Playing Heather Mallick: Human Rights in the Canadian Media

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Heather Mallick: Human Rights in the Canadian Media

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Contributed by Citizen Shift

Length: 3 min 20 sec

License: 1

Year of Production: 2005

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From the autumn 2005 Measuring Security Measures tour

Globe and Mail columnist Heather Mallick tries to explain why the story of the Security Certificate detainees has been so poorly covered by Canadian media: The story lacks visuals and a human angle, and journalists are shallow. Mallick contrasts British coverage of human rights stories with that of Canadian papers and finds Canadian media wanting.