An unsanctioned attempt to make Mozilla’s Web site support standards, has devolved into a sadly typical debate. A new, sanctioned, design should be appear in a couple of weeks (probably along with Mozilla 1.5, Firebird 0.7, and Thunderbird 0.3).

Meanwhile, Opera has an more complete list of which standards its browser supports.

(The next meeting of Webstandards.TO, by the way, will be at 7 West on October 7 at 7 p.m.)

One media company I mention here a lot is CanWest, and I usually do so disparagingly. The current debacle over the Aspers’ hobby horse (the alleged anti-Zionism in the Canadian media) illustrates my concerns:

• Leonard Asper’s speech that started the latest round;
• Neil MacDonald reacts to the allegations;
• and coverage from the Toronto Star, the CBC, The Globe and Mail, and the Canadian Press (on Asper’s speech and MacDonald’s reaction) — CanWest’s carried two letter to the editor (in the Montreal Gazette and the National Post) and a vaguely related story. (The correction that appeared in the Post about Asper’s speech has not appeared in the online edition — hat tip: David Akin)

For a more high-minded discussion of journalism, the fall 2003 edition of Nieman Reports is available as a free PDF download. Forty-or-so pages of the issue is devoted to Weblogging and journalism.

The Toronto-centric webzine, SceneandHeard.ca launched its latest issue yesterday at the resurrected El Mocombo, and if it weren’t for that darned election, I woulda been there, too.