‘Mother Corp’ funding:Harper starts to take aim at the CBC!
The CBC-hating Harper Conservatives are quick off the mark to get the debate going about whether the public broadcaster is of “good value” to Canadians.Today’s Globe and Mail reveals that…
Nick Fillmore
Canada included in world events:Millions will ‘march, bike, and skate’ Saturdayto politicize others about the plight of the planet
In Kenya, I have seen herds of animals starving because the small rivers and lakes have dried up. In Sierra Leone, I witnessed people fighting for control over meagre water…
Wall Street Protest BeginsWith Demonstrators Blocked
Here's an update in the NY Times on Saturday's protest, which I wrote about in yesterday's blog "Protestors to Occupy Wall Street - What actions can help us overcome the…
Protestors to Occupy Wall Street – What actions can help us overcome the tremendous powers of right-wing governments and corporations?
What are the tactics that can best be used to try to pressure powerful, self-serving, joined-at-the-hip governments and corporations in Canada and the United States to do the right thing…
Protesters to Occupy Wall Street
What are the tactics that can best be used to try to pressure powerful, self-serving, joined-at-the-hip governments and corporations in Canada and the United States to do the right thing…
9/11 and the “War on Terror”
Ten years after close to 3,000 people died in the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States, we are witnessing hundreds of sympathetic events, reading millions of words,…
9/11 and the “War on Terror” – Had the U.S. done the right thing, thousands of lives could have been saved
Ten years after close to 3,000 people died in the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States, we witnessed hundreds of sympathetic events, millions of words in newspapers,…
Harper abandons principles:breaks promises in search of total power in Ottawa
The spark that led a group of volunteers to set up Catch 22 Harper Conservatives just about a year ago was Stephen Harper’s rash and heavily criticized move to shut…
Series Discusses Failures of Mainstream Mediaand the Challenges Facing Public Interest Journalism
Mainstream media is failing to meet the needs of Canadians. News organizations lack the resources to cover many important stories and investigative journalism has all but been eliminated. Too often,…
Part 1: Canwest latest ‘media giant’ to exploit news operation
This is the first of a seven-part series that will address the need to develop independent media -- print, broadcast and Internet-based -- in Canada.The long-anticipated collapse of the Asper…
Part II:Why we must limit the influence of corporate media
This is the second of a seven-part series that will address the need to develop independent media -- print, broadcast and Internet based -- in CanadaWARNING: News from corporate-owned media…
Part III:Globe’s pro-business reporting example of bad journalism
This is the third of a seven-part series that will address the need to develop independent media -- print, broadcast and Internet based -- in Canada. Staff reporters at the…
Part IV:Sustainable independent media needs a breakthrough
This is the fourth of a seven-part series that will address the need to develop independent media -- print, broadcast and Internet based -- in Canada.Canadians might be surprised to…
Part V:Could a ‘mini-paper’ nip at the heels of mainstream press?
This is the fifth of a seven-part series that will address the need to develop independent media -- print, broadcast and Internet based -- in Canada.While I have many criticisms…
Part VI:Independent media advocates must develop creative news sites
This is the sixth of a seven-part series that will address the need to develop independent media -- print, broadcast and Internet based -- in Canada.Fully a dozen years after…
Part VII:Funding for Non-profit Media or Public Interest Activities
This is the last in a seven-part series that will address the need to develop independent media -- print, broadcast and Internet based -- in Canada.Today – with the mainstream…
A coffee table display for the rich:The Globe and Mail
The new tarted-up, glossy, all-colour Globe and Mail is many things, but it is not a real "news paper."It has been "dumbed up" and robbed of much of its news…