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I am a staff writer with CTV.ca News. That operation is part of CTV News, which is of course nestled into CTV Inc. and CTVglobemedia.

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View Article  Newsweek now retracting 'Koran' story

Newsweek has moved from an apology for any errors to a full-blown retraction.

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View Article  NYT to charge subscription fee to read columnists

The Internet just got a little less free. The NYT wants to start charging non-subscribers to read columnists online.

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View Article  An old BBC hand's take on the Newsweek/Koran debacle

The Beeb's John Simpson looks at the Newsweek/Koran debacle.

Here's Newsweek's official explanation.

I also comment on blogosphere reaction.

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View Article  Toronto Star starts media blog, podcast

The Toronto Star's Antonia Zerbisias has added media blogger to her media columnist duties.

The blog apparently launched on Friday the 13th. Make your own joke here. :)

I do have a question: Hey Zerby, why no public comments? (Thanks for the link, BTW).

Her colleague John Sakamoto has turned his anti-hit list into a podcast.

Here's a link to the Star story about all of this. The Star promises more blogs to come.

View Article  Moyers: 'We were getting it right, not right-wing'

In his first public address since leaving PBS, Bill Moyers -- whose old show NOW stood accussed of left-wing bias by U.S. Corp. for Public Broadcasting chair Ken Tomlinson -- fights back.

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View Article  The Newsweek/Koran debacle

Newsweek magazine has apologized for any errors in a story that set off rioting by angry Muslims, but especially in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

It all stems from a sentence in a little yarn about guards at Guantanamo Bay supposedly flushing a copy of the Koran down a toilet.

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