Monthly Archives: July 2009

Dear Dave Jeffrey

July 31, 2009 – 10:16 pm

Dave’s retiring. And here’s a slideshow

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Richard Stursburg thinks you’re stupid

July 31, 2009 – 2:37 am

“Journalists at the CBC don’t swallow this crap, but most are too busy to have time to think about what’s happening around them”

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A two-hour-long news talk show is coming this fall to Newsworld

July 30, 2009 – 7:27 pm

“Mark [Kelley]’s ability to engage easily with the audience makes him a natural fit for a news talk show”

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Another Day

July 30, 2009 – 2:57 pm

We wave flags and invite the world to our doorstep. But what do we feed them when they come inside? Content. Without a conscience and without a soul

By Allan | 2 comments

John Turner

July 30, 2009 – 11:08 am

@HannahSung if you got time to read tea makers, you gots too much time…get writing!
— John Turner via Twitter

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Hannah Sung and the Half-Baked Tweet

July 29, 2009 – 11:45 am

“Everyone knows that when fake Twitter accounts make love, the entire Internet makes love with them”

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Paul Mcgrath

July 29, 2009 – 10:35 am

“debating the pros and cons of newsroom integration is a grueling exercise”

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How these ludicrous Canadian news sausages are made

July 29, 2009 – 10:29 am

We’re all reading the awesome Medium Close Up, right? So you don’t need me to point out this fascinating post on how the CBC pretends it has reporters all over the world, when they can hardly send one north of Eglinton with a camera.

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fired by Robert Ouimet, rehired by Pratt

July 28, 2009 – 1:19 pm

R3 sucks, but it’s supposed to suck. It’s a design feature.
— fired by Robert Ouimet, rehired by Pratt
in Where do brain farts go on Planet Pratt?

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Aamer Haleem

July 27, 2009 – 8:20 pm

That’s it, I’m coming out of retirement. Where’s my “Will work for $45 million” sign?
— Aamer Haleem via Twitter

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CBC doesn’t want you to know who’s taking a bite out of The Hour’s pie

July 27, 2009 – 6:36 pm

Why can’t we see who’s doing what on The Hour?

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Why the CBC’s integrated newsroom is bad for news

July 27, 2009 – 2:32 pm

(via)

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Anonymous

July 26, 2009 – 10:43 pm

The question surrounding George and The Hour is: What happens when sex no longer sells?

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All my life, I’ve dreamed of becoming a content provider

July 26, 2009 – 10:19 pm

There comes a particularly sad moment in the amateur video shot by Maffin and referred to in the Link Farm to your right.
It happens at one minute and five seconds into the piece when the kindly John Michel utters the words …
“as we move forward to being a content driven company …”
He is of course [...]

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