Now Will the CBC Finally Fire Rex Murphy?
It couldn't have been a more jarring contrast. While negotiators in Paris worked desperately to put the finishing touches on a historic climate change deal. And prepared to celebrate its…
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Critical Thinking – Yes. Fear Mongering – No.
Last week I wrote a post critical of Rex Murphy's CBC opinion about how the Syrian refugee situation should be handled by Justin Trudeau. At first blush, his view that…
Rex Murphy On Canada’s Refugee Plans
While I am hardly dismissive of those who are expressing concerns about the speed with which the Liberal government is planning to bring in Syrian refugees, those concerns, I believe,…
A Reconsideration
While I have written about the importance of critical thinking many times on this blog, I have always considered it an ideal, a destination that we should strive for throughout…
I Start To Worry
This is, I believe, the second time in recent weeks that I have agreed with Rex Murphy. You see my problem. Recommend this Post
Amanda Lang, Rex Murphy, and the Journalistic Crimes of CBC Management
If there was any doubt that CBC management has either lost its moral compass, or its marbles, now there can be none.For all you have to do to arrive at…
Rex Murphy Praises Thomas Mulcair’s Stand on Bill C-51
Regular readers of this blog will know that I have no particular use for Rex Murphy. Yet last night I found myself in total agreement with him as he offered…
CBC Management Surrenders and Bans Paid Appearances
It's taken them long enough, and it never should have happened in the first place.But the useless managers at the CBC have finally surrendered, and banned paid appearances. Read more…
Meanwhile, Back At The Trough
The steps of Peter Mansbridge and Rex Murphy, I imagine, have a bit of a spring today, content in the knowledge that they are no longer outliers in the land…
Another Good Reason Why Rex Murphy Should be Fired
You might think that after all that happened at the CBC this year, Rex Murphy might know when to press the mute button.You might think that with all those horrible…
Rex Murphy, Jian Ghomeshi, and the CBC Cult of Celebrity
It's hard to imagine a more ghastly thing to watch on a grim, grey, fall day in Harperland, than Rex Murphy on Jian Ghomeshi.The only thing more depressing would be…
Rex Murphy Whips It Out
His vocabulary, to show everyone how big it is. PS. The link works, but you don’t have to read. Although I think somewhere about paragraph three Rex deploys a 12…
Rex Murphy: When a Pimp becomes a Pope
Lordy. I swear to Godzilla I didn't think it was possible. I really didn't believe you could be a pimp and a Pope at the same time.And the resident right-wing…
If the CBC Wants to Honour Knowlton Nash it Must Fire Rex Murphy
On a day when the country is mourning the CBC icon and distinguished Canadian Knowlton Nash. At a time when the CBC is bleeding to death from the savage cuts…
The CBC Ombudsman Makes Her Ruling
As reported by Andrew Mitrovica on iPolitiics, the CBC ombudsman, Esther Enkin, has finally reached her decision on the many conflict of interest complaints lodged against Rex Murphy and Peter…
Rex Murphy: We All Know You Are A Tory Hack …
… now just shut up about it and let the grownups talk, please. Talk about pathetic. In a previous column, Murphy was emphatic about how he speaks to his own…
CBC’s The Current: The Ethics Of Journalists And Paid Speaking Engagements
While I and others have written about Rex Murphy’s close relationship to the oil industry, a relationship that appears to be in direct conflict with his position at the CBC,…
First CBC’s Rex Murphy, Now Peter Mansbridge Making Big Bucks From Oil And Gas Corporations
The CBC Should Fire Peter Mansbridge And Rex Murphy CBC’s Peter Manbridge and Rex Murphy-The Money Is Good! Check out this Huffington Post Canada report by Michael BolenCBC anchor Peter…
The CBC Responds To My Complaint About Rex Murphy
I received the following email yesterday from Jack Nagler, Director of Journalistic Public Accountability and Engagement at the CBC, regarding my conflict of interest complaint about Rex Murphy. Because the…