NDP caucus instructed not to speak to Halifax Chronicle Herald because of press operators lockout

Paul McLeod sounds like a real asshole. My apologies if it turns out he's just a fake asshole.

I expect babblers to boycott this Chronicle Herald until the union tells us otherwise.

Bravo to the NDP!

Jacob Two-Two wrote:

I can't see why this would be a problem. Seems like they're doing the right thing here. Am I missing something?

I think it's a great object lesson in the kind of piece of shit that gets chosen to invent "news". This McLeod creep dares to express his pathetic indignation at the NDP caucus solidarity with the locked-out workers, with no fear whatsoever that his boss will sanction him for being subjective on news matters. He knows, of course, that in licking the backside of the press barons, he cannot possibly incur any harm. This is a fantastic object lesson in how public opinion is manufactured in this country - like, for example, the "polls" saying that everyone wants Harper to be able to crush whatever he defines as terrorism.

Paul McLeod deserves to be the target of his own special boycott. I dearly hope he loses his job, falls into the ranks of the unemployable, so that he can then write a good personal account of what life is really like in this capitalist system that he so obviously loves.

How did I do, terrytowel?

terrytowel wrote:

Unionist wrote:

How did I do, terrytowel?

Like I said it was just an FYI for discussion

Of course. So, what's your opinion?

Unionist wrote:

I think it's a great object lesson in the kind of piece of shit that gets chosen to invent "news". This McLeod creep dares to express his pathetic indignation at the NDP caucus solidarity with the locked-out workers, with no fear whatsoever that his boss will sanction him for being subjective on news matters. He knows, of course, that in licking the backside of the press barons, he cannot possibly incur any harm.

True.  The press in this country is largely anti-labour, anti-NDP, and yes, even anti-Liberal, too.  The only 'Liberal' newspaper is The Toronto Star.

As Tim Harper wrote in The Star last week, every major daily newspaper in Canada except The Toronto Star endorsed Stephen Harper in 2011.  Canada now has a more conservative-dominated media than the United States.  Most of the media in Canada is owned by conservatives.  The Asper family used to be Liberal a couple of decades ago.  They are Harper supporters now.  The Globe & Mail, which used to be a centrist newspaper, is now almost as conservative as the National Post and is amongst Harper's biggest supporters.

The majority of executives on the CBC Board of Governors are now Harper appointed.  Many of them even have made financial contributions to the Conservative Party.  There was a story & flow chart published a couple of months ago showing the current structure of the CBC and how it has become more conservative controlled every year.

Canada needs a network like MSNBC in the United States.  MSNBC is able to counter some of the Republican propaganda on FOX News.  We unfortunately do not have a Canadian counterpart in this country.

sherpa-finn wrote:

The Libs on Babble are here simply to foster and facilitate discussion amongst progressives, not take principled positions of their own.

Thanks, sherpa-finn, I recognize irony when I see it - being an addict myself!

terrytowel wrote:

... I'm a progressive independent.

Unlike my kids, who used to be aggressive dependents.