Wagmedia on the election trail

During the (Canadian) election season I will be posting the odd blog entry over at "Campaign Perspectives 2008", a blog maintained by Carleton's School of Journalism and Communication. It's an excellent opportunity for faculty at the school -- both on the journalism and on the communication sides -- to offer a range of different positions on the upcoming election. My first blog entry examines the recent decision by the Consortium of Canadian Broadcasters to exclude the Green Party from the national leadership debates. I argue the decision has serious consequences not only for the political parties, but also for the credibility of Canada's major media outlets at the beginning of an important election campaign.

I'll be back here now and then, including a posting about the release of new studies advising the CRTC to harmonize the rules for television and the Internet.