Are We Part of Mr. Campbell's Big Media O.I.C. Network?

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So.

What the heck is the "OIC" Network?

Well, it is most certainly NOT the NHL's chosen network in the United States.

But, in terms sheer numbers, it just may be British Columbia's biggest Media Megalopolopaloozaplex.

And it is owned, pretty much lock, stock and barrel, by our Premier, Mr. Gordon Campbell

Our good friend Mary, in a recent comment on the threads, explains:

HOOeeee!

At long last, somebody mentions the effect of

185 new Public Affairs Officers (hired Sept. 2006 under "Order-in-Council" #656)

100 old P.A. Officers (as a guess)

50 added one-at-a-time since Sept 2006 (another guess)

Which, according to my guesswork, is about 335 well-paid people on the government payroll, at our expense, whose jobs is to manipulate the news so that we see things the way the government wants us to see things.......

BC Mary 06.17.08 - 9:16 pm #


And just to be clear, "Order-In-Council" (O.I.C. - get it?) means that all those good folks serve at the pleasure of the Premier and the Cabinet (ie. they can pretty much be summarily fired if they do something that the P and the C don't like - see Basi, David and/or Virk, Robert, for example).

Anyway.

What does the title of this post have to do with any of this?

Well, I'm not sure about Mary (although I would guess that her numbers are actually higher), but my hit meter is telling me that these days, especially on eavy RailGate reportage days, fully 8-10% of our visitors, when you through in the 'leg' subdomains, appear to be members of, or affiliates of, the O.I.C.*

Interesting, that.

Don't you think?


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*Although by adding in that 'leg' thing, I guess we can't rule out the possibility that there may be some parallel anti-OIC'ers in the mix.

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