Poor journalism proved costly to Andrew Potter

Alternative facts should not be the stuff that acts of journalistic courage or martyrdom are based on.

The McGill University arts building. McGill's Institute for the Study of Canada is not a run-of-the-mill university department. A significant part of its mission is to contribute to the larger Quebec conversation, writes Chantal Hébert.Photograph courtesy of Paul Lowry.

Opinion

BY CHANTAL HÉBERT

March 28, 2017

It was shoddy journalism, not a debatable take on Quebec society, that cost former Ottawa Citizen editor Andrew Potter his "dream job" as the head of McGill University's prestigious Institute for the Study of Canada this week. He failed to let the facts get in the way of a good rant. Pott...

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