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Who pays for this blog? I receive no fees, considerations, etc. etc. for the posts on this blog nor do I have any plans to accept any. My salary is paid by Canwest Global Communications Corp. I work for that company as the Ottawa-based National Affairs Correspondent for Canwest News Service. The blog publishing platform used here is called Blogware and it's developed by Tucows Inc. of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. My use of Blogware should not be taken as an endorsement of that company. Like all Blogware users, I do not pay any fees for the use of this service. I participate in program. Google pays me some money and, for that, I give Google some space on this site to display ads. Google sells those ads and Google, not me, decides what advertising content you are seeing. I do not filter these ads and take no responsibility for them. Readers should not assume I endorse any of the products or services advertised here. If you think other disclosures are appropriate in this space, I'd like to hear from you. All of my contact details are always at www.davidakin.com You can read more about this section |
Saturday, May 29
McGill looks at media influence on the 2004 Canadian federal election
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DavidAkin
on Sat 29 May 2004 11:26 PM EDT
Tom Popyk just posted this interesting tidbit up on the CAJ-List:
McGill University's Observatory on Media and Public Policy is tracking news coverage and bias [for the June 28, 2004 Canadian federal election]:
"Each day, a team of coders will scrutinize the main news sections of the Globe ... more »
Sad Day - Tom Mangan retires Print the Chaff
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DavidAkin
on Sat 29 May 2004 10:22 PM EDT
Tom Mangan is a copy editor (I think -- correct me if I'm wrong anyone who might know) at the San Jose Mercury News and ran one of the best blogs for folks who worked in a print newsroom. It was called "Print The Chaff" and it was funny, informative, ... more »
Credibility, Blogs, and How Newspapers Work
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DavidAkin
on Sat 29 May 2004 10:06 PM EDT
One of the problems with mining the Internet for sources and info, of course, is verifying the identify of authors of what looks like interesting material. Such is the case here with an alternatingly funny/cynical/misguided/spot-on blog entry by a fellow named Steve Gilliard. I have no idea what Gilliard is ... more »
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