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- How Polls, the News Media, and Putin gave Trump the Presidency January 21, 2019
- The CBC will run out of money before excuses April 26, 2018
- Propagating the Myth of a “Divided America” April 26, 2018
- Why Canadian TV drama avoids gut issues December 26, 2017
- The problem with Canadian TV December 26, 2017
- NSA spying, Edward Snowden, and the Polls: Misrepresenting public opinion June 2, 2015
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Open letter to PM Trudeau & Dr Tam re Covid-19 spread
Dear Prime Minister Trudeau and Dr Theresa Tam, Critical information about the spread of Covid-19 may be available to you and your colleagues from a cost efficient & relatively quick population survey that can be extrapolated to the general public. … Continue reading
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Tagged coronavirus, Covid-19, Covid-19 spread, demographics, Dr Theresa Tam, Justin Trudeau, Statistics Canada, survey, testing
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Articles by Oleh Iwanyshyn in National NewsWatch
Trump’s war on vital institutions of US democracy Jul 7 2017 — Oleh Iwanyshyn — National Newswatch — While news media tends to focus on Trump’s often silly tweets, a much bigger problem gets short shrift. Public confidence in institutions critical to the preservation … Continue reading
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How Polls, the News Media, and Putin gave Trump the Presidency
(This article was originally published in National Newswatch on Jan 9, 2017) Did the Putin-inspired hacks of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) tilt the voting results in Trump’s favor? Seventeen US intelligence agencies believe Russia and in particular Putin interfered in the … Continue reading
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The CBC will run out of money before excuses
(This article was originally published on December 8, 2012 in iPolitics ) Some weeks ago I attended a memorial for Jim Murray. For many years Jim was the executive producer of the CBC’s The Nature of Things with David Suzuki. The show won numerous … Continue reading
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Propagating the Myth of a “Divided America”
(This article was originally published on March 6, 2012 in iPolitics.) There is a myth propagated by the American political establishment and carelessly disseminated by uncritical media that the American public is deeply divided on how the country should be … Continue reading
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Putin’s Invasion Plan for Ukraine
(This story was originally published on April 7, 2014 at the National NewsWatch site.) While there has been a huge amount of conjecture on what motivated Putin to invade Crimea and where his expansionist ambitions will take Russia, precious little … Continue reading
Why U.S. polls are better at predicting election results
(This article was originally published on December 2, 2013 by the Hill Times.) Why are American polls more successful in predicting election results than Canadian polls? The question isn’t merely an attention-getter. Soon there will be general elections held in Quebec, … Continue reading