Is Quebec’s media – like its culture – distinct from the rest of Canada’s? Does national media do a decent job of covering Quebec issues and news?
The Globe and Mail’s Montreal bureau chief, Les Perreaux and Laval University’s Centre for Media Studies’ director, Colette Brin, set the record straight on prejudices and assumptions many ‘ugly anglos,’ like Jesse, have about the province’s media culture.
April 10, 2017
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#173 Robyn Doolittle On Breaking The Story Of The Year
In the months after Robyn Doolittle's groundbreaking series of exposés about the scandal-ridden Toronto mayor Rob Ford, she left the Toronto Star for a new investigative role at the Globe & Mail. Then, mostly, silence. Her lack of bylines belied her hard work behind the scenes as she dug into what would become the story of the year: a 20-month investigation into police departments across Canada and their chronic underreporting of sexual assaults being filed.
February 27, 2017
Alexandre Bissonnette and the evil of normalcy
The media treats white, male terrorists as the exception. Perhaps it should be the rule.
February 1, 2017
By John Semley
Vancouver Talk Radio Host Fired After Trainwreck Interview On Race
After a disastrous interview with the Globe and Mail’s Denise Balkissoon on race in Canada, Vancouver radio station CKNW host Ian Power has been...
October 13, 2016
By Jane Lytvynenko
Reporting Monsef’s Story Without Context is Irresponsible Journalism
BREAKING: The Globe and Mail learns that refugee claimants fleeing from conflict zones have more complicated histories than those who have settled in...
September 29, 2016
By Davide Mastracci
The Wente Plagiarism Bot
One of our intrepid readers, who asked to stay anonymous, is happy to let us to take credit for his work. He built us a Wente bot.
May 5, 2016
By Jane Lytvynenko
Short Cuts
#68 Wente/Duffy/Ghomeshi Fatigue
Why Wente, Duffy and Ghomeshi all still matter. Jen Gerson co-hosts.
April 27, 2016
Yet More Instances Of Plagiarism From Margaret Wente
Margaret Wente appears to have plagiarized at least four times from three different publications in her recent columns in addition to the two cases of...
April 25, 2016
By Jane Lytvynenko
Tea Party Site Wrongly Identifies Canadian Woman as Stabber Citing Globe and Mail as Source
A tea party website misidentified a Canadian woman as a girl accused of a mass stabbing, citing the Globe and Mail as a source.
February 26, 2016
By Jane Lytvynenko
Short Cuts
#44 Shit List/Public Editors/Sammy Yatim
Journalist Carly Lewis on rape lists, the Globe & Mail's decision to withhold the publication of a Liberal government scandal on election day, The Star's botched response to a botched car sex story, and the truth about Sammy Yatim.