May 5: The meaning of ethics in journalism.
“Events centre needed, council told”“He spoke as an ordinary citizen,…” But, we learn, he was not an ordinary citizen. He was a (drumroll) real estate salesman. And we are told…
“Events centre needed, council told”“He spoke as an ordinary citizen,…” But, we learn, he was not an ordinary citizen. He was a (drumroll) real estate salesman. And we are told…
The lead story, reasonably enough, is about the government cut to daycare subsidies. But we see it only as a financial problem. In fact, it is a much deeper issue…
Section A has only two stories that caught my attention. One was about the anniversary of the Battle of the Atlantic, the one theatre of war that was dominated by…
so skip most of section A – except for A1 “Deer-car collisions taking toll.” Apparently record numbers of deer are being killed on our highways this year. It’s partly because…
I mean, you know, economists are experts. This one say that business needs more freedom to grow but, gee, rules and regulations get in the way. And, goodness, if business…
The Irving press starts out as toilet paper. The “events centre” push starts on page 1 with the story that a downtown business group supports it. Beside it is the…
http://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-baltimore-freddie-gray-20150427-htmlstory.html The above is a report from the Los Angeles Times (and other sources) on the rioting in Baltimore. It wasn’t important enough to make today’s Irving press – though…
It’s hard to write every day on a paper that usually has nothing to say. Big headline – “Downtown centre funding to be based on ‘evidence,’ says minister. (Actually, the…
I didn’t mention the Faith page yesterday.It was just too depressingly bad. The churches’ activities are the usual card parties and spaghetti dinners. Leave your brains at the door, folks.…
“All Moncton schools to go under review”. That’s the headline on A1. And, like every such report I’ve seen in this province, it’s all about costs and efficiency as if…
In 25 years of radio, TV and print media, I was never once asked to cover or comment on a hockey game. I guess that just makes sense. I mean,…
On A1, “Fracking review terms released by Grits”. The Liberal government has appointed a commission to examine any possible dangers in carrying out fracking. They don’t tell us a whole…
There was a time when the greatest dream of North American women was to be swept up by an arab riding on a galloping, white steed that would take them…
Three minor figures in the Lac Megantic train disaster have been criminally charged in the case of the oil train explosion that killed 47 people in Lac Megantic. One is…
Early yesterday, a major news story broke in plenty of time to make today’s newspapers. But, apparently, nobody at Irving press realized it was important. As usual, all the world…
….I hope. There are two sites I use a good deal for news. Neither is perfectly reliable. I’ve never even heard of a news source that is perfectly reliable. If…
It was yesterday’s editorial that put me in a bad mood – that smug, patronizing, asinine comment about how we mustn’t tax the rich because if we do, they might…
But, to start on a happy note, read section C4, ‘Big Sister Shares Open Letter with Words of Advice for Little Sister’. This is by Isabelle Agnew, one of the…
….I didn’t think it possible. The big story is that premier Gallant gave a speech to big business leaders at Canadian Club in Toronto – and he spoke from the…
So is most of section B. This is a serious problem for both Moncton and New Brunswick. We have a population here that is miserably uninformed – and is now…