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Paul Wells, conservatism, satire, and Maclean’s footprint

Paul Wells, conservatism, satire, and Maclean’s footprint

By Sherwin Arnott July 25, 2019November 17, 2020

I like Maclean’s about as much as I like the National Post. They’re rightwing, partisan, and legacy. On my view they have courted hate and burned trust, undermining journalism along…

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Hyperlinking in Canadian journalism (Case study, IPBES report)

Hyperlinking in Canadian journalism (Case study, IPBES report)

By Sherwin Arnott May 11, 2019July 29, 2019

If news orgs are serious about being good partners in mitigating misinformation, they need to link meaningfully to relevant references and especially science-based organizations…

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Regulating fake video

Regulating fake video

By Bharat February 6, 2019May 29, 2019

Deep fakes, or the ability to manipulate people’s actions in videos, were in the news recently. Macleans wrote a very concerned article December of 2018. This will be the year…

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Canadian journalism fails at nuance when it comes to jihad

Canadian journalism fails at nuance when it comes to jihad

By Sherwin Arnott June 6, 2018May 30, 2019

On my view the news media in Canada have, by and large and in the long run, misrepresented the concept of jihad. They have positioned jihad as a form of villainy. In so doing they have portrayed Islam as a peril…

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Ads versus articles in the Saturday BC Edition of the Globe and Mail, A Section

Ads versus articles in the Saturday BC Edition of the Globe and Mail, A Section

By Sherwin Arnott June 3, 2018May 30, 2019

Here’s the A Section of the Globe and Mail. It’s the BC edition for June 2nd, 2018. There are 19 reports and 5 opinion pieces. I counted the weather section…

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Sometimes courage is choosing not to jump

Sometimes courage is choosing not to jump

By Rebecca Cory April 24, 2017April 17, 2021

Watch this. I find it so fascinating. The video shows a dozen or so people at the top of a ten metre diving tower deciding whether to jump.

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Salvaging trust: confronting journalism’s deep wrongs

Salvaging trust: confronting journalism’s deep wrongs

By Sherwin Arnott January 14, 2017May 30, 2019

News orgs make a big deal about fixing typos and issuing corrections. But what if there’s a much deeper trust problem…

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Racist trope: fatwa as act of villainy

Racist trope: fatwa as act of villainy

By Sherwin Arnott December 18, 2016May 30, 2019

I’ve become numb to racism in legacy media in Canada. But to see Canadaland unthinkingly repeat a racist trope angers …

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My friend is voting for Donald Trump, because reasons

My friend is voting for Donald Trump, because reasons

By Sherwin Arnott November 8, 2016May 30, 2019

So much media that passes as journalism isn’t, and this election has demonstrated the power of television and “news” in a remarkable and nauseating way…

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That time Colby Cosh called Stephen Marche a cunt: casual misogyny among Canadian journalists

That time Colby Cosh called Stephen Marche a cunt: casual misogyny among Canadian journalists

By Sherwin Arnott August 18, 2016May 30, 2019

In which Colby Cosh calls Stephen Marche a cunt, and then Jonathan Kay and Stephen Marche and Andrew Coyne totally miss the point …

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The failure of “Movements in Art Since 1945”

The failure of “Movements in Art Since 1945”

By Rebecca Cory November 11, 2015April 17, 2021

Stories of history, and art history, are too important to be left to the colonial, white, patriarchal views of of a few…

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