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# SPLUTTERINGS FROM THE EDGE
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SPLUTTERINGS FROM THE EDGE. December 11, 2013. What a pathetic and deluded figure you present in exile at 23,000 Dyke Road. You continue to perpetuate the lie on the closed Facebook forum, Friends of Fiji Media, that you were not sacked from USP without ever providing an alternative explanation. This lie has been accompanied by repeated threats to sue both Grubsheet and the. Sacked. Yes, dismissed, removed, dumped. So can we finally put an end to this bizarre pretence of yours and move on? Mark, you̵...
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Canadian media critic: July 2009
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Monday, July 6, 2009. How much did the Aspers pay Peter C. Newman? The Dean of Canadian Journalism is a plagiarist. There, I said it. That's what I couldn't say in this review. I found it a surreal experience to read Peter C. Newman’s 2008 book. Izzy: The Passionate Life and Turbulent Times of Izzy Asper, Canada’s Media Mogul. Asper Nation: Canada’s Most Dangerous Media Company. Rang familiar. Some, it seemed, I had even written myself. Take this passage on page 357. And carrying around the. As a child&#...
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Canadian media critic: November 2009
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Monday, November 16, 2009. The letter the Vancouver Sun won't publish. A few weeks ago,. Columnist Don Cayo wrote a column headlined " Broadcasters have right to carriage fees. Letters editor Rebecca Wigod to ask why not, pointing out that while I teach in Texas (because I can't get a job in Canada), I have some expertise on the subject of "fee for carriage" because I presented a paper. Re: Broadcasters have right to carriage fees, Oct. 29. Which is owned by one of the television networks seeking fee for...
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Canadian media critic: A world of illusion
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Friday, March 4, 2011. A world of illusion. How to explain such a difference in reporting on a supposedly factual matter? Check out the duelling headlines from Canada's largest daily newspaper websites on this week's release of Torstar's financial results. Torstar reports higher profits and revenues. Torstar posts lower fourth quarter profit. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Adbusters: Canada's Media Bully. Adbusters: The Death of Canadian Journalism. Bill Doskoch: Media, BPS*, Film, Minutiae.
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Canadian media critic: March 2009
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Tuesday, March 10, 2009. Maclean’s is the real threat. Having just heard from newly-neocon. Magazine that they are declining to publish my response to a particularly execrable opinion piece by Andrew Coyne, I suppose I will have to publish it myself. Thanks heavens for the blogosphere. Now, will anyone notice? Andrew Coyne sets up a classic false dichotomy in arguing against broadcasting regulation in the age of the Internet. (" The CRTC isn’t just a nuisance now, it’s a real threat. Last but not least, ...
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Canadian media critic: March 2008
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Tuesday, March 25, 2008. For Palestinian rights over a four-page parody of CanWest's. Newspaper that he helped circulate. The lawsuit against Mordecai Briemberg - a member of the infamous PSA 7 faculty members who were suspended in the 1960s for political activism at my alma mater, Simon Fraser University - alleges trademark infrigement and conspiracy "to embarrass and to injure" CanWest. As the. Against media criticism of Israel, as I detail in my recent book,. S sister publication, the tabloid. Or does...
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Canadian media critic: How much did the Aspers pay Peter C. Newman?
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Monday, July 6, 2009. How much did the Aspers pay Peter C. Newman? The Dean of Canadian Journalism is a plagiarist. There, I said it. That's what I couldn't say in this review. I found it a surreal experience to read Peter C. Newman’s 2008 book. Izzy: The Passionate Life and Turbulent Times of Izzy Asper, Canada’s Media Mogul. Asper Nation: Canada’s Most Dangerous Media Company. Rang familiar. Some, it seemed, I had even written myself. Take this passage on page 357. And carrying around the. As a child&#...
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Canadian media critic: August 2008
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Saturday, August 9, 2008. Memo to Lawrence Martin: Facts matter. No matter how insightful your analysis, mangling the facts leaves you wide open to criticism. That's why I was moved to write a corrective. Columnist's piece of Aug. 7. The sale of the National Post would reverberate in political circles." Martin is absolutely right that Conrad Black's acquisition of the Southam newspaper chain and founding of the. Changed journalism in Canada. My survey of scholarly research on the subject for. Fraser Inst...
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Canadian media critic: June 2008
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Sunday, June 15, 2008. A whirlwind of publicity. Didn’t win the CCA's annual Gertrude Robinson book prize, for which it was short-listed, but the book that won. Looks like a doozy, so I was just glad to be considered in such company. Sure, right. I’m sulking, and you know it. On Friday, I gave a speech at a rally outside the. Offices downtown in support of Mordecai Briemberg. The activist who is being sued by CanWest. For helping to distribute a parody issue of the. I now look forward to relaxing for a f...
