Monthly Archives: January 2009

Only George could make Sarah Palin boring

Every interview she does makes news.But not this one.16 questions from the Gemini-winning host.

Erica & Tea Makers?

There’s something about Erica …

Profiting From Insults Cuts Both Ways

Don MacPherson has some interesting observations … In this year of the 250th anniversary of the battle of the Plains of Abraham, French and English no longer fight each other in Canada with muskets. Instead, we have a public broadcaster, which, in spite of its mandate to promote national unity, fires insults back and forth […]

You won’t like it when she gets mad

Camille has a solid case for damages, but she’ll have to become Prime Minister the old-fashioned way

‘That’s laughable. There’s no truth to that’

We’ll keep our $200 million, James Moore says.

Executive Arrogance

Bye bye credibility. “Sylvain Lafrance, executive vice-president for French services, issued a statement that indirectly put the blame on the viewers rather than on Radio-Canada, which had perhaps been “too toler-ant” and simply guilty of ignoring the “sensitivity” of a public unprepared for “audacious” productions. He never apologized.” ~ Lysiane Gagnon writing in The Globe

The week Terfry went

Joe the Plumber on beng a war correspondent

“I don’t think journalists should be anywhere allowed war. I mean, you guys report where our troops are at. You report what’s happening day to day.” (direct quote)See Think Progress

beaucoup de critiques négatives

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CBC gets a D

…after taking a six-month time extension to respond to a request for the salary ranges of its top employees.“I think the public would be alarmed to see how closely the curtain of silence is drawn around basic information that should be available.”

Camille Labchuk gets burned by the CBC

Saskboy exposes the heartbreak.

Fools across the board

Thats how René Angélil sums up the Bye Bye scandal, and it’s the most appropriate phrase seen in print so far.But he has other choice remarks … “I am ashamed of what I saw. It is terrible. I am ashamed, but I am especially disappointed for all artists, creators Quebecois managed to stand out over […]

No questions, this is a Press Conference

Loosely translated summary: “We don’t get it. What’s the big deal?”Cloutier: “Bite me.”Morissette: “My hat is soiled.” Experience it here and here.

Two and a half men beat up Erica

Bill Brioux’s sports jargon

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