tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post7398471187116882022..comments2024-03-27T01:58:22.445-07:00Comments on The Gazetteer: The Rumours Of The Demise Of The Postmedia Print Organs...RossKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07677239332112652522noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-49184420382721017162015-11-02T08:35:34.763-08:002015-11-02T08:35:34.763-08:00http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2015/10/28/rick-merce...http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2015/10/28/rick-mercer-rant-newspaper-endorsements_n_8408438.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-39221210177138065452015-11-02T08:34:48.800-08:002015-11-02T08:34:48.800-08:00https://twitter.com/Norm_Farrell/status/6610903771...https://twitter.com/Norm_Farrell/status/661090377147940864/photo/1Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-80752936197746051362015-10-26T08:56:55.169-07:002015-10-26T08:56:55.169-07:00Interesting piece on a family-owned <us newspap...Interesting piece on a family-owned <us newspaper. <br />http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/380545/post-and-courier-in-charleston-shows-that-family-owned-newspapers-can-still-work/#.Vi5B7g0zjGU.twitterpaulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11003637352818760817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-47833343599029199282015-10-22T10:06:39.032-07:002015-10-22T10:06:39.032-07:00SH
News breaking one CBC radio...fingers crossed ...SH<br /><br />News breaking one CBC radio...fingers crossed it leads the RCMP to the top of the "ostensible" food chain:<br /><br />Richard Zussman @richardzussman 3m3 minutes ago<br />No commitment from government about whether they will release a report into whether other staffers where also deleting emails. #bcpoli<br /><br /> Richard Zussman @richardzussman 4m4 minutes ago<br />Virk says he can't comment on the fact one of the cases has been passed to the RCMP. #bcpoli<br />1 retweet 0 favorites<br /><br /> Richard Zussman @richardzussman 8m8 minutes ago<br />.@christyclarkbc deputy chief of staff was caught deleting almost all of her emails. No punishment for her from govt yet. #bcpoli<br /><br /> Richard Zussman @richardzussman 9m9 minutes ago<br />Political staffer has resigned from his job. He was on paid leave for the last few months while this investigation was underway. #bcpoli<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-31979910746232796082015-10-21T16:23:23.051-07:002015-10-21T16:23:23.051-07:00I'am really looking forward to the Duffy trial...I'am really looking forward to the Duffy trial getting back at it . There will be no one controlling what was said in the pm's office and we should get the truth. As long as these so called news papers don't put there lying spin on what realy transpired. Maybe Harper can be sent to jail { that lying piece of shit}.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-65660150282504224612015-10-21T14:37:37.767-07:002015-10-21T14:37:37.767-07:00Might be worth looking at the US 'Fairness Doc...Might be worth looking at the US 'Fairness Doctrine', which was designed to decrease media consolidation in individual markets in the States to see what worked and what didn't. 'Twas eventually killed, dead, by Reagan, Bush I and Clinton too.<br />RossKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07677239332112652522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-593299687753417702015-10-21T12:31:26.407-07:002015-10-21T12:31:26.407-07:00Not that I know of. Ownership concentration seems ...Not that I know of. Ownership concentration seems the order of the day globally. paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11003637352818760817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-44117041069831354902015-10-21T09:12:52.513-07:002015-10-21T09:12:52.513-07:00Paul--
Is there any jurisdiction where 'diver...Paul--<br /><br />Is there any jurisdiction where 'diversity of opinion' is written into the law?....And, if so, does it work?RossKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07677239332112652522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-41531967791541777242015-10-21T07:41:32.556-07:002015-10-21T07:41:32.556-07:00I don´t see any political appetite to dismantle th...I don´t see any political appetite to dismantle the big media companies, and it would be wrenching change. If the idea was that independent owners would take over existing newspapers, they would still face the same problems - high costs, falling revenues, tough competition. It´s unfortunate that there is no provision in the Competition Act to look at diversity of opinion; the decision to approve mergers is strictly based on economic impact. But I haven´t lost hope for new models that find ways to do local coverage and make enough profit to keep the owners satisfied. It would be fun to try.paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11003637352818760817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-92025320360469752582015-10-20T23:49:49.396-07:002015-10-20T23:49:49.396-07:00Yes they might as well just issue a corporate pres...Yes they might as well just issue a corporate press release because that's all the postmedia endorsements actually are.Cathie from Canadahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11418899090537597360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-72140786319053468002015-10-20T21:27:14.890-07:002015-10-20T21:27:14.890-07:00If MSM are loosing their readership and having dif...If MSM are loosing their readership and having difficulties doing business, their decision to support Harper and his Cons is just one reason. They are totally out of touch with their readership or what remains of it. Being in the media, they might have had an idea of what was going to happen. It might have been better business to just not endorse anyone, but then if they are controlled by right wing investors, they most likely wanted to give it one last shot. <br /><br />IT might be a good idea if there were restrictions on how much one corporation could own in the media. That of course might infringe on some one's ability to make money, but democracy is an important thing also. On the other hand, who reads papers these days? Not even t.v. news is watched as it once was. It is so easy today for billionaires to purchase news media and control the content. That does not bode well for democracy or having an informed society.e.a.f.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-81746001055961203342015-10-20T19:36:57.678-07:002015-10-20T19:36:57.678-07:00RossK, could it be that the market/monopoly-bustin...RossK, could it be that the market/monopoly-busting reform you espouse is already under way via our refusal to buy the substandard offerings of the monoliths? If they expire in a (too) slow-motion mass suicide, might a whole passel of small-scale independents arise to fill the vacuum; barely noticeable as it might be? The sooner the better, I’d say.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-89135185993719592372015-10-20T18:24:58.689-07:002015-10-20T18:24:58.689-07:00Scotty--
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Naw...Just thinking of some sort of...Scotty--<br /><br />Ha!<br /><br />Naw...Just thinking of some sort of regulation on monopoly mongering.<br /><br />.RossKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07677239332112652522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-86908592847192903942015-10-20T18:05:57.487-07:002015-10-20T18:05:57.487-07:00Are you suggesting some kind of contraindication l...Are you suggesting some kind of contraindication label, or maybe mandatory front page photos of brains decayed by the cancer of disguised partisan propaganda?Scotty on denmannoreply@blogger.com