Nov. 6: How to say nothing….
It's another slim day in the Moncton Times and Transcript. I got a sense of that even before I saw the paper. As I drove my children to school, I…
Graeme Decarie
Nov. 5: slim pickings
Today’s edition of the Moncton Times and Transcript is a short read. Readership of section A will be limited to those who are all excited about the wine expo and/or…
Nov. 2: A long time ago, I got lost….
….while driving on a back road somewhere near Halifax. There was forest on both sides then, suddenly, a clearing on my right, and big house, isolated, gaunt and shabby, with…
Nov.2: Wow! Big news……….
…that didn’t make The Moncton Times and Transcript – even though it came out in plenty of time.The Alberta oilsands may be running into serious trouble. Its processing is so…
Nov.1: Things I hate to think about.
I am beginning this blog on the evening of Oct. 31. It all began with a note I received that I am invited (you, too. Everybody is invited) to a…
Oct. 31: Business as usual…..
The Moncton Times and Transcript for this day isn’t its usual self. Instead, it is more boring and irrelevant than ever. The only thing worth reading in it is a…
Oct. 20:….(sigh)…..
Go to Google. Check out the news site. It’s not great. It’s not even very good. But it does give far better coverage to important news (and a wider range…
Oct. 29: Okay. No more mr. nice guy.
An island off the coast of BC, Haida Gwaii, has been making news around the world for over a week. It’s even the subject of a UN investigation. At last,…
Oct. 28: Nice, positive…I promise
Today is the day we talk – not about unpleasant things, but about how to make the The Moncton Times and Transcript better. Not good, just better. First, though, let’s…
Oct. 27: Okay. I’ll be good….
…. Tomorrow, I’ll be positive. I’ll suggest a few things that might make the The Moncton Times and Transcript a better newspaper. Of course, nothing on heaven above or earth…
Oct. 26: Mickey Mouse journalism….
Wow!! excitement. excitement. a real, pro football team might come to Moncton (oops. sorry, Metro). Wowie! That’s nice. But just for once, I’d like to see a financial breakdown of…
Oct. 25: Things happened in the world….
…but not in the pages of The Moncton Times and Transcript. One job of an editor is to go over reports, news items, to have a strong sense of what’s…
Oct. 24: Jim Manley and SuperSteve….
Every heard of Jim Manley? You certainly haven’t read about him in the Times and Transcript. Mr. Manley is 79, retired, has never committed a crime in his life –…
Oct. 23:Disgusting
Today’s headline on p. 1 of The Moncton Times and Transcript is a pretty strong example of what our North American newspapers have fallen to. It is pure propaganda for…
Oct.22: Just back from anti-lockout demo….
..the one by bus drivers and mechanics at city hall. There were some 30 or so protesters being quite peaceful, a squad car, and eight or so “security” guards rather…
Oct. 21: Whence and Wherefore the Liberals?
In The Moncton Times and Transcript, Bill Belliveau’s weekly column is the closest thing we have to an official statement of the opinion of the Liberal Party of New Brunswick.…
Oct. 20: Transit lockout: The reason wny…
The story doesn’t appear in The Moncton Times and Transcript. You had to be listening to the CBC that Norbert despises to be able to catch it. Mayor Leblanc has…
Oct. 18: Visions vs. mirages….
For the second day in a row, The Moncton Times and Transcript has a front page story on the demolition of Wesley Memorial United Church. As others of this paper’s…
Oct. 18: Mea culpa…
I don’t know how I could have been so foolish as to miss it. A reader pointed out something very important to me, something I had missed.(maybe I really should…
Oct. 17:
A reader requested that I publish a copy of a sample post I sent to government for information.If you do it on an access to information form ( which would…