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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.

I don't speak for my employer on this blog. I don't comment about the internal affairs of my employer.

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View Article  Michael Moore fires back at Manufacturing Dissent

From the AP story on the NYT:

''Manufacturing Dissent,'' a film that accuses Moore of dishonesty in the making of his politically charged documentaries, alleges that he interviewed then-General Motors Corp. Chairman Roger Smith, the elusive subject of Moore's 1989 debut ''Roger & Me,'' but left the footage on the cutting room floor.

''Anybody who says that is a (expletive) liar,'' Moore told The Associated Press in an interview Saturday after a showing of ''Sicko,'' his take on U.S. medicine, in the northern Michigan village of Bellaire.

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View Article  Hitting 'Borat' where it hurts

From the BBC:

An artist who was duped into appearing in the Borat film has got her revenge on the hoaxer by giving him a starring role in her new set of sculptures.

New York artist Linda Stein was among a group of feminists who were taken in by comedian Sacha Baron Cohen's character.

Her part in the film inspired her to create a new series of artworks, including one featuring Borat.

In it, she has drawn a small penis on his thong. Ms Stein said: "I felt there should be some exposure on his part."

Ms Stein is known for her statues "knights", which represent female protection.

She has paired three sculptures with figures from the entertainment world - Borat, Marilyn Monroe and Wonder Woman - for a new exhibition.

View Article  The knotty issue of journalistic privilege in defamation lawsuits

An OPP officer is suing two Ottawa Citizen reporters for defamation for a story that was mostly true. A third reporter was found to be shielded by qualified privilege.

The lawyer for the employer of the two reporters is trying to convince the Ontario Court of Appeal to consider a new definition for qualified privilege that would get his clients off the hook and move the goalposts in a direction that would be favourable to journalism.

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