6 years ago
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 time when the US elected a president…
6 years ago
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. This is an epic fail.”
– Margaret Sullivan,…
6 years ago
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 of the bizarre nature of the campaign, but…
6 years ago
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 to mention the ban would be until officials…
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