Trust, facts, and truth #nlpoli
Trust is the foundation of any strong relationship. That’s why a great many journalists, troubled at the decline of their industry, emphasise the importance of trust in re-establishing a solid…
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Captain Sweatpants and the future of news media #nlpoli
The numbers are so large they take your breath away. In a poll conducted for The Public Policy Forum for its recent report on Canadian news media, eight “out of…
Captain Sweatpants and the future of news media #nlpoli
The numbers are so large they take your breath away. In a poll conducted for The Public Policy Forum for its recent report on Canadian news media, eight “out of…
The Classroom Jungle #nlpoli
CBC aired the first of three half hour programs on Monday night featuring a bunch of teachers talking about problems in the Newfoundlandand Labrador school system. The rest will come…
The Classroom Jungle #nlpoli
CBC aired the first of three half hour programs on Monday night featuring a bunch of teachers talking about problems in the Newfoundlandand Labrador school system. The rest will come…
What is it about Quebec and mass killings? #nlpoli
Compared to the United States, there haven’t been a lot of mass killings in Canada. Period. Full stop. Canadais predominantly white and Christian and researchers tell us that across the…
Local news media in the post-factual world #nlpoli
Chris O’Neill-Yates is a veteran CBC journalist. Like most people in her line of work, Chris is on Twitter plugging both her own work and commenting on events in the…
Ratings trump truth: Justified edition #nlpoli
Someone in Gander Bay has been catching and selling quantities of smelt. The Department of Fisheries and Oceans received complaints, conducted in investigation, and laid charges against an adult who…
Ratings trump truth #nlpoli
Sometimes the universe delivers you the magical set of circumstances you just can’t ignore. Danny Williams turned up at the St. John’s Board of Trade luncheon on Thursday to deliver…
The real news in one sentence #nlpoli
According to its supporters, we need to have a special office for search and rescue in St. John’s because Newfoundlanders spoke English so poorly that no one could understand us.…
Friends and enemies #nlpoli
Craig Westcott tells a story from his short stint as communications director for the Liberals in opposition in the last days of Danny Williams and the early days of his…
The Narrative War #nlpoli
The day after a massive Liberal victory in the general election, CBC’s David Cochrane posted an analysis piece on the new administration. CBC distributed it nationally. Cochrane describe Dwight Ball…
Kicking ass in political coverage #nlpoli
The province’s major media outlets have taken different approaches to political coverage in this election from what they did last time. The result has been one of the most interesting…
Invention #nlpoli
The provincial election campaign is barely a week old and already we have seen certain themes and interpretations emerging that are the product not of fact and observation but of…
WTF?
There are times you read stuff and you just have to wonder what brought that on. There’s Telegram editor Russell Wangersky explaining how newspapers are still relevant in the world…
The Manipulation Manipulation #nlpoli #cdnpoli
/What a difference 36 years makes. There’s New Democrat strategist Robin Sears in a National Post piece complaining about the way the Liberal are running their guy named Trudeau in…
The name they fear #nlpoli
Cast your mind back to April 2007 In his ongoing penchant for fighting with everyone and for small-mindedness, Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Danny Williams decides he will only refer to…
The Fourth Party #nlpoli
A Telegram editorial on Wednesday contained a curious comment. The subject was news that broke this week about the provincial government;s energy corporation. Two senior corporate officials are refusing to…
Lighter and Lighter #nlpoli
Three separate stories over the past three days highlight changes to the local media world. On Saturday, Telegram editor Russell Wangersky slammed the publicly funded CBC Radio for turning its…
Opportunity knocks #nlpoli
CBC’s David Cochrane took a break from his parental leave Thursday evening to let the world know that On Point is dead as of next June. Predictably, a bunch of…