Has media literacy led us down the path to partisanship?
ALLAN BONNER: The advice to engage in “cross-checking” advocated by those who promote media literacy does not necessarily lead to media literacy
Tag: Fake news
To protect democracy, we must protect local media
GERRY CHIDIAC: Our 21st-century reliance on tech giants to supply us with information has resulted in fake news, clickbait and polarized societies (PREMIUM)
Just the facts? Don’t count on fact-checkers
LEE HARDING: A closer look at almost every fact-checking organization shows a great deal of politics and vested interests involved
A KGB guide to subverting the press to your agenda
LEE HARDING: The methods of a former KGB operative remain applicable in the modern era, leading to disinformation and outright lies
Fake news? Every era had its perpetrators
ALLAN BONNER: Early newspapers were often more interested in expressing the opinions of the owners than the facts (FREE)
Racist cop shows, biased news fuel public fears of crime
TIMOTHY CAULFIELD: Portrayals of violent crime in pop culture and media are skewing people’s perception of how likely it is to happen to them, says U of A expert
Could BBC subscription reform work at CBC?
JACK BUCKBY: Once a subscription model is implemented, CBC will only survive if it produces content people actually want to watch
How far should we go to stop the social media chaos?
DOUG FIRBY: Maybe the problem isn’t the mischief-makers who are planting claims. Maybe it’s the social media themselves that are the problem
We need to make it easier for parents to vaccinate their children
RAYMONDE GAGNE and MOHAMED IQBAL-RAVALIA: No child should die a preventable death. It’s time Canada had a national vaccine framework
Journalism takes another hit in wake of Mueller, Covington fiascos
The damage done to public trust in journalism by not following basic rules of journalism is, at this stage, incalculable (FREE)
Can we restore public trust in journalism?
Too many journalists tolerate peers who, through undisciplined abandonment of standards, undermine their craft’s credibility (FREE)
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