Responsibility and the press

Article Abstract:

CBC ombudsman William Morgan, the former director of news and current affairs at the network, denied a published account in the Toronto Globe and Mail in which he praised the work of controversial documentary maker Brian McKenna. The incident raises issues of journalist practice and freedom of the press.

Officials and employees, Cases, Behavior, Political aspects, Freedom of the press, Canadian Broadcasting Corp., Journalistic ethics, Morgan, William

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Scare talk and skepticism

Article Abstract:

In the debate over the Canada-US Free Trade Agreement, Canadian journalists argued that free trade would undermine Canada's health care system since the cost of health care was cheaper in Canada. The argument was a false one since under GATT social policies are not seen as subsidies that distort trade.

Canada, Journalism

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A questionable caterwauling

Article Abstract:

Sexual harassment is wrong, but much of what people say about it is exaggerated or untrue. For example, a study of that reported that 81% of female college students had been subject to some form of sexual abuse was based on definitions of abuse that were fallacious.

Portrayals, Sexual harassment

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