Reading Time: 3 minutes The Andrew Potter incident should be viewed from the perspective of an ongoing pattern of anglophones marginalizing francophones
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Andrew Potter, Maclean’s and the loss of academic freedom
Reading Time: 3 minutes His departure from McGill was a terrible moment for the talented columnist and editor – and a disgrace to one of Canada’s oldest institutions of higher learning
There is little that is new about fake news
Reading Time: 5 minutes Once upon a time, a news story wasn’t news until a legitimate news outlet carried it. Now, if it’s on somebody’s Twitter feed it’s a news story
Left’s belief in free market of ideas honoured only in the breach
Reading Time: 4 minutes What is even more disturbing is the incestuous relationship between the left and vast tracts of the legacy media
The press is losing touch with the real world – and its audience
Reading Time: 4 minutes The line between editorial and opinion has disappeared, carried away by crusaders who see reporting as a calling to advance causes, not facts
Embracing the new reality, ‘fake news’ style
Reading Time: 4 minutes The truth, the whole truth and … oh, what the hell, if you can’t beat the Trump legions, you might as well join them and tell lies
News anchor in hijab puts substance first
Reading Time: 3 minutes Ginella Massa’s impressive achievement marred only by a small number of offensive comments
Trivialization of news creating a world of mediocrity
Reading Time: 3 minutes There is more of a market for trivial information that disguises itself as news than there is for information that can change the world
Dear fellow journos: You just got this one wrong
Reading Time: 3 minutes Some NDP partisans booing Justin Trudeau at a Dipper pep rally isn’t news
Five things about autism that everyone should know
Reading Time: 3 minutes Media stories that get it wrong can contribute to how others perceive those with autism – and perpetuate potentially dangerous stereotypes