August 15: lies, damn lies, and boring lies.
Today’s report on Syria is a gem of an example of bad reporting. You know, if you read every report on Syria that ever appeared in the Irving Press, you…
Graeme Decarie
August 14: catching up…
Congratulations to the Moncton Times and Transcript for giving prompt and prominent space (p.1) to the story of how four citizens confronted the provincial government on its refusal to explain…
August13: Apologies
The last thing I remember of Wednesday night was lying helpless on my back with a masked man standing over me. He had a knife. Then all went black. When…
August 8: toe nails and the news…
But first, read p. A3, “Headstart needs school supplies”. Read it! And hang your head in shame. All credit to Headstart for putting itself up front to help buy school…
August 7: Education in the news….
It is extremely rare, especially in North America, to find a journalist who a clue of what education is about. There are journalistic experts galore on hockey and baseball and…
August 6: Maybe it’s the heat……
…but, oh, there is close to nothing worth reading in today’s Moncton Times and Transcript. The big headline story is that assistance dogs, such as guide dogs for the blind…
August 4: At last: I won Lotto Max
That’s right. Three numbers. That’s good for a free ticket that could mean tens of millions next week. But I remain humble and unassuming. In other news….. The editorial and…
August 3: Hang out the flags….
The Moncton Times and Transcript for today rose to mediocre – with some sections actually quite decent. The stars of the day were the editorial and op ed pages. Not…
August 2: festival of watch wearers….
I’m thinking of a watch festival for next summer as a tourist highlight for the hub of the maritimes. We’ll invite Milano watch wearers ($10 at your local pharmacy). The…
August 1: The edition of the TandT is so bad…..
….I can scarcely say anything about it.The one important item is that it’s looking like a very bad lobster season. The warm water has made the shells too soft for…
July31: Have they no shame?
The first page of today’s Monton Times and Tribune has at least two stories from yesterday’s paper – without adding much to them. (They cover the weather and a home…
July 30: a bad summer for local farmers……
…could be happening says the last page of A section in today’s Moncton Times and Transcript. Yep. Could be. Luckily, it has nothing to do with climate change. We know…
July 28: Just twenty minutes ago on this Saturday…
….I noticed a Moncton Times and Transcript in my mailbox – and realized it was Saturday. It is now 5.25 pm. It happens at my age. One also starts to…
July 27: Planning for yesterday…
The lead story is that “Roundabouts remain controversial”. Well, yeah, when you build something you needed twenty years ago, and it is now already obsolete as well as overpriced, and…
July 26: a postscript of breaking news…..
….very breaking. For at least a week, I’ve been talking of a world banking crisis as major banks have been caught stealing and manipulating and supporting orgnized crime. The Moncton…
July 26: The editorial gets it right…..almost
It’s nice to see the editorialist reads his own paper. He or she (though I note the editorial jobs are light on shes) followed up yesterday’s report of the dismal…
July 25: Att last…three cheers….
Brent Mazerolle and The Moncton Times and Transcript come through with a real news story and a real lead for p. 1. This is one is well worth having a…
July24: You know you’re in for a slow day when…..
…a big, front page story is about the opening of a new catalogue store. Page A2 has a big story about the premiers’ summit conference in Halifax. It’s a very…
July 23: Why?
There is little to comment on in today’s Moncton Times and Transcript. There is a letter from a supporter of Crandall University and its anti-gay policy (for which it receives…
June 21: Praise the Lord…….
….and pass the ammunition. That was a Amerian popular song of World War Two. Appropriately, it was about army chaplains who helped to load the guns. I thought of it…