tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post1499600859044223313..comments2024-03-27T01:58:22.445-07:00Comments on The Gazetteer: Can Somebody In The Know Please Tell Us What The Heckfire...RossKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07677239332112652522noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-90756534051208541702012-04-09T11:12:00.448-07:002012-04-09T11:12:00.448-07:00Excellent point about De Souza.
And I think repor...Excellent point about De Souza.<br /><br />And I think reporters and pundits are apples and oranges. Heckfire, that is pretty obvious even at the NYT.<br /><br />But I think there really has been a change in overall tone at PMedia. I've heard from someone in the trenches who does not disagree. Post coming...<br /><br />.RossKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07677239332112652522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-61000127959742328022012-04-08T14:28:07.296-07:002012-04-08T14:28:07.296-07:00Well, for quite a while Mike De Souza has been get...Well, for quite a while Mike De Souza has been getting up the Harper government's nose on environment & science issue, getting access to briefing docs etc., and there are other good Postmedia reporters on science or the environment. I don't know how that has happened; maybe the people who hire reporters are different from the ones who hire pundits.Holly Stickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01137842937086115228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-38135513187645733852012-04-07T17:39:14.248-07:002012-04-07T17:39:14.248-07:00Fair enough koot--
But ask yourself this...Would ...Fair enough koot--<br /><br />But ask yourself this...Would we have seen this, say, two years ago?<br /><br />.RossKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07677239332112652522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-68925340982478888042012-04-07T14:58:20.689-07:002012-04-07T14:58:20.689-07:00".Who would have made the decision to greenli...<i>".Who would have made the decision to greenlight the teaming up of the OCitizen's Mr. McGregor and the NaPo's Mr. Maher to go wild on robocalls.."</i><br /><br />Well, wouldn't that just be that evul Librul media that we are always hearing about.....The idea that a media dominated by the Criminal Rupert empire, Rusty Limpballs and the yellow press loss leader NaPoo started by Conrad of Crossdressing is anything other than Corporate and neo-con is so laughable my gut is hurting as I type!kootcoothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11344208424209840730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-81747160473709961872012-04-07T10:15:59.884-07:002012-04-07T10:15:59.884-07:00Good points all.
And I agree to varying degrees.
...Good points all.<br /><br />And I agree to varying degrees.<br /><br />But just looking at this from the nuts-and-bolts perspective about editors and reporters and columnists sitting/skyping around deciding what to cover and chase, it really does look to me like there has been a bit of sea change there at Postmedia.<br /><br />Would be good to hear from somebody who knows about those nuts-and-bolts. <br /><br />One thing I would like to know is, specifically....Who would have made the decision to greenlight the teaming up of the OCitizen's Mr. McGregor and the NaPo's Mr. Maher to go wild on robocalls...<br /><br /><br />.RossKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07677239332112652522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-19749537727019158852012-04-07T08:00:50.997-07:002012-04-07T08:00:50.997-07:00I gave up on reading NatPost ages ago. I never exp...I gave up on reading NatPost ages ago. I never expected to worth reading to come out of them. It's strange but kudos to them. As Norm Farrell points out, we need real news and ethical journalism in this country and presumably papers need readers. "Build it and they will come".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-73713100291283752602012-04-06T16:15:13.855-07:002012-04-06T16:15:13.855-07:00Yes, it's crazy and mixed up and guess what?
...Yes, it's crazy and mixed up and guess what?<br /><br />It's mixed up because there are now more of us than them. I just realized that we don't have to listen to the Harper Government anymore. It doesn't matter to Don Davies what they say. They've lost. <br /><br />Let's now move forward, taking the people along with us but leaving their politicians behind. We're all in this together. Sounds good, yeah!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-69608706195226580042012-04-06T15:29:12.406-07:002012-04-06T15:29:12.406-07:00All of us need to stop and reflect on the importan...All of us need to stop and reflect on the importance of independent media, one dedicated to speaking truth to and about the politically powerful.<br /><br />Postmedia and its predecessors have followed a strategy to serve vested interests instead of the common interest. That has been so evident that we are surprised when they do something honest, straightforward and ethical.Norm Farrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06762889793990336381noreply@blogger.com