Truth and something else was clearly in the atmosphere this week as the Telegram’s Russell Wangersky offered a few thoughts on the subject in his Tuesday column. But if we reach a point where anything true can be discounted, and anything false can be announced as true, where do we go to ensure
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The Sir Robert Bond Papers: S’truth and consequences #nlpoli
Truth and something else was clearly in the atmosphere this week as the Telegram’s Russell Wangersky offered a few thoughts on the subject in his Tuesday column. But if we reach a point where anything true can be discounted, and anything false can be announced as true, where do we go to ensure
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Trust is the foundation of any strong relationship. That’s why a great many journalists, troubled at the decline of their industry, emphasise the importance of trust in re-establishing a solid relationship between the news media and the folks who used to be their captive market. Canadian and American news media
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Trust is the foundation of any strong relationship. That’s why a great many journalists, troubled at the decline of their industry, emphasise the importance of trust in re-establishing a solid relationship between the news media and the folks who used to be their captive market. Canadian and American news media
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Captain Sweatpants and the future of news media #nlpoli
The numbers are so large they take your breath away. In a poll conducted for The Public Policy Forum for its recent report on Canadian news media, eight “out of 10 respondents said they actively follow the news (with education, not age, being the main determinant).” As pollster Allan Gregg noted
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The numbers are so large they take your breath away. In a poll conducted for The Public Policy Forum for its recent report on Canadian news media, eight “out of 10 respondents said they actively follow the news (with education, not age, being the main determinant).” As pollster Allan Gregg noted
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: The Doldrums #nlpoli
MQO conducted a little poll in late January and found the party standings among voters remains where it was in November. No surprise. Nothing has happened in the past few months to move support for either of the three parties in the province up or down. We are in the
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MQO conducted a little poll in late January and found the party standings among voters remains where it was in November. No surprise. Nothing has happened in the past few months to move support for either of the three parties in the province up or down. We are in the
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Sweat Equity – panel discussion #nlpoli
ISER Books and the Queen Elizabeth II Library will hold a panel discussion on the recent ISER publication Sweat Equity: Cooperative House Building in Newfoundland 1920-1974. Authors Chris Sharpe and Jo Shawyer will be joined by panelists Kim Blanchard, Stephen Jewczyk, and Jeff Webb to discuss the book, cooperative housing in
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ISER Books and the Queen Elizabeth II Library will hold a panel discussion on the recent ISER publication Sweat Equity: Cooperative House Building in Newfoundland 1920-1974. Authors Chris Sharpe and Jo Shawyer will be joined by panelists Kim Blanchard, Stephen Jewczyk, and Jeff Webb to discuss the book, cooperative housing in
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: The Classroom Jungle #nlpoli
CBC aired the first of three half hour programs on Monday night featuring a bunch of teachers talking about problems in the Newfoundlandand Labrador school system. The rest will come along over the next couple of weeks. To be perfectly clear, CBC claims ownership of the programs but, by the
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CBC aired the first of three half hour programs on Monday night featuring a bunch of teachers talking about problems in the Newfoundlandand Labrador school system. The rest will come along over the next couple of weeks. To be perfectly clear, CBC claims ownership of the programs but, by the
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Words and Violence #nlpoli
Canadian writer J.J. McCullough used a column in the Washington Post last week to ask a very useful question: why it is that the progressive society in Quebec produces “so many massacres”? Regular readers will recognise this question from SRBP last week. McCullough also noted that Canadian conventional media are
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Canadian writer J.J. McCullough used a column in the Washington Post last week to ask a very useful question: why it is that the progressive society in Quebec produces “so many massacres”? Regular readers will recognise this question from SRBP last week. McCullough also noted that Canadian conventional media are
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Cultural Replicant Fade #nlpoli
The people of Gambo held their first mummers’ parade the December before last. The Gander Beacon, the weekly newspaper that covers events in Gambo, featured some pictures of the parade and a write-up on it. The town’s recreation director organised the event and the handful of people who took part
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The people of Gambo held their first mummers’ parade the December before last. The Gander Beacon, the weekly newspaper that covers events in Gambo, featured some pictures of the parade and a write-up on it. The town’s recreation director organised the event and the handful of people who took part
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Full of sound and fury #nlpoli
Pity Earle McCurdy. The provincial New Democratic Party boss is rightly getting raked over the political coals for his Twitter comment that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau “sent a rookie woman minister” to announce that the government had abandoned plans for changing the way Canadians go to the polls. The hyper-partisan
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Pity Earle McCurdy. The provincial New Democratic Party boss is rightly getting raked over the political coals for his Twitter comment that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau “sent a rookie woman minister” to announce that the government had abandoned plans for changing the way Canadians go to the polls. The hyper-partisan
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