Canadians can take their federal political news straight

Yet some media water it with shaky poll coverage, partisanship and ponderous theorizing. I look forward to the Canadian Association of Journalists hosting numerous lively, in-depth seminars on how we covered this campaign.

You spot them, stooped by the coffee machine, jangling their pocket change and muttering: "It's gonna be interesting." They are political journalists on Election Day. Tense and exhausted, they eye poll returns like courthouse reporters waiting on a verdict.

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