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Media biasDear Mainstream Media: 4 strikes and you’re out!
Like many of you, I grew up with the mainstream media being a part of our household. We got the Globe and Mail delivered daily;…
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HistoryThe Great Moon Hoax of 1835
You can download or listen to the podcast version (7 minutes) here. ***** Back when I was studying history as a graduate student, one of…
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NewsNews or fake news: third of Brits have dinner in silence?
In September, at least five of the United Kingdom’s online newspapers shared the results of a study claiming one-third of Brits eat their dinners in complete…
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InternetCharles Spurgeon with some advice for the Internet age
Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892) died a century before Mankind mastered the ability to pass along unverified news stories and unfounded rumors at the speed of light….
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Media biasOur dangerous diet of clips, tweets, memes, and headlines
We live in a 200-word blog post /140-character tweet /30-second YouTube clip /headline-reading kind of world. People read and watch more than ever, but with…
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Media biasReligious “ghosts” haunt the mainstream media
Back in 2004 a couple of Christian journalists were frustrated at how, in the words of William Schneider: “The press…doesn’t get religion.” So Terry Mattingly…
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NewsMedia bias and Australia’s marriage debate
This month and next Australians are being given the opportunity to have their say on same-sex “marriage.” The Liberal-National (LNP) coalition ran their election campaign…
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AssortedThe End was near
They’ve probably been predicting the end of time since the beginning of time. Recently, we’ve had predictions it would end in 2012, due to some…