press gallery
Thomas Mulcair meets the press
The leader of the opposition and the press gallery take part in a vigorous back-and-forth
Mark Carney walks into a bar
The governor of the Bank of Canada stops by a gathering of reporters.
Capital diary
Mitchel Raphael on Baird’s Crown jewels and Rae’s bondage moment
Any questions?
After taking 15 questions yesterday from reporters about other topics—John Baird’s speech at the United Nations, Barbara George, Omar Khadr and Rob Anders—Bob Rae suggests his own topic.
Dealing with the Conservatives’ carbon tax farce
Bruce Cheadle reviews the political and journalistic challenges created by the Conservatives’ carbon tax farce.
The farce and the press gallery
The Conservative party has issued a release in response to Thomas Mulcair’s deferring to the press gallery. Apparently Mr. Mulcair is trying to “co-opt journalists” into defending his cap-and-trade proposal.
Journalism Win
In the process of reporting on a dispute between the Conservative party and the CRTC, Stephen Maher demonstrates—with three words—how to refer to what one side is saying, while also reporting the truth (emphasis mine).
The vast unionized media conspiracy
Glen McGregor notes an interesting sentence (that I skimmed past) in the Conservative response to news that the NDP had to pay back money received from union sponsorships.
Questioning the press gallery
Samara’s latest report looks at political news coverage and how it compares to some frequent complaints.
Not powerful enough to be corrupted
Rest assured, the Canadian news media isn’t nearly powerful enough for anything like the News International scandal to happen here.
The people and the press
The Boston Globe compares what Barack Obama was asked about during yesterday’s Twitter town hall with what journalists asked during the last two weeks of White House press briefings.
It’s all fun and games until someone demands an answer
John Allemang profiles Terry Milewski.