Sept. 7: ..without actually lying… I mean…
….not really lying… like—not really…. The story should be a pretty clear one. It’s about a poll that shows support for the NB Conservatives has dropped. They still lead. But…
Graeme Decarie
Sept. 6: It rained yesterday….
…yes, it did. It said so right there on the front page of The Moncton Times and Tribune. It’s an up-to-the minute fast-breaking story on p.1 that carries over to…
Sept. 5: Page one….
In most newspapers, page one is for the big news of the day. But the front page of The Moncton Times and Tribune is always one that would stun a…
Sept. 4: I confess to malice….
Last night, I was studying the major news stories for today. That’s part of what a news editor does. He or she is a person of training (or at least…
Sept. 3: SPECIAL REPORT
It was, I guess, a special Labour Day gesture by The Moncton Times and Transcript – A boy, a child, had worked for over a year delivering the TandT every…
Sept. 1: Did I miss something?
It was the scariest thing I have ever seen, a monster gathering of braying jackasses to choose the man who could be the next leader of the most powerful country…
August 31: Wow! A whole page of pictures, story…
…about a house being moved. I really needed to know that. It gives me a much clearer idea of what the issues are in New Brunswick, and in the world.…
August 30: mostly about what isn’t in the TandT and won’t be.
On Tuesday, September 4, from 7 to 8 pm, the Current Events group will meet at Moncton Library. This time, I have decided to enter the lions’ den. I will…
August 29: a late night return….
Back from two days at the beach. Who else could have chosen to go to the beach on the old two days of this summer that have been cloudy, cold,…
August 27: Section A. D.O.A.
First, happy birthday to me. It’s so wonderful to be 25. again. In celebration, I’m off to the shore from Monday afternoon to Wednesday afternoon – and don’t know whether…
August 26: Words, words, words,….
I write today because after a far too lazy summer, I may go to the shore for Tuesday and Wednesday to do something manly and strenuous and athletic and brave…
August 25: Bruce Springsteen Special
Wow! It’s right there. Almost a whole front page story about Bruce Springsteen coming to Magnetic Hill. And there’s also a great, cat story. PLUS almost a whole page about…
August 24: Alward listens – but he doesn’t like talking
There’s an interesting story on p. A1 about veterans revisiting Juno Beach, where the Canadians landed on D-Day. Unfortunately, it hints at the old myth that D-Day succeeded because of…
August 22: Harry the Stripper
Harry the Stripper is a story that didn’t make The Moncton Times and Transcript. After all it’s role is to protect New Brunswickers from an evil world of unions and…
August 22:
http://rt.com/usa/news/trapwire-abraxas-cubic-surveillance-251/http://rt.com/news/christine-assange-slams-journalist-080/ Above are two sites sent to me by a reader. Both are important. Neither has appeared in The Moncton Times and Transcript. The particularly frightening one is the one…
August 21: Wow! Beer sales are up….
…and they even tell you on p. 1 which Moncton bars are expanding their range – and how Pump House has reached a milestone and, oh, just everything.And the story…
August 20: Another empty day in the Moncton Times
For the third day, there is a front page story about people flying kites – along with one and a half pages of pictures of kites for those who don’t…
August 18: A very mixed bag….
There’s everything from excellent to puerile in today’s Moncton Times and Transcript. So let’s get the crap out of the way to go on to what’s worth talking about.1. There…
August 17: The blog I hoped………
….I would never have to write. It’s about a major story that did not appear in The Moncton Times and Transcript. In fact, no major story appeared anywhere in this…
August 16: the absence of good and evil
I’m actually writing this on the night of August 15 because I had an interesting note from a reader. (You can check it at the end of the column for…