Author: Graeme Decarie

….well….we…It’s kind of hard to write about a Moncton Times and Transcript which has a big story on the front page that it’s cold out. And that’s pretty much it for Section A. The next big story has to wait until Section C –  that Obama took the oath for his second

…some sort of trouble with the presses. Alas! It is available on the net. Big story on C1 about the French invasion of Mali to intervene in a rebellion against the government. There’s also, in section A, a picture of a demonstration supporting France. It was held at Moncton City Hall. The demonstration

Who are the dangerous people that our intelligence agencies like CSIS, the RCMP, the department of defence and others are watching? Why, they’re watching you. You are actually paying taxes to support people who are spying on you. And what does you mean? Terrorists? the criminally insane? Oil companies that

This is not (read NOT) a criticism of reporters. It is a criticism of editors and the whole news business. Back when we were both starting out in the world world, a classmate became a journalist – and a very good one, retiring as news chief for CBC in Montreat.

     NOTE.For some reason, my column suddenly narrowed, and some of the print turned red. I have no idea why, and the computer refused to discuss it with me. I shall be grateful if any reader has a suggestion to offer._______________________________________“Downtown apartment rising fast”. That’s what the Moncton Times

Today, has a front page story about an Idle-No-More protest by New Brunswick native peoples in Miramichi. – and it still doesn’t tell us what it’s about. There’s nothing about conditions in reserve life, nothing about Harper’s wish to sell off national resources as quickly as possible whatever the damage

… and the op ed page as ignorance. The headline on p.1 of NewsToday reads, “Democracy urged in Mali.” Now there’s a headline that tells us close to nothing – and is also a lie. There is serious fighting in Mali that amounts to a civil war. France is involved.

….the top baby names for Nova Scotia in 2012? Hah! And you call yourself well informed. Well catch up. You can get the whole story on p. A 8 of today’s Moncton Times and Transcript. Okay. there’s nothing here about shale gas, the biggest story of the year. There’s nothing

Yesterday I referred to a blog site with excellent blogs by Karl Nerenberg as being “rabble-rouser.ca” It’s not. It’s just “rabble.ca”. (Later, I’ll think of a self-pitying excuse for my error.) I was also wrong in referring to UNB as having a Journalism programme. That’s St. Thomas U._______________________________________________________________________________Saturday’s paper referred

It’s Saturday night, and I was just reading the Sunday edition of The South China Morning Post; (they’re half a day ahead of us.) The Morning Post is not a great newspaper. But it is the major English language paper in Hong Kong. And it had a big story on

Interesting story on p. A14. Mr. Ashfield, the minister responsible for cuts to employment insurance says all the complaining about the cuts is due to misinformation. Quite possibly so, with all the misinformation and lack of information coming from Mr. Ashfield. The information he gives in this story is so

Harper is (reluctantly) meeting with the Assembly of Chiefs. The chiefs, who did precious little to support Chief Theresa Spence, are now, seemingly, on her side. I doubt it. Look for a sell-out in fancy dress. Will Governor-General Johnston be there? Not in any useful capacity. This is a governor-general

The Moncton Times and Transcript had a picture of yesterday’s Idle No More demonstration. But it has still given no clear idea of what it is all about. The reporter does talk to a few people. But haven’t TandT reporters ever learned how to ask questions, and how to  use

Hey – I have a son I had to take to DocBraces. I have to leave again quite soon to attend the Idle No More Demonstration, (a demonstration which is not mentioned in the paper, though those journalistic zombies have known about it for at least week. They did, however,

Yesterday, my mind a turmoil of flu and banana-strawberry juice with veggies, I forgot the date for the Idle No More protest in Moncton. At last,  a friend told me – and I put it in my blog. Alas, I had forgotten it appeared twice in my blog – and

This flu is a real gem. Like an unwanted guest, it never seems quite ready to leave. Huge gaffe by our federal minister of  International Cooperation, a famous unknown called Fantino. He told a newspaper that all Canadian foreign aid projects to Haiti have been frozen. And this was the

The  Moncton Times and Transcript hasn’t said much; but it has noticed there’s an Idle No More movement.They haven’t noticed what lies behind it – the wretched housing, the poverty, the ill-health, the federal neglect.No. that would be boring. But blocking a railway line? Now, that’s important. That’s page one.

I’m back to the real world, more less, but surprised the Tand T had no  story on my bout of flu. It’s a quite vicious one. I mean, they had a whole page of people smiling and holding giant cheques. A shot of me bravely sitting up in bid wouldn’t

I’m actually beginning this on the night of Jan. 3. I didn’t write a blog earlier today. It was partly because I was just too ill with this flu. But it wasn’t just that. It was the quality of the Jan. 3 Times and Transcript. I was so blandly bad

..no matter how great the urge. I don’t know what this latest round of flu or colds or whatever is all about. But it’s a honey. I’ve slept only one night of the last five. Last night, I know I was awake because I regularly checked the clock. But I