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Fred Rayner is now an ex-police chief. It isn't clear why he was fired, but it is undoubtedly in relation to the ham-handed efforts of some of his officers to attempt to catch an Edmonton journalist driving drunk. The matter heated up on the weekend when the Edmonton Journal released leaked transcripts of radio transmissions [...]
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New Yorker writer Nicholas Lemann tackles B-I-G question facing the U.S. MSM right now. His story focuses on the NYT, the Chicago Tribune (which lost 2,000 subscribers after endorsing Dubya) and NBC. Here's an excerpt. Note how hard the NBC exec tries to sell new anchor Brian Williams as a de facto Red Stater: Most [...]
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The Toronto Star's Antonia Zerbisias has a big scoop (well, it's news to me) in the small world of Canadian media: Matthew Fraser is done as editor-in-chief of the National Post. Here's the relevant excerpt: Word from the National Post is that Matthew Fraser is editor-in-chief no more. No news of his fate, although sources say [...]
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While searching around for information on the Deep Throat issue rocking the U.S. journalistic chattering classes, I discovered the movie is back in the news. Here are some NYT stories on the film Deep Throat and a new documentary: Inside Deep Throat. And we thought it was just another dirty movie
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The claim of John Dean that storied Watergate figure Deep Throat is gravely ill, combined with the opening of the Watergate archive of Washington Post reporting duo Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, has reignited the parlour game of guessing the source's identity. Some story and resource links: BBC News: Deep Throat Mania Hits Washington (Feb. 8; the best [...]
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This is an analysis piece I wrote for CTV.ca based on former prime minister Jean Chretien's appearance before the Gomery Inquiry on Tuesday. The “Westmount cheap” line interested me. It was delivered without any mirth. So I thought it would be useful to examine Chretien's motives for saying it. Here's an excerpt: Why it hurt [...]
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