A New Host Won’t Save The National
CBC’s flagship news segment needs more than a cosmetic change—it needs an overhaul
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Why ‘Checking Your Privilege’ Doesn’t Work
We’re more aware than ever of even the smallest injustices—and doing nothing about them
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On Cultural Appropriation, Canadians Are Hypocrites
Citizens of this country believe in the value of protecting one’s culture—except when it comes to Indigenous people
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Thinking About Facts in the Digital Age
Our educational system and our reliance on the Internet has led to a generation that does not know what they don’t know
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How Climate Change Denial Set the Stage for Fake News
I wasn’t worried when the newspaper I worked for started publishing “climate skeptics.” I should have been
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Why Jian Ghomeshi’s New Podcast Is Absolutely Guaranteed to Fail
A friend recently asked me if his firm should consider representing the former CBC Radio host’s media business. Here’s what I told him
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The Globe’s Hypocrisy Is Showing Through Its Starched Shirt
Hit-hungry editors encourage confessional journalism. But when things get too hot, they let writers like Leah McLaren take the fall
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How Good Editing Could Have Saved Andrew Potter’s Career
As the media industry pushes for more content with less oversight, editors have become an endangered species
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The Andrew Potter Affair Is a Sign of Things to Come
Universities want journalism’s relevance without its rabble rousing. What they’ll get is more conflict and hypocrisy
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The Rebel Hits a New Low
The very least that could be said of Ezra Levant is that he defended Jews from hate. But that’s now in the past
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