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…
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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…
Science versus Photo Ops
I was watching the cbc news this morning. I find it very sad to witness the decline of that once proud public broadcaster. The cbc used to provide some fine…
Free Water for Fracking: B.C. Government Gives 20-Year Withdrawal Permit to Talisman
Screen shot 2011-07-30 at 6.12.22 PM.png British Columbia is providing the gas industry with 78 million cubic meters of free water each year, according to a recent CBC article. That…
Sunmedia’s business model – attack the CBC
A brief observation: Wherever I turn, whether it be Ezra Levant’s raving on in the Sun tabloids, or Brian Lilley on SunTv, or even David Akin on Twitter questioning CBC…
Now don’t slam me for saying this!
The Heritage robot, James Moore, has said that the CBC isn’t immune to Strategic and Operating Review cuts – and this has the Twittersphere et al squawking mightily. While I…
Cuts versus spending blitzes
Tony Clement commenting on today's Conservative spending blitz which included cash for an airport, a donut manufacturer and a pork plant among many announcements today and in coming days: Treasury…
CTV Quebec City Bureau Chief Kai Nagata Quits: Rips TV Journalism
In what is the most spectacular long blog post I've read from a TV personality ever, former Quebec City bureau chief Kai Nagata explains why he quit his job.This came…
Uh-oh…
The CBC license approval has been delayed by the CRTC. My spin, for what it’s worth: this gives the Cons some time to spin the benefits of privatizing / gutting…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Yes, plenty of attention is being paid to Canada's weak ranking when it comes to innovation. But it's well worth noting that the failure…
CBC: New Brunswick Lacks Residential Care for Adults with Autism
Emma Smith and CBC did a feature (at minute 23:40) on last evening's news on the lack of residential care available for New Brunswick adults with autism. I was interviewed…
Rex Murphy on Vancouver Riot
Only in Vancouver would you see a riot after a hockey defeat. Afterall, Libyans are being killed by fighter jets, so how do we justify the actions that had taken…
11th Annual Signal + Noise Media Art Festival – June 23 – 27 in Vancouver
VIVO in Vancouver presents the 11th annual Signal + Noise Media Art Festival. From the press release: The 11th annual Signal + Noise Media Art Festival presents a collision of…
Local pols to s**t bricks
Tom Hedderson, Fairity O’Brien and other lame local politicians will likely be re-thinking their political futures soon. CBC announced Friday that Anthony Germain will be hosting the CBC’s flagship morning…