Hill media fascinated by sensational News of the World story, but say it couldn’t happen here

Toronto Star editor and U.K. expat Michael Cooke told CBC Toronto’s Metro Morning that 'in Canadian journalism we have something called ethics, and among the Fleet Street tabloids they think ‘ethics’ is a county just outside of London.'

OTTAWA—While the general consensus among national reporters is that Canada’s media do not engage in the illegal practices employed by Britain’s tabloids, some argue the integrity of Canadian political reporting has been and is compromised by close ties with government.

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