The NNC mediates complaints and issues decisions on breaches of journalistic standards. In cases where there is no evidence of a breach, readers may still have questions about a journalistic issue. Part of what we do at the NNC is to provide explanations to those questions. Here are some of the issues we’ve heard and how we handled them.
- Complaints we heard: There’s more to the story than just its headline
- Complaints we heard: Moderating comments
- Complaints we heard: Reader concerned about ‘bias’ in analytical article
- Complaints we heard: Calgary Herald announces that syndicated cartoon will no longer be published
- Reader outraged, but columnist correct to make social commentary
- Reader objected to newspaper’s endorsement of candidate
- ‘Who are you calling dumb?’ – Nov 14 2019
- What we heard: Mental Health Awareness Week reminds us of another way that words matter
- FYI Complaints We Heard: Explanatory journalism – July 9, 2019
- FYI Complaints We Heard: Distinguishing sponsored content from news – June 26, 2019