The CBC-hating Harper Conservatives are quick off the mark to get the debate going about whether the public broadcaster is of “good value” to Canadians.Today’s Globe and Mail reveals that Senator Irving Gerstein has asked Conservative supporters …
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A Different Point of View....: Canada included in world events:Millions will ‘march, bike, and skate’ Saturdayto politicize others about the plight of the planet
In Kenya, I have seen herds of animals starving because the small rivers and lakes have dried up. In Sierra Leone, I witnessed people fighting for control over meagre water resources, and in South Africa, I saw crops wilting in the sun while local fami…
Continue readingA Different Point of View....: Wall Street Protest BeginsWith Demonstrators Blocked
Here’s an update in the NY Times on Saturday’s protest, which I wrote about in yesterday’s blog “Protestors to Occupy Wall Street – What actions can help us overcome the tremendous powers of right-wing governments and corporations?”.NickContact Ni…
Continue readingA Different Point of View....: Protestors to Occupy Wall Street – What actions can help us overcome the tremendous powers of right-wing governments and corporations?
What are the tactics that can best be used to try to pressure powerful, self-serving, joined-at-the-hip governments and corporations in Canada and the United States to do the right thing and recognize the interests of everyday people?While big marches …
Continue readingCanadian Dimension Feed: Protesters to Occupy Wall Street
What are the tactics that can best be used to try to pressure powerful, self-serving, joined-at-the-hip governments and corporations in Canada and the United States to do the right thing and recognize the interests of everyday people?
While big marche…
Continue readingCanadian Dimension Feed: 9/11 and the “War on Terror”
Ten years after close to 3,000 people died in the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States, we are witnessing hundreds of sympathetic events, reading millions of words, and seeing and hearing tens-of-thousands of hours of TV and radio…
Continue readingA Different Point of View....: 9/11 and the “War on Terror” – Had the U.S. done the right thing, thousands of lives could have been saved
Ten years after close to 3,000 people died in the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States, we witnessed hundreds of sympathetic events, millions of words in newspapers, and tens-of-thousands of hours of TV and radio coverage – ne…
Continue readingA Different Point of View....: Harper abandons principles:breaks promises in search of total power in Ottawa
The spark that led a group of volunteers to set up Catch 22 Harper Conservatives just about a year ago was Stephen Harper’s rash and heavily criticized move to shut down Parliament for 22 days. This was done to prevent the public from knowing more ab…
Continue readingA Different Point of View....: Series Discusses Failures of Mainstream Mediaand the Challenges Facing Public Interest Journalism
Mainstream media is failing to meet the needs of Canadians. News organizations lack the resources to cover many important stories and investigative journalism has all but been eliminated. Too often, corporate-owned media continues to filter and censor …
Continue readingA Different Point of View....: Part 1: Canwest latest ‘media giant’ to exploit news operation
This is the first of a seven-part series that will address the need to develop independent media — print, broadcast and Internet-based — in Canada.The long-anticipated collapse of the Asper family’s Canwest Global media empire — which included 11 da…
Continue readingA Different Point of View....: Part II:Why we must limit the influence of corporate media
This is the second of a seven-part series that will address the need to develop independent media — print, broadcast and Internet based — in CanadaWARNING: News from corporate-owned media is bad for our country’s health!Traditional for-profit media,…
Continue readingA Different Point of View....: Part III:Globe’s pro-business reporting example of bad journalism
This is the third of a seven-part series that will address the need to develop independent media — print, broadcast and Internet based — in Canada. Staff reporters at the country’s most prominent business news publication, The Globe…
Continue readingA Different Point of View....: Part IV:Sustainable independent media needs a breakthrough
This is the fourth of a seven-part series that will address the need to develop independent media — print, broadcast and Internet based — in Canada.Canadians might be surprised to discover the difference between the content of independent media and…
Continue readingA Different Point of View....: Part V:Could a ‘mini-paper’ nip at the heels of mainstream press?
This is the fifth of a seven-part series that will address the need to develop independent media — print, broadcast and Internet based — in Canada.While I have many criticisms of traditional, corporate-owned newspapers, I am still saddened to some …
Continue readingA Different Point of View....: Part VI:Independent media advocates must develop creative news sites
This is the sixth of a seven-part series that will address the need to develop independent media — print, broadcast and Internet based — in Canada.Fully a dozen years after the Internet began growing and launching thousands of exciting projects aro…
Continue readingA Different Point of View....: Part VII:Funding for Non-profit Media or Public Interest Activities
This is the last in a seven-part series that will address the need to develop independent media — print, broadcast and Internet based — in Canada.Today – with the mainstream media failing to adequately serve the public in many parts of the countr…
Continue readingA Different Point of View....: A coffee table display for the rich:The Globe and Mail
The new tarted-up, glossy, all-colour Globe and Mail is many things, but it is not a real “news paper.”It has been “dumbed up” and robbed of much of its news content.The result is a hybrid never before seen in North America. It is some of the old Globe…
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