All Entries Tagged With: "media"
Spacing Votes: Media Comes Under Fire In Election Panel
Spacing Votes reports on a discussion panel on the 2010 election and the media, which featured a few prominent pundits Marcus Gee, Royson James and Spacing’s Matthew Blackett: “Gee kicked off the event by delving into the reasons for Rob Ford’s success, beginning with an article he penned in January encouraging the Etobicoke councilor to run. [...]
English: Who Else Is On The Ballot?
Toronto Star public editor Kathy English responds to those who have concerns that the lesser-known mayoral candidates do not receive media coverage: “In recent days, both Star readers and some of these “other” candidates have questioned why media coverage of the elections generally focuses on the front-runners and ignores the fringe. As one reader wrote: [...]
Spacing: How The Media Helped Rob Ford
Spacing Votes looks at the role the media played in the rise and success of mayoral candidate Rob Ford before and during this election cycle: “This process has been helped in no small way by the media that has given Ford all the publicity he needed for widespread name recognition. Although the publicity was oft-negative, [...]
NP Political Panel: Rob Ford’s Football Follies
This week’s National Post Municipal Election Panel features a discussion about mayoral candidate Rob Ford’s history as a coach and his relationship with the media: “Selley I wasn’t accusing the Star of anything except boring me. But I think the effect of that coverage is fascinating. There is no reason to believe Ford would be [...]
Spacing: A Dull Race That The Media Isn’t Helping
A new post on Spacing Votes argues that the media may be partially to blame for the lack of engaging coverage of Toronto’s mayoral contest thus far: “The media had a chance to build a series of stories on each of the different issues and explore them in-depth with those running for the mayor’s post. [...]
James: Of 26 Mayoral Hopefuls, Just Six Invited To Debates
Star scribe Royson James takes issue with the way his colleagues in the media choose who is a ‘serious’ mayoral candidate: “To wit, if you are a city councillor then you are automatically given a pass to credibility — no matter your views. How else to explain that Giorgio Mammoliti is given access to the [...]
NP Election Panel: Who Picks The Front-Runners Anyway?
The Post’s Municipal Political Panel – minus Chris Selley this week – examines how the media determines the frontrunners in the mayoral contest and whether that’s fair: “FUREY: If you’re not willing to make yourself known in your community and gather a network of people who are passionate about the same issues as you are [...]
Giorgio’s Same-Sex Media Flashback
Only three weeks in and the digging has already begun. A mischievous TEN reader produced a nasty column written by Toronto Star scribe Jim Coyle about mayoral candidate Giorgio Mammoliti way back in June 1994 during Ontario’s same-sex legislation debate – when Giorgio was an NDP MPP. It looks like Giorgio won’t be picking up [...]
John Tory Bows Out: The Fallout
As reported here first, CFRB 1010 radio host John Tory has decided not to run for mayor – a decision that most estimate will change the entire landscape of the 2010 mayoral race (for some insight into who he decided not to run, click here). With his sudden decision not to enter the fray, [...]
Di Matteo: Who’s Freaked Out By Adam Giambrone?
After apologizing to Councillor Adam Giambrone for kicking up a media fuss about his personal life, NOW Magazine writer Enzo Di Matteo wonders if it Giambrone’s candidacy for Mayor of Toronto that’s really freaking people out: “But when the person in question happens to be setting up a run for mayor that is freaking out [...]
