Bill Doskoch: Media, BPS*, Film, Minutiae

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A historic legal victory for Canadian journalists

A pair of libel rulings by the Supreme Court of Canada have fundamentally changed the rules for investigative reporting in this country — for the better.

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CTV News' top 10 stories of 2009

Here's the story, but before you read it, you might want to play with this interactive.

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<em>Salon's</em> bogus stories of 2009

Salon's blurb: “There was plenty of news in 2009. So why did the media spend so much time chasing non-stories? Here's Salon's list of the top 11 Bogus Stories of 2009. (We couldn't pick just 10!)” In order: Death panels / Cheney Attacks Obama / the Twitter Revolution / ACORN / Slightly less than one [...]

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