Robert Fisher (journalist)

Robert Fisher (fl. late 20th century) is a Canadian radio and television journalist. He is an afternoon news anchor on CBLA, CBC Radio One's station in Toronto, appears on most of the network's Ontario stations as a political analyst, and files occasional science news reports, under the pseudonym "Dr. Fisher", for the network's flagship interview program As It Happens.

Fisher worked for CBC Television in the 1980s until taking a job with the Global Television Network. While at Global, he hosted the weekend newsmagazine Focus Ontario on CIII in the 1980s and 1990s. He was also the network's Queen's Park bureau chief.^[1] He was fired from Global in 2000 after criticizing what he perceived as the network's shift toward infotainment reporting.

Fisher has taught journalism law and ethics at Centennial College and radio and television news at Ryerson University.

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