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Old news, aged quickly
Today, media conglomerates are not only influenced by Big Money interests, but they are often themselves Big Money interests. - Cameron Gaut I wrote earlier that the Toope Report helps…
Mainstream media no longer sole gatekeepers
In the government's sale disposition of BC Rail, there are compelling indicators that massive fraud was perpetrated. Even worse, senior provincial officials interfered with investigation and prosecution of the duplicity…
How the death of Steve Jobs could save Canadians
This originally appeared as a column in the November 3 print and online editions of the North Bay / Nippissing News, the weekly newspaper I’ve been writing for recently. I’ve…
So they arrested the reporter, not the bankers
Truthdig, November 3, 2011: "Goldman Sachs, which received more subsidies and bailout-related funds than any other investment bank because the Federal Reserve permitted it to become a bank holding company…
The end of news as we know it
The following article was first published May 24, 2010. Since then, Sean Holman suspended the Public Eye website, Postmedia has focused on serving business not public interests, the destruction of…
Does Postmedia need paywalls or headstones
In his NY Times blog, economist Paul Krugman focused attention on one of the frequently repugnant think-tanks that serves America's one-percenters. In Denial In Depth, Krugman applauds Ryan Chittum at…
Has Huffington Post run out of stories?
This is one of the most disgusting stories I have read on the Huffington Post, and I am a regular reader of the Post. It is about a bridesmaid having…
"You can talk at your own town hall meeting"
Terrance Heath produces an excellent piece on the American 'Tea Party' movement brought to life by the Koch brothers and other plutocrats and apparatchiks. Is The Tea Party Over? Maybe.…
Liberal scorn for sustainability
Before joining the Vancouver Sun, Fazil Mihlar was Senior Policy Analyst at The Fraser Institute. In his years with the newspaper's editorial board, Mihlar has continued to serve philosophical goals…
Citizen Journalist Charles Leblanc Arrested for Protesting on a Megaphone
Freedom of Speech at Issue Two videos from Leblanc's blog. First a detailed and interesting report on the situation shown on CBC in New Brunswick. Second Leblanc's own video, showing…
Johann Hari Vs. Johann Hari On The Ethics Of Making Sh!t Up
by matttbastard Johann Hari, September 2011: “If I had asked the many experienced colleagues I have here at The Independent… they would have explained just how wrong I was. It…
He suffers annoyance and anger
When taking aim at individuals on this blog, I try to avoid false assertions. Readers may argue with my analyses and opinions but I intend those to be based on…
CTV Spins the Daily Show for Tarsands and Farmed Fish
I finally got around to watching the Labour Day episode of the Daily Show, a repeat from August 18, 2011. Its first segment was about Warren Buffett’s New York Times…
Globe editorial by confounded ideologue
The Globe and Mail presented an editorial this week that appears to be written by a confounded ideologue seconded from a Toronto high school paper. It really is the most…
Global TV’s strange news priorities
It was a busy news day Sunday so British Columbia's self described source for news, weather, traffic, events and features did not have time to report on the rising tide…
TODAY’S SUNSHINE SHILL – New Co2 Art Feature
As Canadian journalism transforms from the rudderless, so-called objective ideals of people whose typewriters could almost be heard from the barrooms they so often frequented, into today's slick new, well-oiled…
They won big but it’s still not enough
Forty years ago, American (and, by logical extension, Canadian) business worried about future survival of free enterprise. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce commissioned Lewis Powell, later a Nixon appointed Supreme…
"The corporate coup is over – they won"
In politics today, trolls live in the sewers of think-tanks, communications firms, corporate media, old-line political parties and government ministry offices. They provide material to fill the airwaves and pages…
Your application to express opinion is denied
Globe and Mail editorial, August 26/11, Licensing journalists in Quebec would stifle press freedom "A licensing system for journalists being discussed in Quebec is a form of press regulation that…