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The complainant, Alex Kogan, objected to Neil Macdonald’s strong defense of the position taken by the Canadian Journalists for Free Expression. The organization was protesting the shooting of a Palestinian...
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The complainant, Chris Warfe, thought Power & Politics host Vassy Kapelos either missed an important fact or deliberately tried to misconstrue comments made by Olivia Chow during a panel about the Ontario...
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The complainant, Chris Eustace, thought an article about a Quebec government decision to delay school board elections did not seek out alternate views. The article quoted the head of the main organization...
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The complainant, Vivian Unger, objected to the phrasing of a question on the Sunday Edition regarding electoral reform in Canada. In an interview with NDP leader Jagmeet Singh, host Michael Enright asked...
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The complainant, Dory Jade, is the Chief Executive Director of the Canadian Association of Professional Immigration Consultants. He objected to the designation “immigration consultant” to describe someone...
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The complainant, Jack Chivo, noted that a map of the Middle East in a story about missile attacks on Syria named neighbouring countries but not Israel. He thought this was a deliberate decision and reflected...
Read reviewThe Current’s “bloody” headline.
The complainant, Malcolm Brown, thought a headline about the controversy surrounding the appointment of Gina Haspel as Director of the CIA was inappropriate. He objected to the phrase “bloody Gina Haspel.”...
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The complainant, Bernard Ship, thought a story regarding the confrontations at the Gaza-Israel border lacked important information about Hamas’s involvement. The piece was not about the confrontations...
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