by Sydney Smith on Apr 10, 2015
Why Toronto Star didn’t ID 15-yr-old Canadian Diplomat’s son as Miami murder suspect
Canadian and American news outlets named the minor-aged son of a Canadian diplomat charged with two counts of felony murder....
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by Sydney Smith on Mar 30, 2015
Public Editor: Toronto Star can say ‘Dentists are frightening’
The Ontario Press Council ruled that it was OK for Toronto Star columnist Heather Mallick to say "Dentists are frightening,"...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 22, 2015
Why did Toronto Star unpublish front-page anti-HPV vaccine story
The Toronto Star unpublished its front page story accused of being anti-vaccine and sensational. The Feb. 5 story, "A wonder...
by Sydney Smith on Feb 13, 2015
Toronto Star admits Anti-Vaccine story ‘alarmist,’ Public editor Asks Why Story was published
Why did The Toronto Star publish an investigation questioning the HPV vaccine Gardasil, public editor Kathy English asked in her...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 02, 2015
Toronto Star ran 172 fewer Corrections in 2014 than in 2013
The Toronto Star published 813 corrections in 2014 - a little more than 2 a day, according to the newspaper's...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 15, 2014
5 Most Controversial Cartoons of 2014
This year, questions about the ethics of cartoons have gained more attention. From questions about why women in a real-life...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 06, 2014
In real life, the lawyers and judge were women, so why did Toronto Star’s Ghomeshi Cartoon depict them as Men?
In the real court case, two female lawyers and a woman judge --not men--dominated the visual court scene. So why...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 30, 2014
‘No Serious Missteps’ in Toronto Star Reporting on Ottawa Shootings, Public Editor Says
The Toronto Star didn't make any major errors in reporting on the Oct. 22 shooting in Ottawa, according to the...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 25, 2014
Toronto Star apology: Politician does live where he’s running for office
The Toronto Star apologized after wrongly claiming a political candidate didn't live in the ward where he is running for...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 24, 2014
Was Toronto Star Malicious in Reporting on Brampton Mayor’s Expense Scandal? Fennell Sues
Susan Fennell, mayor of Brampton, Ontario since 2000, has major expense problems. She has used public money to book first-class...