tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post8456590027685421296..comments2024-03-27T01:58:22.445-07:00Comments on The Gazetteer: Memo To Jeff Davies: You Don't Dance With The One...RossKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07677239332112652522noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-22803353449600399492011-07-31T01:48:00.890-07:002011-07-31T01:48:00.890-07:00RossK,
Great posts of late. It's always a sig...RossK,<br />Great posts of late. It's always a sign of a crisis when good analysis equals good rant.Ianhttp://Therealstory.canoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-50916988264558625932011-07-30T12:03:49.399-07:002011-07-30T12:03:49.399-07:00Anon-Above (again)--
If you get a chance, please ...Anon-Above (again)--<br /><br />If you get a chance, please post a link to the 2003 case you mentioned. <br /><br />Alternatively, please feel free to send me a note at:<br /><br />pacificgazette at yahoo dot c(anad)a<br /><br /><br />.RossKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07677239332112652522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-85534505257357188602011-07-30T12:02:31.194-07:002011-07-30T12:02:31.194-07:00Thanks Norm--
I take your point about the possibi...Thanks Norm--<br /><br />I take your point about the possibility of a short term improvement if, indeed, the PostMedia papers go to TorStar. However, in the long run I despair the continued consolidation, which I think you and I both see as being a major problem with the proMedia. Inititially, I was kind of hoping that the chain would be busted up to give a greater range of opinion.<br /><br />Regarding the CBC - Do you have a funding model in mind (you may have already written about this, and if you have I apologize for asking)?<br /><br />.RossKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07677239332112652522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-27290556534237563382011-07-30T11:58:52.594-07:002011-07-30T11:58:52.594-07:00Anon-Above--
Thanks very much for your comment.
...Anon-Above--<br /><br />Thanks very much for your comment. <br /><br />I think it's important to point out, however, that I didn't actually expose anything because these fine folks are doing this stuff right out in the open.<br /><br />The person who deserves any and all kudos here is Sean Holman.<br /><br />I recommend all head over to his place and tell him you appreciate this work if you did. This is important because, as Norm also knows supporting the investigative work of independents like Mr Holman, especially when they do it without relying on insider codswallop.<br /><br />The link to the original story, which he posted later the same day that his freelance piece appeared in the Globe, is <a href="http://www.publiceyeonline.com/archives/006249.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>.<br /><br />.RossKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07677239332112652522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-92046733144115494762011-07-30T11:52:24.113-07:002011-07-30T11:52:24.113-07:00Bob--
They found the good Mr. Smart at the local ...Bob--<br /><br />They found the good Mr. Smart at the local CTV affiliate, which just proves Norm's point re: what the CBC is really up to these days<br /><br />RailGate Obsessives may wonder why they recall Mr. Smart's name despite the fact that he never (as is his M.O. as a card carrying 'Club' member) actually reported seriously on the issue..... Well, Mr. Smart was, as Neal Hall (and/or the alleged parallel universe version of same who dropped by here to rant occasionally in the old days), was quick to point out, and make 'Bloggers Are So Irresponsible!' hay when Mary made an innocent mistake, a member of the BC Supreme Court Media Accreditation Committee that shut Robin Mathews out of the official (ie. able to bring a tape recorder to court) proceedings...<br /><br />.RossKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07677239332112652522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-61085687264182196382011-07-29T22:43:36.127-07:002011-07-29T22:43:36.127-07:00Good rant RossK. But also good analysis.
I believ...Good rant RossK. But also good analysis.<br /><br />I believe that CBC has become a wasteland, not worth bothering with. Media organizations cannot be dependent on politicians for funding and and be fair and objective in their news coverage.<br /><br />Rumours continue that Torstar may end up owning PostMedia newspapers. That might result in at least small improvement. The Sun and Province cannot get worse.Norm Farrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06762889793990336381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-19001903998039255132011-07-29T19:11:20.615-07:002011-07-29T19:11:20.615-07:00I used to be a major supporter of CBC. No more. Th...I used to be a major supporter of CBC. No more. The CBC specializes in suppressing stories that might harm the image of the ruling party of BC. It's not just the HST, there are many examples, going back almost a decade. And when they don't suppress, they often mislead. Deliberately.<br /><br />In 2003, CBC Vancouver News was found to have fabricated a news broadcast story, deliberately falsifying a report of what occurred during a live press conference of George W. Bush about the Iraq War. The CRTC ruled that CBC Vancouver apologize for the "error". The apology was made, but never admitted publicly. <br /><br />That's just one small example of how complicit CBC has become in supporting ruling parties. We are not being well served by CBC, and our taxpayer dollars are being used to mislead it's own citizens. <br /><br />What country are we living in again? <br /><br />Thanks for exposing this sorry, shabby excuse for a national broadcaster. They are a twisted shadow of their former selves.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-47697727836092969562011-07-29T17:03:44.135-07:002011-07-29T17:03:44.135-07:00Having just listened to the podcast version of the...Having just listened to the podcast version of the Cluffmaster's show this morning about 10 minutes before reading your post, I'm as PO'd about is as you are - almost.<br /><br />The <i>"dance with the one that brung 'ya"</i> statement being just one of many less than stellar comments made by these two "leg guys." Perhaps "ledge" may be more appropriate terminology, as listening to them makes you want to find one to jump from.<br /><br />Stephen Smart - where does the CBC find these guys, anyway?!? - being extraordinarily clueless on this broadcast.<br /><br /><br />Great rant, BTW, RossK. My wish is that you forward the link to it to CBC's management staff. Maybe they'll actually listen to the program to see how it has become so irrelevant . . . .West End Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04899808253017644309noreply@blogger.com