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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…
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,…
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 is how Canadian newspapers covered the election. …
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…
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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