By Frank Moher Time to update our 9/11 Honour and Dishonour Roll. Some fine qualifees have presented themselves in recent months. The original idea of the list was to record for posterity those news organizations that have or haven’t done their job in covering 9/11. You’ll find that roster here. For this iteration, I’m expanding […]
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Brave Steve defends Israel’s far right
By Alison@Creekside Live-blogging from the Ottawa Conference on Combating Antisemitism, the intrepid Kady does her level best to find out what The Plot — a secret exhibit from the US Anti-Defamation League that is off-limits to media — is all about. I don’t know either but I’ll lay you odds that it doesn’t include this […]
Russell Williams: reality is reality
By Frank Moher The Canadian news media have been engaged in a lot of hand-wringing and debate over the Russell Williams trial and their coverage of it. Should they have published photos of him dressed in his victims’ lingerie? Should newspapers have kept the photos off the front page? Should the details of his crimes […]
UN flop: Harper should be thanking Iggy
By Alison@Creekside … careful consideration of the reasons for Canada’s failure to gain a seat on the UN Security Council continues among the Cons and their supporters in the media. . “Canada barely escaped with its integrity intact at the United Nations”, writes Kelly McParland at NaPo, “According to reports on the voting, Canada lost […]
You really don’t care about Betty Krawczyk, Mr. Selley?
By Alison@Creekside A column in the National Post last week compared the peaceful civil disobedience and incarceration of 82-year old environmental activist Betty Krawczyk with that of 62-year old anti-abortion protester Linda Gibbons: Two court injunctions; two women who violated them in a way that significantly harmed no one; prison time for both that would […]
Postmedia: Layoffs? What layoffs?
By Brian Brennan Television reporter Tom Clark parts company with CTV News, and the network issues a public statement to that effect. Kevin Newman steps down as Global anchor, and his network does the same. But what happens when dozens, perhaps hundreds of print reporters in this country leave their jobs, either voluntarily or otherwise? […]
9/11 honour and dishonour
By Frank Moher As it becomes increasingly clear that the official explanation of 9/11 is insupportable and won’t stand the test of time, I thought it might be apropos to establish a media “Honour” and “Dishonour” roll, recording those news organizations who have or haven’t done their job in reporting the story. The idea here […]
CanWest Idol
By Frank Moher Let’s play CanWest Idol! — in which we decide who should get to buy the bankrupt media company’s assets. The finalists for the TV operation appear to be just two: Shaw Communications and Catalyst Capital. The former is the Alberta-based cable company; the latter is the front-organization for Leonard Asper and New […]
Pairs skating: the CBC and the National Post
By Frank Moher Hmm. What is this doing on the website of our public broadcaster? Vancouver protestors fall silent. The article I have linked to on the CBC site is a product of its agreement with The National Post to jointly cover the Olympics. It appeared in the Post first, and from there was syndicated […]
Part II: On being disappeared by The National Post
By Frank Moher In our last episode, I said I’d tell you what I found out about why my review of What the Furies Bring disappeared from The National Post website a day after being put up. My little investigation provides a tonic insight into what happens when journalists find themselves on the receiving end […]
