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    CBC Ombudsman: Beware of generalizations

    By Esther Enkin, CBC Ombudsman The complainant, Mr. Marco Mura, objected to the characterization of the government of Turkey as “fundamentalist.” I agree that the term is too broad to be accurate in this context. Adjectives are seldom a news writer’s friend. COMPLAINT On December 7, 2016, The World at Six ran a feature about…
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    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 years ago proved so rewarding we are setting up there once again.  And who better to have at the helm than correspondent Nil…