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David Common

David Common is a Canadian journalist, best known as a correspondent and anchor for CBC News, and cohost with Asha Tomlinson and Charlsie Agro of CBC Television's consumer affairs newsmagazine Marketplace. As of February 2, 2026, he is host of CBC Morning Live on CBC News Network. Born and raised in Winnipeg, Manitoba and grew up in Toronto, Ontario, where he attended Jarvis Collegiate Institute and York University in 1995. In 1998, as part of an exchange program, Common completed a specialization in International Security Studies at Stockholm University in Stockholm, Sweden. Common has worked for CTV and CBC News. He began with CBC at the London Bureau, moving later to Toronto, Fredericton, Regina, and eventually back to Toronto as a national reporter before being posted to Paris, France in 2006. From France, he travelled extensively in the western and eastern parts of European continent and North Africa, shooting, and editing his own stories. In 2009, Common transferred to New York City, where he worked as a CBC's correspondent in that city, though he covered 2010 Haiti earthquake, and the 65th anniversary of V-E Day celebrations in the Netherlands. Common has filed reports from across Canada, the United States, Mexico, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand, as well as helped cover conflicts in Haiti, Afghanistan, and Iraq.…

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David Common is a Canadian journalist, best known as a correspondent and anchor for CBC News, and cohost with Asha Tomlinson and Charlsie Agro of CBC Television's consumer affairs newsmagazine Marketplace. As of February 2, 2026, he is host of CBC Morning Live on CBC News Network. Born and raised in Winnipeg, Manitoba and grew up in Toronto, Ontario, where he attended Jarvis Collegiate Institute and York University in 1995. In 1998, as part of an exchange program, Common completed a specialization in International Security Studies at Stockholm University in Stockholm, Sweden. Common has worked for CTV and CBC News. He began with CBC at the London Bureau, moving later to Toronto, Fredericton, Regina, and eventually back to Toronto as a national reporter before being posted to Paris, France in 2006. From France, he travelled extensively in the western and eastern parts of European continent and North Africa, shooting, and editing his own stories. In 2009, Common transferred to New York City, where he worked as a CBC's correspondent in that city, though he covered 2010 Haiti earthquake, and the 65th anniversary of V-E Day celebrations in the Netherlands. Common has filed reports from across Canada, the United States, Mexico, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand, as well as helped cover conflicts in Haiti, Afghanistan, and Iraq.…

Key claims

  1. date of birth: 1995 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the date of birth is "1995". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  4. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1378898241

Key claims and bibliography are generated from the same tracked claims and sources as the article page.