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The Canadian and U.S. Elections: Did the Media Do Their Job?

Tuesday, November 18, 2008 17:30
Faculty Club 3450 rue McTavish, Montreal, QC, H3A 0E5, CA

In the wake of both the Canadian and the US elections, Media@º«¹úÂãÎè is pleased to present a special event which aims to provide a space for public exchange concerning the role of media in both elections. Each speaker will center her or his presentation on the role of media during the U.S. and Canadian election campaigns and in the post-election period.

Ndimyake Mwakalyelye, a television reporter for Voice of America TV will be discussing the U.S. elections; Manon Cornellier, political reporter for Le Devoir, will talk about both the Francophone and Anglophone Canadian press; John Ibbitson, Globe and Mail Columnist, will deal with both the U.S. and the Canadian elections. Each panelist will develop her or his own angle of analysis.

Focusing on specific features of media coverage of the Canadian and the US elections, the panel will take up the question of whether the media did their job during and right after the elections.

As Media@º«¹úÂãÎè Acting Director Will Straw says, “ With Facebook, partisan cable news networks, political blogs and traditional newspapers fighting for a role in the political process, the question of the media’s role in elections has become more complicated and urgent than ever.â€

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