Oct. 16: Liar, liar…….
..Pants on fi-re…There is such a thing as the ethics of journalism. There are numerous book on the subject. I’m pretty sure about that because I spent a term teaching…
Graeme Decarie
Oct. 15:..a waste of paper
There is only one opinion column in today’s Times and Transcript worth reading. That makes the editorial page the strong part of this edition because there is not a single…
Oct. 14: Questions on a Sunday
I would assume that most journalists in New Brunswick got their training from the journalism school at St. Thomas University. That’s a small, but pretty good school, with some instantly…
Oct. 13: Oh, Brent…..
….it’s at the top of the oped page. Brent Mazerolle’s column. For a moment – alas! just a moment – I thought it was going to be about the contamination…
Oct. 12: Read Alec Bruce…
…take it seriously,very seriously, especially the last sentence. For all his gentle tone, Mr. Bruce is reminding us of the central fact of our time. The American empire is collapsing…
Oct. 11: The Front Page.
On most papers, the front page is the big one. That’s the page that attracts buyers. For an example of the front page in a related medium, check out the…
Oct. 10: a good question from a reader…
saved me for today. There really isn’t a whole lot to say about today’s moncton times and transcript that I haven’t said before. So I’ll deal with what there is,…
Oct. 9:
Section A is the usual series of trivia. There is the daily story on the Oland mystery, with its daily message that there is still nothing much to say about…
Oct. 5: Will NB get new area code?
Almost certainly not. It doesn’t need one: and it’s not likely to need one. READ ALL ABOUT IT. PAGE ONE IN YOUR MONCTON TIMES AND TRANSCRIPT TODAY. NOTHING IS HAPPENING.…
Oct. 7: All our yesterdays, todays, and tomorrows….
Two hundred years ago in New Brunswick, there was pretty much just one way to make some cash s….cut down timber. There was a huge market for timbers in the…
Oct. 6: contamination that is there and….
questions that aren’t there. At the bottom of my Oct. 5 column is a comment by a reader that, in fact, the Times and Transcript did report on contamination at…
Oct. 5: Good stories; but….
The most important stories, from a New Brunswick point of view, in today’s paper are two related stories. They concern fracking for shale gas, and its impact on public health.…
Oct. 4: Something very big is happening…
The big story of the day is hidden on p. A6. The Dr. Cleary report on shale gas and public health is not likely to be released – not ever.The…
Oct. 3: Pictures, pictures…
Pictures could be useful in telling a story. If, for example, you wanted to show the full horror of a modern war, some pictures of bodies, ruined buildings, starving children…
Oct. 2: Ask, just ask,………
and you will receive… Re: Request for Information – RTIPPA An environmental investigation was completed in 2012 for the Highfield Square Mall property located on Main Street. Not all areas…
Oct. 1: a great day for free ads…
The new condos overlooking the golf course are selling well. And there’s even a picture of the developer to prove it. And it’s in a “lifestyle community”. Wow! Lifestyle! This…
Sept. 30: Sunday morning.
I always check out the faith pages (both of them) in the weekend TandT. And it always reminds me painfully of the business page. That’s the one that seems to…
Sept. 29: button, button…….
Who’s got the button? There was sort of a big story on CBC news yesterday. Norbert, I’m sure, would have been interested in it. A number of oil companies face…
Sept. 28: Big stories in the news…
Headline, p. 1: Read all about it.“Moncton Wal-Mart to become Supercentre”“Moncton Hospital to open area for smoking” ( outdoors).p. A10: “Red Leaf Grill and Lounge set to open”…..and the beat…
Sept. 27: What the hell is going on?
Yesterday, de Adder had a pretty simple-minded cartoon critical of the government for its language discussions.Today, de Adder had a pretty simple-minded cartoon critical of the government for its language…