been unprecedented – not just because…
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…
Are Canadian public editors and ombuds independent enough to do their jobs?

By Jane Gerster In her first column as the Toronto Star’s public editor, Sharon Burnside wryly noted, “Readers will look after the swelled head.” It was March 2005 and she’d held the…
Brunswick News Ombudswoman: Is it possible to be private at a public event?

By Patricia Graham for the Brunswick News On the night of June 13, a vigil was held in Fredericton to mourn those killed and injured at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla.…
CBC Ombudsman: Service Dogs or Support Dogs: Getting the definition right

The complainant, Andrew Sprague, said that CBC News wrongly identified the status of an emotional support dog that was banned from an Edmonton base.

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