Toronto Star public editor Kathy English compared the handling of CBC journalist Mellissa Fung, taken captive in Afghanistan by bandits, with that of a Canadian man arrested in North Korea.

There was a media blackout on Fung, but not on Je Yell Kim's case.

Sigh. Another necessary set of correctives from moi to a Haroon Siddiqui column.

Tabitha Southey explains why the news media need to pace themselves in constructing a recession narrative.

I will say in advance that the excerpt below won't make sense standing on its own (Ms. Southey writes that way; not a bad way, it's just her way), so read the column in its entirety. In the meantime, here goes nothing.

Craig Oliver, CTV's chief parliamentary correspondent, has keen political antennae -- and eyes clouded over by glaucoma.