By Frank Moher It is entirely likely that James Moore decided not to run for reelection this Fall in order to, as he told us, “pursue new opportunities and be closer to my young family.” It is also entirely likely he did so because an Ottawa journalist revealed that he had been exchanging “sext” messages with a Conservative […]
A Frank appreciation
By Frank Moher Your feckless Media blogger has been off cheating with his other mistress — theatre, of all things — which is why this section has been quiet as a dying newsroom lately. While I was away, Canada lost one of its few genuine sources of shit-disturbance, Frank magazine. Its folding was duly reported […]
Canadian media de-Zerbified
By guest blogger Brian Brennan So did Tony Burman jump or was he pushed? Don’t look for an answer in the Toronto Star. Up to a week ago, you could have turned to the paper’s dependable media critic, Antonia Zerbisias, for an informed and well-sourced piece on the reasons behind the imminent departure of the […]
Conrad Black good for newspapers? Tell me another one.
By guest blogger Brian Brennan Now that the merry pranksters at Frank magazine have been outed as the satirists behind the http://www.supportlordblack.com hoax, it behooves us to ask who does support Conrad Black, and why? The March 12th issue of Maclean’s magazine offers an answer: Mark Steyn, a right-wing columnist described by Peter Preston of […]
