I spend much time on the internet reading reliable sources. (Well, mostly reliable.) My subscription list for mainstream media is lengthy, although I consciously avoid Postmedia. While the company employs some excellent […]
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In-Sights: Breathless
Following Liberal defeat in the Nanaimo byelection, Global TV reporter Sarah MacDonald talked to Liberal leader Andrew Wilkinson for the 11pm newscast. Breathlessly, she asked what is probably the worst question in the history of BC political reporting…
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: The Koch Brothers Grip On Alberta Has Made Them Rich
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger The National Observer’s Digital News is an off shoot of the Vancouver Observer that has been embraced on the ‘Left Coast.’ Canada is ready, change is in the air. Articles like Read more…
Continue readingNorthern Insight / Perceptivity: Comforted by false reality
A New York Times article, The Surprisingly Large Cost of Telling Small Lies, quotes a successful English business person about the need to confront truths, even uncomfortable ones, “…telling lies is the No. 1 reason entrepreneurs fail. Not because telling lies makes you a bad person but because the act
Continue readingNorthern Insight: CBC dominates the Websters
I bet Jack Webster’s spirit twitches when the $175 a plate bun toss named for him recurs and this town’s higher purpose people gather to honour worthy journalists, not all of whom are worthy enough to be employed full time in the corporate media. Webster met Prime Ministers, Premiers and
Continue readingNorthern Insight: A weapon to change the world
“Those who educate children well are more to be honoured than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those the art of living well.” ― Aristotle This week the BC Teachers’ Federation and the BC Government are in Supreme Court, duelling over a number of education issues,
Continue readingcalgaryliberal.com: Calgary: A Tale of Two Slates
If you’ve been paying attention to Calgary’s municipal election over the last week you would likely have heard about the Manning Centre, a $1,100,000 donation by the home builders to “in order to bring Preston [Manning] on board,” and the recent comments by Cal Wenzel on buying council members —
Continue readingNorthern Insight: Propagandists in the service of the powerful
For more than half a century, the Soviet Union’s news agencies were universally recognized as untrustworthy. Strict political controls ensured that content served interests of the nation’s autocrats.
In the democratic world, most have been contentedly…
Continue readingNorthern Insight: Designed to fail – REPLAY
From March 2011, in my humble opinion, this article is worth repeating: Overcrowding at Royal Columbian hospital led to shutting down microwaves in the on-site Tim Hortons doughnut shop. Emergency physicians were not worried about ovens jamming the medical equipment, they needed the space. They got it. So now, all
Continue readingTHE CAREGIVERS' LIVING ROOM - A Blog by Donna Thomson: Malicious Whispers and Dangerous Trends
Occasionally, I will read something that another person has said or written and I think, “I just wrote about the same ideas last week! Are some of us wired to the same computer?!” The new summer edition of Abilities Magazine features an article I wrote about a trend that I
Continue readingNorthern Insight: The Schultz Theory, Applied
Alex Tsakumis’ release of Dave Basi’s 2003 memo to file was an interesting test for British Columbia’s corporate media. The results were mixed. NW’s Bill Good managed to do 3½ hours without noting the stench surrounding his pal Premier Photo Op. No surprise there since he’s been consistent in saying
Continue readingNorthern Insights / Perceptivity: Global TV featured infamous hate monger speaking for a phantom group
REPLAY, from August 2010, worth reading again to consider if the situation has improved or degraded in the last 18 months. The most effective critic of news media in British Columbia’s today is Harvey Oberfeld. He has particular qualifications since he spent his career in print and broadcast journalism. Indeed,
Continue readingNorthern Insights / Perceptivity: Treading on the public welfare
News Item, January 11, 2012: “Shaw Media announced Wednesday that it has filed an application to the CRTC for a 24/7 regional, all-news channel for the province. “The channel is set to launch this summer, pending approval from the CRTC, which is the country’s broadcasting regulator. The new channel will
Continue readingNorthern Insights / Perceptivity: Shoes, ships and sealing-wax, cabbages and kings
Global TV Noon News aired a report on the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline Sunday. It lasted 40-seconds while they allocated 11 minutes to a segment on cooking fish and five for a pet dog. Strange ‘news’ priorities but I guess they could have run a repeat of ET Canada or
Continue readingDeSmogBlog: BC Tap Water Alliance Calls for Resignation of Energy Minister Coleman Over Fracking
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The B.C. Tap Water Alliance (BCTWA) called today for the resignation of British Columbia’s Energy Minister Rich Coleman. The demand comes on the hee…
Continue readingNorthern Insights / Perceptivity: Another poll in need of a dog
Global BC reports a poll has Mayor Gregor Robinson ahead of NPA candidate Suzanne Anton by a margin of 2 to 1. The broadcaster’s analysis is that Robinson is in trouble because “Vancouver could be headed for a divided council.”
Is that a logical con…
Continue readingNorthern Insights / Perceptivity: Global TV’s strange news priorities
It was a busy news day Sunday so British Columbia’s self described source for news, weather, traffic, events and features did not have time to report on the rising tide criticizing Gordon Campbell’s Ordure of British Columbia award.
The 11pm Global …
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