While the report doesn’t distinguish between English and third language ethnic media, but from our own analysis and coverage in our news publications, we can say that the English language ethnic media does a much more thorough examination of election issues, debates and over all coverage than the third language media which still covers the homeland politics and news much more than the English ethnic media.

By DESIBUZZCanada Staff With News Files

OTTAWA — A new report says the ethnic media covered the federal election much the same way as the mainstream press did.

The study’s author Andrew Griffith says the findings also underscore a crucial fact about the so-called “ethnic vote” in Canada — it looks a lot like the mainstream one.

Griffith’s analysis found that ethics, relations with China and climate change were widely covered, as were the parties’ strategies and tactics, which was partially a reflection of English- or French-language stories on those subjects being translated.

When it came to the parties themselves, the Liberals and Conservatives received widespread coverage throughout the campaign, while the NDP saw a bump in its coverage after the English-language debate.

Griffith — who used to run multiculturalism programming for the federal government — says one takeaway is that those who use ethnic press as their primary news source are generally able to be as informed about national issues as those who turn to more popular media.

But he says another element of the findings is how important the ethnic press is to assisting with the political integration of Canada’s newcomers.

While the report doesn’t distinguish between English and third language ethnic media, but from our own analysis and coverage in our news publications, we can say that the English language ethnic media does a much more thorough examination of election issues, debates and over all coverage than the third language media which still covers the homeland politics and news much more than the English ethnic media.