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Revisited: Sun TV’s Ezra problem

06/12/2011 by backofthebook.ca Leave a Comment

With the Sun News Network lately embarked on a jihad against government funding of the arts, it might be worth remarking: at least when artists are given money, they do what they’re supposed to do with it. On the other hand, we have the example of SNN costume rack Ezra Levant, who, when he shut […]

Filed Under: Media Tagged With: bad behaviour, Canada, Ezra Levant, Kory Teneycke, Krista Erickson, Lee Richardson, Margie Gillis, Sun News Network, television, Western Standard

Standard procedure

10/19/2007 by backofthebook.ca Leave a Comment

By Frank Moher I felt some sympathy for Ezra Levant around the shuttering of his Western Standard magazine, until I received this item of boilerplate e-mail: Dear Western Standard reader, I’m sorry to report that we’ve had to shut down the print edition of the Western Standard. Despite nearly four valiant years of trying, we […]

Filed Under: Media Tagged With: Canada, Ezra Levant, journalism, Kenneth Whyte, Maclean's, magazines, orato.com, thetyee.ca, Western Standard

Conrad Black good for newspapers? Tell me another one.

03/12/2007 by backofthebook.ca Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: Media Tagged With: Barbara Amiel, Calgary Herald, Conrad Black, Frank magazine, Hollinger, journalism, Maclean's, National Post, newspapers, Southam, Western Standard

He’s too sexy for his shirt

12/08/2006 by backofthebook.ca Leave a Comment

By Frank Moher I was as excited as I know you must have been to receive a note from Ezra Levant, publisher of The Western Standard, announcing that the new Mark Steyn T-shirts are in — and just in time for Christmas. “Do you love our columnist Mark Steyn as much as I do?” Mr. […]

Filed Under: Media Tagged With: Ezra Levant, journalism, Maclean's, magazines, Mark Steyn, Western Standard

The Streyn is showing

11/02/2006 by backofthebook.ca Leave a Comment

By Frank Moher Here at backofthebook.ca we’ve done a rigorous scientific study and determined that Mark Steyn has used the personal pronoun “I” precisely 1,546,784 times since beginning his “Books” column for Maclean’s. We’d provide documentation of our rigorous scientific study, but this is the internet, so we don’t have to. But if, say, our […]

Filed Under: Media Tagged With: books, Canada, Ezra Levant, journalism, Kenneth Whyte, Maclean's, magazines, Mark Steyn, National Post, publishing, Western Standard

We are not The Walrus. (Or Maclean’s. Or, god-save-us, the Western Standard.)

10/15/2006 by backofthebook.ca Leave a Comment

By Frank Moher Does a magazine’s title determine its chances of success? It doesn’t seem to. The Walrus, having weathered that not-paying-freelancers-on-time thing, seems to be doing all right, despite being named . . . The Walrus. And despite being . . . dull. (The Walrus reminds me of nothing so much as The New […]

Filed Under: Media Tagged With: Canada, magazines, online publishing, publishing, The Walrus, Western Standard

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By Frank Moher On this dreadful day, I don't want to write about the shootings in Orlando. I want to write about my friend, Rick. Rick lives just outside of Nanaimo, a city of about 80,000, … [Read More...]

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By Frank Moher Two drama nerds have recently moved into high profile positions. Before I name them (or perhaps you’ve already guessed who they are; or perhaps you’d like to scroll down and look at … [Read More...]

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Originally published on Our Rape Blog, the author's account of the aftermath of a violent sexual assault. By Mary Fraughton Have you ever played Hearts? It’s a card game. For our purposes, … [Read More...]

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From Creekside: The B.C. provincial government is trying to green light the construction of a massive LNG terminal on Lelu Island in the Skeena Estuary -- Pacific Northwest LNG, backed by Malaysian … [Read More...]

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