How should a #journalist #report conflicting claims? Try our #editorial scenario for those starting off in #journalism. What would you do in the circumstances?
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Minor earthquake rumbles Ottawa-Gatineau area
Earthquakes Canada is reporting a 3.9 magnitude quake north of Shawville, Que., early Tuesday afternoon.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/ottawa-earthquake-april-14-2026-9.7163387?cmp=rss

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#Journalism can practice things OK but is too often driven by a #commercial #container relaying different commercial objectives and commercial ideals - more than personal 1st person forms of #reporting or #live #talk.

Citizen journalism involves more everyday #humanity collaborating.

#CitizenJournalism are citizens themselves as an #alternative and #activist form of reporting, functioning outside of #mainstream #media & #institutions.

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3.9 magnitude earthquake rattles through Ottawa area, parts of Quebec
Earthquakes Canada is reporting that a 3.9 magnitude earthquake rumbled through several areas across central Canada Tuesday afternoon.
#Canada #Weather #Earthquake #EarthquakesCanada
https://globalnews.ca/news/11800925/earthquake-canada-april-14-2026/
Minor earthquake rumbles Ottawa-Gatineau area
Earthquakes Canada is reporting a 3.9 magnitude quake north of Shawville, Que., early Tuesday afternoon.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/ottawa-earthquake-april-14-2026-9.7163387?cmp=rss

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Who’s Been Impersonating This ProPublica Reporter?

A mysterious impostor who claimed to be ProPublica reporter Robert Faturechi reached out to a Canadian official and a Latvian businessman working with Ukraine. So, the real Robert did some reporting of his own.

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"Student placed his eye in the trajectory of a projectile. Lawyer hints his showing up might be responsible"
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/09/us/usc-student-loses-eye-no-kings-protest.html

Here is an example of the method of Fear-Uncertainty-and-Doubt:

#responsibility #safety #NYT #professionalism #institutionsDeceive #postFactual #bias #manipulation #news #media #doubt #FUD #press #reporting #journalism #protesting #protests #NoKings

Trump Threatens CNN For Very Basic Reporting On His Shitty, Unpopular War

In case you’ve been asleep, what appears to be an increasingly mentally unstable Donald Trump has further destabilized the middle east with a war nobody asked for or wanted. Most U.S. media c…

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