Monthly Archives: February 2009

Bring Back The Best

What compares today to these old CBC greatest hits?Let us know when you find something.

Socialized information

Spark’s Nora Young speaks “On Buried Hatchets and Better Tomorrows“, which turns out not to be about a failed relationship, but about Mobiquity! Then asks “Who the hell has time for all of this?”

"Worst radio station ever"

Steve Pratt, the Director of CBC Radio 3 explains how not making sense makes perfect sense.Miss 604 tries to keep up.

The Hour has 27,000 viewers in Toronto

And come August, you’ll be able to choose between Jay Leno and The National.

Good try, LeDaro. Now do one based on something that really happened.

Writing on the wall for Erica

And we’re not talking Facebook.Only the stock market is sinking faster.Too bad, really.

Et Tu CBC?

Is the CBC left or right? I forget.

The famous visit of President Barack Obama to Ottawa on February 19th 2009

We need to be stimulated

On the outside everything looks calm and normal.People are still shopping, working and complaining and being friendly.But inside, in the subconscious, quiet recesses of the mind of every person we see, must lurk sheer terror and panic.Because everything we see, read and hear convinces us that we are in for some dire years ahead.It’s Grapes […]

A lack of trust in print and broadcasting

Donna Logan Director and Professor at the new UBC Graduate School of Journalism. She has held several senior executive positions with the CBC. While there, she was Chief Journalist and Managing Editor, National Radio News; Program Director, and then Vice-President of CBC Radio; VP Regional Broadcasting Operations (English/French and Radio/TV);VP Media Accountability and Regional Director […]

The Old Man and the Ceeb

The boy brings him newspapers and coffee. When the old man wakes, they promise to fish together once again. Upon his return to sleep, Santiago dreams of lions on the African beach. In some ways, he never left.Tony Burman presents a convincing case for making the Al Jazerra English channel available to all Canadians who […]

Zing!

Peabody Award winner Sarah Carter remembers seeking employment with Tony Burman and the CBC.

The Marxist Business Report

Several years ago we banned CBC News in the office. We normally stick to the more truthful CTV Newsnet Ouch.

Sign of the Z

Not enough Twitters to read? AntoniaZ has plenty for you, along with an explanation.