Nov. 10: "There’ll be blue birds over…
The White Cliffs of DoverTomorrow, just you wait and see.There’ll be love and laughter….And peace ever afterTomorrow when the world is free.” Those were the words of “There’ll be blue…
Graeme Decarie
Nov. 9: Trump? It doesn’t matter.
Normally, Thursday is a day off for the blog. But this Thursday (tomorrow as I write this), it will appear, and be devoted to Remembrance Day for those who died…
Nov. 7: A slow day.
If patriotism were used to do what is best for our country, it would be admirable. But that almost never happens. Instead, patriotism is manipulated to justify the killing and…
Nov.5: Ask not for whom the bell tolls…
The problem is not Trump. And it’s not Clinton. The problem is much worse because it’s a permanent one. The problem is the final crash of American society and morality.…
Nov. 4: The Last Empire
In Wednesday’s editorial for the irving press, the writer praised the Canada Europe Trade Deal on the argument that free trade creates prosperity for all. That is pure rubbish. The…
Nov. 2: a dreadful day for news.
“Huge python that killed boys was growling, aggressive, court told”. That’s the headline for today’s irving press. And, in the trade, it’s what is called cheap sensationalism. It has almost…
Oct. 31: What is a newspaper that uses lots of photos? Cheap!
The most important news of the day in the iriving press is that cranberry prices are down. To send that message home, the paper also offers three-quarters of a page…
Oct. 29: Monton’s wealthy admitted to hall of fame. clap, clap, clap
The irving press is its usual, sloppy and ill-informed self. The headline says that the leader of New Brunswick’s ‘leading literacy program for children’ is outraged by falling literacy scores…
Oct. 28: Propaganda as news.
There are only two items worth reading in today’s irving press. One is Alec Bruce’s dissection of the new, Conservative leader, Blaine Higgs. It’s quite a contrast to Norbert Cunningham’s…
Oct.26: The irving press continues to amaze
The irving press continues to set new records as an intellectual swamp. The big item in section A is that a new men’s wear store has opened in town. Section…
Oct. 24: Cheap journalism and the irving press.
The longest story on the front page of the irving press is that a former finance minister, now running for leadership of the Conservative party of New Brunswick, says he…
Oct. 22: The Gutter that is the irving press Deepens.
Today, for the third day in a row, the front page headline story is another sensationalist one – and again on the same murder trial. “Deceased victim was stabbed more…
Oct. 21: "Not with a bang, but a whimper"
The lead story in the irving press Canada and World section is that a New Brunswicker is among 4 new members of a (rigged) panel studying an oil pipeline scheme.…
Oct. 19: Neoliberalism in action.
The headline story is that a former mayor of Moncton who just gave a speech about the murder of three police officers in this city over two years ago. He…
Oct. 17: The most amazing thing…..
The most amazing thing…. Today’s irving press has no news at all in it. What it has is more pictures than even those scandal mags with headlines like “Camilla dances…
Oct. 15: How to spot propaganda ‘news’.
Page B5 – irving press “Fresh wave of airstrikes hit Syrian city of Aleppo”.The large photo features an obviously posed boy sitting in the rubble. There’s ruin. There’s ‘dozens’ killed…
Oct. 14: An exciting day —
–for fools. A private clinic is in court challenging the right of Canadians to receive government medicare. If it wins, that means we go back to the days when most…
Oct. 12: An angry day
A couple of nights ago, I caught the last scene of the film “A Tale of Two Cities”. This is Dickens’ view of the French revolution , a view in…
Oct. 10: It doesn’t matter whether they’re named Hitler or Stalin or Mao or Clinton or Trump
It took me two minutes to read today’s irving press. It was all, typical holiday coverage – with the exception of a commentary by Steve Malloy which is well worth…
April 8: A real editorial in the irving press? (not great. But real.)
As usual, there is nothing in the irving press. How can there be? Climate change isn’t happening. So there’s no point reporting on it. The wealthy of New Brunswick are…