The perils of partisan punditry

There’s way too much partisan punditry on Canada’s public affairs TV programs and too many on air pundits basically regurgitate unadorned party talking points. And I'm a TV pundit.

Former NDP staffer and pundit Ian Capstick, centre, pictured in this file photo with Global National anchor Dawna Friesen and former CTV Hill reporter Roger Smith. The Hill Times file photograph

Opinion

BY GERRY NICHOLLS

April 9, 2018

OAKVILLE, ONT.—It seems the plague of partisan party politics (try saying that three times fast) is taking a toll on Canada’s TV punditry class. Or at least, it has claimed one notable casualty—Ian Capstick. If you haven’t heard his sad story, Capstick recently took to the pages of Mac...

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