Tag / U.S.A.
-
Trump and why emotion triumphs over fact when everyone is the media
By Alfred Hermida for The Conversation The playwright Arthur Miller mused in 1961: “A good newspaper, I suppose, is a nation talking to itself.” The assertion seems oddly quaint now – at a…
-
Toronto Star Public Editor: I should have listened to my dad about Donald Trump
By Kathy English for the Toronto Star “We, the media, were also on the ballot.” – NBC anchor Lester Holt. “To put it bluntly, the media missed the story. Make no mistake.…
-
Canadian front pages after U.S. Election
On Nov. 8 American voters had their say—and they chose Donald Trump. The Republican nominee won 276 electoral college votes, with his win declared in the early hours of Nov. 9. Here…
-
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: 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…