Saturday, 12 January 2019

An Evening at Henry of Pelham: Journalism

Our very own nationally renowned investigative journalist Grant LeFleche teamed up with the Toronto Star ‘Public Editor’ Kathy English to enlighten about 50 members of the public just what being an investigative journalist entail.
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Grant spoke of the diminution of news-rooms and the extraordinary effort put forth to validate each story.
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Kathy English explained her role in moderating what the Toronto Star’s reporters write. 
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She clarified the inherent element of bias predicated on one’s private philosophy.
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Both speakers stated their concerns regarding social media with its lack of accountability on the basis that some postings come from anonymous sources.
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The only negative appeared when the Liberal-Socialist in the audience participated in singling out the U.S president for ridicule as if they never heard of the devastation Kathleen Wynne caused, which destroyed the Ontario Liberal Party to non-party status.
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Still the questions from the audience were interesting, informative and well thought out. The answers from the presenters were also informative and candid.


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1 comment:

  1. Preston, This was a Public meeting, open to all. Yet, your so-called reporting betrays your mistaken belief that you were perhaps attending some Lodge meeting. The most important principle conveyed by both of the distinguished guest journalists was that reporting has to be unbiased in order to be credible. So, either you should be amending your reporting or re-post it as your personal opinion. - Kartar

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