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Tag: Journalism
CBC trying to shake free of its mandate as a public broadcaster
Reading Time: 4 minutes Uprising pushes CBC to halt plans to dismantle Radio Canada International
Just the facts? Don’t count on fact-checkers
Reading Time: 4 minutes A closer look at almost every fact-checking organization shows a great deal of politics and vested interests involved
Media freedom doesn’t come free
Reading Time: 3 minutes Government funding is no magic bullet. Nor are crowdsourced and advertising-supported journalism perfect
It’s time we all stood up for Julian Assange
Reading Time: 3 minutes What message do we send dictators and the people who live under their tyranny if we don’t have the courage to live up to our own ideals?
Mainstream media glosses over Indigenous issues
Reading Time: 3 minutes Media need time and resources to understand the issues and seek a range of views within the Indigenous world
Troubled Postmedia reports $3-million quarterly loss
Reading Time: 2 minutes Print advertising continued to slide, but the company pointed to an increase in digital revenue of $2.8 million or 8.7 per cent in the quarter as a hopeful sign
Alberta needs the ‘war room’ to challenge energy ignorance
Reading Time: 5 minutes Too many reporters have bought into poorly-conceived advocacy positions and fail to provide readers with balanced information
In search of truth in the face of political lies
Reading Time: 4 minutes These untruths reflect badly on candidates, and much more on the ability of the electorate to make thoughtful and informed decisions
Donor-supported CBC is a model worth pursuing
Reading Time: 3 minutes CBC has become tediously missionary rather than journalistic. And the last thing Canada’s private media needs is to compete with a subsidized entity