tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post7329409285171780439..comments2024-03-27T01:58:22.445-07:00Comments on The Gazetteer: Mr. Holman Is Back In The Dome...RossKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07677239332112652522noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-11819684252417875282012-10-08T10:57:50.697-07:002012-10-08T10:57:50.697-07:00Anon-At-The-Top--
Yes.
Independence is another i...Anon-At-The-Top--<br /><br />Yes.<br /><br />Independence is another issue, both in journalism and science.<br /><br />_______<br />Anon-Above--<br /><br />Thanks.<br /><br />I note, with interest, that Mr. Wipond is a finalist for <a href="http://www.focusonline.ca/?q=node/443" rel="nofollow">three (!) Webster awards this year.</a><br /><br />.RossKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07677239332112652522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-63176854639637914272012-10-07T20:35:12.346-07:002012-10-07T20:35:12.346-07:00Hey, it's great that Sean is back.
Great jour...Hey, it's great that Sean is back.<br /><br />Great journalism resides in a few corners still. Rob Wipond and Focus magazine in Victoria come to mind. <br /><br />Check out Wipond's article on the "ghost" police association lobby groups in BC in the October issue of Focus magazine: <br /><br />http://www.focusonline.ca/?q=node/445<br /><br />Are BC police chiefs evading the law?<br /><br />BY ROB WIPOND, OCTOBER 2012<br /><br />At the same time as their associations channel public resources into private political lobbying, they claim immunity from BC’s laws governing public access to their records.<br /><br />They’re the two most prominent and influential policing organizations in British Columbia, appearing frequently in public promoting their strong positions on criminal justice reform, use of tasers, drug laws, or expanding police powers. But little else is widely known about the BC Association of Chiefs of Police (BCACP) and its smaller sister, the BC Association of Municipal Chiefs of Police (BCAMCP). <br /><br />I became more aware of these associations in July, after the BC Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner launched an investigation into the Victoria Police Department’s use of automatic licence plate recognition in the wake of Focus’ investigations (see “Hidden Surveillance” Feb 2012). Extensive media coverage ensued, and the BC Ministry of Justice issued a statement in which they assured the public that they “recently wrote a letter to the BC Association of Chiefs of Police” to re-emphasize the program’s proper “terms of use.” I’d been investigating the RCMP and VicPD’s licence plate tracking system for 18 months, and had never come across this group—and now suddenly I learn that they are the ones actually in charge of it?<br />....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-49550077755262400002012-10-07T12:57:00.443-07:002012-10-07T12:57:00.443-07:00Mr. Holman is BACK!
'Professional journalism ...Mr. Holman is BACK!<br /><br />'Professional journalism is facing an originality failure.'<br /><br />The cause of the problem has not been properly identified, therefore the proffered solutions will fail.<br /><br />Writers write for their audience. The really great writers write for an audience of one - themselves. The rest are writing for their themselves too, but not for the sake of the work: they're in it for the money.<br /><br />The corporate ownership of mainstream media has gone hand-in-hand with the failure of original reporting.<br /><br />Need proof? Look at the 'science' produced by pharmaceutical companies doing drug trial studies.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com