Apr 26, 2010
Media goes berserk over 'a run-of-the-mill scandal'
Parliament has been paralyzed for weeks over the Guergis scandal with newscasts and political panel chasing every trifling rumour. Why is this?
Media Matters
TAX the BANKS
It's time to tax the banks.
A campaign is already underway in the U.K. (see http://robinhoodtax.org.uk/) and some version of the idea has even been proposed by the IMF, strange as that may sound. You may have heard the news recently, with Finance Minister Flaherty going public with his veto on the idea:
http://www.thestar.com/business/bank/article/798599--flaherty-no-bank-tax-for-canada?bn=1
Seems to me that this should be a no-brainer, as a campaign that can lift with wings...
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Apr 17, 2010
Message to NADbank: You can't stuff the Internet genie back in the bottle
David J. Climenhaga
Newspapers can't be fixed by trying to stuff the Internet genie back in the bottle.
Apr 15, 2010
Decoder - Episode 4
Decoder
On today's show … what goes right and wrong in the initial days of covering a story -- what happens when the media descends on a family's tragedy -- the coverage of the case of Tori Stafford.
Apr 14, 2010
Coalition to build a better BC launches in Vancouver
Kim Elliott
Showing support for public and community services.
Apr 11, 2010
South Africa: A troubled but vibrant country, not a place of racial warfare
Mara Kardas-Nelson
The international media's depiction of recent South African events is limited and irresponsible, and doesn't reflect the true realities of the Rainbow Nation.
Apr 9, 2010
Nike ad strikes a different note in Tiger Woods hysteria-fest
"Did you learn anything?" asks the voice from beyond the grave as Tiger Woods stares into the camera in a new advertisement from Nike.
Apr 8, 2010
Free speech includes the right to protest
James Clark
The shutting down of American Neocon pundit Ann Coulter in Ottawa led to cries that she wasn't being allowed to speak. Not true. The natural allies of the Harper government don't have this problem.
Apr 7, 2010
Nonprofit news organization releases video of killings in Iraq
A United States military video was released this week showing the indiscriminate targeting and killing of civilians in Baghdad.
CKLN needs letters of support
Toronto community radio station CKLN is facing a CRTC "show cause" hearing where it is to demonstrate to the CRTC why it should keep its licence.
As many of you know, CKLN went through a turbulent period in 2008 and 2009 when the then-managment purged dozens of programmers after the board refused to recognize an impeachment vote by the membership. The student government witheld money from the station and ultimately locked the doors in early 2009 after a break-in.
After the election of a new Board of Directors in July 2009, the programmers who had been locked out returned and normal programming resumed.
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