Iain Alec Bain was the Multimedia Editor for the Winter 2011 issue of the Ryerson Review of Journalism. 12 Days of the RRJ: Day 7 – George Bain
George Bain pioneered the modern political column in Canada for The Globe and Mail in the late 1950s. His contribution to Canadian journalism led to him being named to the Order of Canada in 2001. Bain was also difficult to deal with, holding his peers and editors to the same exacting standards he maintained throughout his life. In his final book, Gotcha! How the Media Distort the News, Bain turns a characteristically uncompromising eye to his own kind: journalists.
Read Iain Alec Bain’s examination of George Bain’s career in the upcoming issue of the Ryerson Review of Journalism, which launches December 14 at the Cadillac Lounge.
Until then, Iain Alec Bain’s podcast brings you a taste of the unrelenting George Bain.
Iain Alec Bain is not related to George Bain.
A young George Bain (far left) pulling a night shift. Photograph courtesy of Chris Bain
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