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Why so serious?
Remembering the lighter side of Gotham City
Article online since July 18th 2008
This week's highly anticipated opening of The Dark Knight has blocked many a sidewalk with queues of fans eager to continue their love affair with the Batman franchise. We have been inundated with reviews, blogs, TV commercial tie-ins and countless other media references, almost all overshadowed...
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Dr. Keir strikes back
‘Teaching the Fringe’ is a comic rebuttal attacking the "menace of rogue audience members"
Article online since May 9th 2008
The Fringe Festival is well-known for attracting some of the wackiest acts in Canada. By its very nature, it provides venues — albeit sometimes makeshift ones — for just about anyone who can come up with the fee. As a result, audiences rarely know what they’re in for, and most seem to...
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Wayne Larsen
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Mordecai, Dick and Barney at the Hook
Media-Centric
Article online since February 15th 2008
Talk about starting out with a bang… My first assignment for the Examiner was generally regarded among journalists as one of the most difficult in Canada. In those days, if you mentioned to a fellow reporter that you had been assigned to interview Mordecai Richler, you would receive a sympathetic...
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Wayne Larsen
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The art of the correction
In 'Regret the Error', journalist Silverman examines media mistakes through the ages
Article online since February 5th 2008
We all make mistakes — and anyone who has had an unpleasant experience with the media will likely vouch that this statement applies especially to journalists. Let’s say a person’s one and only mention in the newspaper had their name spelled wrong, or worse, they were misquoted to the...
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Cartoon
Article online since December 21st 2007
Cartoon for Dec. 20, 2007
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