the chair, john honderich, reportedly told cole he was writing about race too often, and advised him diversify his topics. well, democracy now! invited john h honderich or a spokokespn for the "toronto star" to join us on the show, but they declined our request. the newspaper's director of community relations and communications pointed us to a column by the paper's public editor, kathy english. the column is headlined "journalists shouldn't become the news." well, for the remainder of the hour, we're joined now by desmond cole, former columnist for "the toronto star" and now a freelance journalist, activist, and radio host on newstalk 1010. desmond welcome to democracy , now! >> it is great to be here. amy: talk about what happened. >> i think you described it very well. i have been a columnist since about september 2015. surprise to the newspaper i was engaging in activism.. in fact, what the toronto star" reporters have been covering my columnists a became a for the paper and have been describing me as a freelance journalist and activist. the idea i broke their policy is nonsense b