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Democracy Watch thinks the media are doing Canadians a disfavour by not giving the undecided vote when they report polling results. This was sent out as a group email on Friday: Dear Editors/Producers, As the federal election speculation rollercoaster continues, many media reports are misleading the public concerning public support of the federal parties, and [...]
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Martin Newland, who some might remember as deputy editor of the National Post, will leave as editor of the UK's Daily Telegraph at the end of the month. (Actually, an error in the Beeb story: “Before becoming Telegraph editor, Mr Newland edited Canada's The Morning Post.”) An excerpt from the BBC story: Mr Newland, 44, [...]
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As you may be aware, the Bushies have been pushing back hard against the notion that they lied about the intelligence used to justify the 2003 invasion of Iraq. The Bush position, has been summed up thusly by supporters like Marcus Gee of The Globe and Mail: “There is no evidence that Mr. Bush deliberately misled the American [...]
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John Murtha, a U.S. Congressman and 73-year-old former marine colonel who fought in Vietnam, wants the bulk of U.S. forces out of Iraq toute de suite. Some excerpts from the NYT story: It is time for a change in direction,” said Representative John Murtha of Pennsylvania, the leading Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee's defense subcommittee. “Our [...]
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John Lorinc, contributor to the forthcoming book uTOpia, praises 1950s-era shopping plazas that have come into the gunsights of urban planners. An excerpt from the Now Toronto story: In any taxonomy of urban retail establishments, the strip plazas around Toronto's inner suburbs enjoy the status of a weed species. They don't have the utility of [...]
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