Here's my story from today's Globe and Mail: While at the University of Waterloo, Matt Goyer and his housemates didn't want to buy premium television channels such as The Movie Network.
But to make sure they didn't miss an episode of The Sopranos or Six Feet Under, both ... more »
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Gemini Award-winning reporter David Akin is the National Affairs Correspondent for Canwest News Service and is based at the CNS Parliamentary Bureau in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
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Friday, April 2
File-sharing ruling opens Pandora's box
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DavidAkin
on Fri 02 Apr 2004 06:32 AM EST
If it bleeds, it leads
by
DavidAkin
on Fri 02 Apr 2004 06:10 AM EST
My Globe and Mail colleague Ian Brown has an interesting story today about the ethical challenges faced by broadcasters and newspaper editors earlier this week over coverage of the murder and desecration of four Americans in Iraq. Many networks refused to show the footage of cheering crowds burning and mutilating the bodies. Some networks waited until after prime-time.
Newspaper front pages the next day took a variety of approaches. more »
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