"France Bans Public Protests Over Cartoons"
Jason Ditz: “There will be strictly no exceptions,” cautioned Interior Minister Manuel Valls, saying that any demonstrations will be broken up by security forces. France had previously closed a number…
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How the Media Can Help Improve Political Decorum
It’s nice to see a willingness to open up political discourse in BC to the possibility of maturity, respect and dignity in the legislature. It would be nice, however for…
Cardus: Lifting Sentences Doesn’t “Break the Spirit of Plagiarism”
Continuing our merry tour through the pro-plagiarism world of journamalism, we arrive at the Christian right think tank Cardus, an organization which somehow manages to draw on “more than 2000…
How the Media Should Handle a Plagiarism Scandal
In recent days I’ve done what I can to show readers how horrendously the national media is coping with the news that one of its own, accomplished Globe & Mail…
Globe & Mail: Margaret Wente Suffered an “Originality Breakdown”
The Margaret Wente plagiarism saga continues. On Friday, the Globe & Mail imported an American media export named Kelly McBride to offer yet another explanation for Wente’s sins: Professional journalism…
The sinking ship of mainstream journalism.
The Wentegate affair and much of the traditional media's reaction to it really tell us something about the mainstream media.Margaret Wente, who is documented to be a serial-plagiarist has already…
The sinking ship of mainstream journalism.
The Wentegate affair and much of the traditional media’s reaction to it really tell us something about the mainstream media. Margaret Wente, who is documented to be a serial-plagiarist has…
Link Boycott of Pro-Plagiarism Journalists (Other Bloggers Welcome to Join In)
In response to a recent, simultaneously patronizing and paranoid column in the National Post which claims that criticizing journalists for plagiarism is akin to subjecting them to Cultural Revolution-style oppression,…
National Post: Plagiarism is Okay Because Free Press is Accountable to No One
High-profile Globe & Mail columnist Margaret Wente, whose habitual plagiarizing made the news this week after her employer tried unsucessfully to dismiss allegations by bloggers, has picked up yet another…
BC Media Tycoon Puts His Best Efforts into Promoting Enbridge Pipeline
As you may have read a month or so ago, the wealthy owner of a B.C.-based chain of community newspapers — the sort of papers I assume Enbridge has been…
Considering plagiarism? Just forget it! Nowadays you’ll be busted for sure!
Peggy Wente gets ready to write her next column. Globe and Mail columnists may not appear exactly as illustrated. Below, the real Ms. Wente, looking like she’s in a mug…
Wanted: One Plagiarist. 20+ Years Experience in Print Media an Asset.
First, a mea culpa. The projects on the bill-paying side of my life have been quite extensive recently and I haven’t kept up with some of the news as much…
Media Bias: Toronto Star Leans Left. Sort Of.
As part of my ongoing Media Bias study, I recently took a look at the Toronto Sun, and pointed out that the Sun Media stable of columnists has a distinct…
Occupy Wall Street 1 Year Later: A Roundtable Discussion
Democracy Now host Amy Goodman hosts a roundtable discussion of Occupy Wall Street movement on its 1 year anniversary with the following experts: Frances Fox Piven, an author and professor…
Strikebreaker issues bizarre condemnation of Tory candidate for management role in strike
A strikebreaker drives across an early morning picket line during the Calgary Herald strike in early 2000. Below: Catharine Ford, Joan Crockatt. It takes more than a little brass for…
Gaffe Seekers
How does the Daily Show or Fox News uncover hypocrisy of the political right or left? Do they have employees watching every news channel, every hour, of every day? No,…
Neocon slapheads beware! This may not be just a Frank Prank?
The message from worried Canadians, in and out of uniform, to former Frank publisher Michael Bate. Below: Frank’s semi-iconic logo, Mr. Bate, a typical Frank cover from the Paul Martin…
Media Bias: Toronto Sun Weighed Down by Conservative Columnists (No Surprise There)
There is a pervasive myth, repeatedly told by politicians, right-wing pundits, and others, that Canada’s media is mostly dominated by liberals and the left. The Sixth Estate Media Bias study…
Mainstream Media Catches Up to Sixth Estate
Over the weekend I made what I thought was a fairly astute point about the silliness of the wave of recent press coverage praising the “subtle Quebec voter” for electing…
Why Banning Anonymous Comments is Bad for Postmedia and Bad for Society
Last night I discovered that my local newspaper – the Vancouver Sun – was going to require users log in with Facebook to comment. It turns out that this will…