As  a followup to my post a couple of weeks ago about the CRTC and SunTV, I thought I'd post some follow up. It seems the proposed rule change was rejected and, of more interest to me, consider how Robert Kennedy Jr. has (misre)presented the story.

It's pretty incredible how wrong he gets it, especially the part about how loving and serene and ( Read more... )

two events happening soon here in london, ontario ( Read more... )

The Globe and Mail typically has good in depth articles. The one today by Martin Goldfarb is no exception. He talks about product branding (being a marketing expert he knows what he is talking about) and the ability of Stephen Harper to brand himself to the electorate.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080910.welxngoldfarb0910/ ( Read more... )

let me set the stage ( Read more... )

This story both delighted and irritated me ( Read more... )

Kevin Newman on Global currently pulls in an average of one million viewers. Lloyd Robertson is closely behind with an average of 950,000 viewers. I cannot find what viewership Peter Mansbridge pulls in but I would think it's right up there. But the sad note is Ian Hanomansing who has CanadaNow pulling in an average of 450,000 viewers. Well not any ( Read more... )

The National Post has won an international Journalism award!

The Daily Izzy has tied for first place in the Error of the Year award provided by RegrettheError.com. The award was for the front page banner headline story entitled Iran Eyes Badges for Jews.

This is from their extensive retraction of the story, emphasis mine:
We acknowledge that ( Read more... )

Documents released today have confirmed a number of journalists embedded with Canadian troops in Afghanistan were removed on short notice after complaints from other nations including the United States and Australia ( Read more... )

It turns out Americans really DO hate us.

Wow.

Did anyone else see Michael Ignatieff on the Hour with George Strombolopolis Last night ( Read more... )