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In January 2021, I published an article titled “Breaking Down Family Connections In Canadian Journalism.” The guide, updated with new entries twice after publication, now includes more than 55 families and 160 journalists.

After publishing this article, a few people reached out asking me to look into family connections between working journalists and politicians. I thought it was a good idea, but became caught up in other work and never got around to putting it together.

A few weeks ago, a mini journalism scandal broke out.

The host of TVO’s “The Agenda,” Steve Paikin, wrote an article about Mayor of Brampton Patrick Brown.

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Paikin failed to disclose some connections between his wife and Brown. A few journalists spoke out, TVO eventually attached a disclaimer to the article and then Paikin wrote a piece in response, where he laid out even more of his family and personal connections with active political figures.

More outrage ensued.

The incident made it clear to me that there’s a p