Canada’s Shame
We are mute with shame here in Canada. Shame for our Professional Media. Even our beloved CBC doesn’t have the decency to cover the new American Revolution. You were there…
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Chin music for months
This is a follow-up to the post last night on the witness list that has been drawn up for Commons committee hearings on the issue of the CBC's responsiveness to…
The Absurd Con Assault on the CBC
OK. So today probably isn't the best day to defend the CBC. Not when I went to watch Question Period this afternoon, and discovered that their tabloid news network was…
And Now, Introducing the Witness for The Harpercon Prosecution, Fox News North!
Boys ‘n’ girls, the Harpercons want to hold a parliamentary hearing regarding the future of the CBC, basically. And guess who their star witnesses will be? Yup! You guessed it!…
World’s Biggest Fracking Operations: CBC Covers the Shale Gas Boom in BC
Screen shot 2011-09-27 at 4.35.49 PM.png Yesterday the Canadian Broadcast Corporation (CBC) announced their investigative series on fracking in British Columbia. The feature report will cover the...
The CBC on the Chopping Block is No Surprise to Anyone
I came across this image for the CBC. I think it was for an event that was sold out. However, as soon as I saw it, I thought how appropriate.There…
‘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…
John A.: Birth of a Country
Last night, the CBC aired John A.: The Birth of a Country, a dramatization of the eight years of Canadian political history leading up to the formation of the Great…
Sunday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your weekend reading.- Janet Bagnall discusses Canada's steadily-growing income inequality:In the last 20 years, the income of 80 per cent of Americans has stagnated while that of…
Refreshing
No, there's nothing particularly surprising in the NDP strategy reported by Laura Payton. But isn't a pleasant change that the official opposition actually has such a thing?
Ted Morton says everybody does it? Well, stand up straight Alberta, and listen to your mother!
Do what your mama tells you! Below: My Mom, circa 1937; Ted Morton; Charles Rusnell.It’s been a few hours now since a CBC investigative reporter revealed that front-running Conservative leadership…
Polling on the CBC’s budget
This just looks like plain old seeding of the ground for CBC budget cuts. A poll conducted by Abacus Data for QMI news agency appears in their pages today. QMI…
Our liberal media XXVXX: CBC shills for the tar sands again.
Whenever I read or hear another right-winger whine about the CBC or the 'liberal media', I laugh out loud. Witness CBC's Mark Gollom's propaganda on behalf of Alykhan Velshi and…
Conservative leadership candidates have high-speed rail line brainwave: All aboard for environmental and financial disaster!
Stand back! A high-sped rail car gets ready for the rocket-ride to Calgary. Below, alternatives models, and leadership candidates Doug Horner and Alison Redford. RED DEER Uh oh! The idea…
How not to sue Dragons’ Den
Every time I see the Dragons belittle a sweating contestant from their raised TV studio platform that reminds of Olympus I catch a breath. It’s not Jerry Springer but what…
But I Thought The CBC Had a Two Year Cooling Off Period With Ex-Politicians-Juxtapose!
I know I’m going to need to be heavily sedated after writing the first sentence, but I find myself in agreement with the Blogging SupposiTory resident McCarthyist, BC Blue today.…
Duceppe to CBC
Oh man, this is really going to piss off the right! LOFL! Stephen Tayor’s going to have to bring out the mops for all the cranial matter exploding over at…
Amanda Lang of CBC: The Financial Expert
Lately, Amanda Lang has been a regular on several CBC-News shows. She has her own show with Kevin O'Leary and quite often she hosts the National, the nightly news program.…
Kathleen Petty
I listen to Kathleen Petty on the Ottawa Morning Show on CBC radio every morning. Just for a little while…from the time I wake up til the time I get…