Ask for a license for a cable channel that promises to re-cycle old Country Canada shows, and after you get it, morph it into a channel that competes with Bravo, while creating no new programs or jobs. When called to account for ignoring the “promise of performance”, CBC snubs its nose at the CRTC. Stalling. [...]
PoonGirl has it in her head to interview Stroumbo. I don’t know what she wants to ask him, but I’m sure the result would be interesting. I also don’t think it’s likely to happen. Although there are dozens of interviews with George strewn across YouTube, every one of them have something in common. George’s butt [...]
It is simply the best show on television today. No, not the Lang & O’Leary Exchange, that’s close. It’s the show on ITV that discovered the voices of Paul Potts and Susan Boyle – Britain’s Got Talent. This clip shows the opening montage of a recent episode. To view it, experience it, is to see [...]
Jian Ghomeshi sits smiling. He is being introduced to the audience in a large auditorium at Ryerson University. The speaker is Suanne Kelman, Associate Chair of the School of Journalism at Ryerson. Photo Credit: Britney Hope / Ryerson University “A lot of you know him as the host of CBC’s radio show “Q” and ….. [...]
No one at the CBC reads The Tea Makers. Right? I asked a simple question – “where is the opinion piece that you say Jian Ghomeshi wrote for The Guardian?” And that Jian Ghomeshi himself says that he wrote for The Guardian. The answer to that question would reveal a lot about today’s CBC. Even [...]
Many happy, shiny people at today’s CBC Fall Schedule announcement. Including Strombo, who appears to have a “will-never-be-canceled” contract, returning in September for another tiresome 7th season. George was strangely mum with reporters, only willing to hint that major changes are being made to The Hour. Especially strange since during the Q & A with [...]
“Once we decide that anything goes, anything can come home to haunt us.” – Bill Moyers
You can’t write your own Wikipedia page. It’s not allowed. Understandably. Its purpose is not to simply publish the endless droning of a braggart, who, as it turns out, never actually walked on the moon (I’m looking at you, Sting!). But the tech-savvy members of Generation B S, have found an easy and obvious way [...]
It’s been three months since I first began asking Jian, his staff, and now the CBC to answer a simple question. What editorial/opinion piece written by Jian was published by The Guardian? It says very clearly on his Wikipedia page that … He is also a writer whose editorials and opinion pieces have been published [...]
Sarah Westwood walks with George along the Seawall George is asked what next for the campaign “A Million Acts of Green”. He uses the term “we”, without clarifying that the campaign was created in conjunction with CISCO, who wanted to experiment with social network marketing, and chose the issue and provided resources and funding. That’s [...]
Comment #’s 763 and & 764, by Anonymous Reproduced from the Truth Farm thread “Do you think Jian tweets because he is lonely?” On the CBC Q website in the “About The Host” section one of the many things written is this : “Jian continues to write and produce music through his company, Wonderboy Entertainment, [...]
George says that he deliberately didn’t cover the Tiger Woods story on The Hour, even though it was significant enough to be reported all over the world. “I don’t care who you’re sleeping with. Irrelevant to me. I also think it’s disingenuous for the press to go after this particular athlete. Fuck. They’ve been leaving [...]
