ByThe Hon. William Findlay Maclean, MP, Independent Conservative, York South, dean of the House of Commons and proprietor of the Toronto World. Embargoed for 2355 Oct. 31, 2008. Check against delivery. Notes from a speech delivered in the Glenn Gould Theatre, Toronto Broadcast Centre, midnight Oct. 31, 2008. Thank you for coming here tonight. At […]
Monthly Archives: November 2008
Spitting image
November 11, 2008 – 9:48 am
Kenneth the Page from 30 Rock (right) looks almost entirely like a younger, happier Fred Mattocks (left).
The Interests of CBC News
November 10, 2008 – 3:44 pm
Reporter Melissa Fung was held captive since Oct. 12, and for 28 days no one knew where she was.On Saturday morning a Kandahar journalist received a call threatening that she would be killed unless certain demands were met. Within twelve hours she was freed by Afghan intelligence officers.What happened?Several versions have emerged of the events […]
That’s some nice work there, boys
November 10, 2008 – 12:10 pm
04/14/2005:Gore’s TV Seeks Northern Insights“Current TV will be based in part on a 3-year old experimental TV show from Canada.”11/10/2008:CBC partners with Gore to bring Current TV to Canada11/11/2008:Layoffs hit Al Gore’s Current Media
CBC senior executives collect nearly $1,000,000 in performance bonuses
November 8, 2008 – 7:18 pm
According to an ATI request from the Sun.
Mellissa Fung freed
November 8, 2008 – 2:05 pm
Finally. Good news from Afghanistan. Welcome back, Mellissa. Nov. 10th 1:05pm addendum:Interview video from CNN:Embedded video from CNN VideoSeveral people have pointed out to me that the Afghan press reported on the story at the time. At least one blogger has wondered if the media blackout was “a case of the right-wing media colluding to […]
Letter from the CBC President concerning the retirement of Patrick Brown and Don Murray
November 7, 2008 – 8:19 am
Oct 27, 2008 To: Joyce NapierHead, Foreign Correspondents Association Dear Joyce,Thank you for your letter of October 20th 2008, outlining your concerns about the contract status of correspondents Don Murray and Patrick Brown. I completely agree with your view of their qualities as journalists and the valuable service they’ve provided to CBC News throughout their […]
‘and if you look under your seats, you’ll find a copy of …’
November 6, 2008 – 6:32 pm
I went for a live taping of MTV Canada’s daily teen show.We entered through metal detectors.When the show was over each member of the audience was given a small bag of chips, packs of gum and a gift certificate for HMV.The last time I went to The Hour, the floor director passed around one stick […]
Seriously
November 6, 2008 – 9:33 am
The damage is done.An open letter delivered to CBC management that has been signed by more than twenty of the most respected journalists in our country is a serious gesture.It’s a fairly clear indication that they have no confidence in their keepers. The ball is now in the court of Richard Stursberg, once more, testing […]
The Diminishment of Canada
November 4, 2008 – 8:21 am
This was originally posted in the comments by M.J. O’Brien, but I thought it worth bringing to the fore.Enjoy.~O I see greed for excessive profits breeding powerful executives in the Canadian news industry as it loses sight of the original canons of journalism. Concomitantly I fear that news/editorial departments will be converted to low-autonomy entities […]
Point Less
November 3, 2008 – 2:43 pm
The Point is a very good radio show, if you were producing it for your fellow broadcasting students at BCIT in Burnaby.But on national radio it is an hour and a half of meaningless, dull chatter about things that are of no interest to anyone except the participants. Yet it’s performed by a younger generation […]
The Sarah Palin of Canadian infotainment
November 1, 2008 – 9:39 am
1.under-qualified 2.cute 3.hockey 4.chosen by an old man to give the appearance of change 5.religious zealot 6.gives the subtle impression of going rogue while actually towing the party line 7.looking ahead to a better gig 8.pretends to understand serious issues 9.predictable fashion style 10.plucked from obscurity and now forever a part of our national media […]
