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CBC Newsworld : Passionate Eye Monday : Documentary
Tue, 18 Mar 2008 01:53:25 PDT
The story that showed on news world tonight.This is just another example of the futility and expense in money and lives that is the drug war.
Forecast for Today’s News, March 18
Tue, 18 Mar 2008 10:48:21 PDT
Forecast for Today’s News, March 18 ...UPDATING through the day... • U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke will lower rate by up to a full point. • Barack Obama will make speech on “race” to deflect his hidden agenda in light of revelations about his pastor and his apparent anti-white-man, anti-American beliefs. • Yesterday’s federal By-election: Media will celebrate it as a Liberal victory—despite the fact that it really demonstrated Conservative gains—highlighting and totally fo
Spritz This, Procter & Gamble!
Fri, 21 Mar 2008 20:00:12 PDT
OK. The Home Made Stupid Squad (a moniker aptly used by my friend Jesse) strikes again! I seem to have struck a chord with this post, in more ways than one: not only did I get quite a few encouraging comments, but someone or a few someones at Procter & Gamble suddenly started reading this blog! Welcome! So, again today I tuned into Newsworld for my fix of news, and lo and behold, there was Madame Woodburn once more, this time tut-tutting in her posh accent about how having a "beautiful fra
CBC’s oft-used source for political experts —the Huffington Post —in new hate du jour
Wed, 26 Mar 2008 02:15:20 PDT
CBC’s oft-used source for political experts —the Huffington Post —in new hate du jour Here’s a bit of a post from the infamous Huffington Post web site, the web site which the state-owned CBC seems to use as a go-to place to secure folks to act as guest political experts for their Newsworld news channel. They ask questions of the Huffington Post experts in order to fully inform Canadians, CBC-style. Canadians, bereft of news otherwise, could, the CBC may well think, benefit from this kind of
A Viewer Speaks
Wed, 02 Apr 2008 08:05:29 PDT
WE GET A good group of commenters here in Sticksville. Lately, we've been hearing quite a bit from a young woman from the Prairies, who has an openminded attitude toward Canadian shows, and an engaged and passionate way of defending them. On the subject of all the changes going on at the CBC, I think she's expressed the necessary corrective point of view better than Richard Stursberg, Kirstine Leyfield, or anybody else at the public broadcaster has managed to do. So I'm bumping her comment here
CBC to cut Calgary Newsworld unit, hire more Alberta reporters (CBC Edmonton)
Thu, 03 Apr 2008 11:54:39 PDT
CBC News is shutting down the Calgary unit of its 24-hour Newsworld television service as of the end of May, and introducing additional positions for newsgathering, the public broadcaster said Thursday.
Supermodel Naomi Campbell accused of assaulting cop: report (CBC)
Thu, 03 Apr 2008 12:29:00 PDT
British supermodel Naomi Campbell has been arrested at Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5 and charged in connection with an assault on a police officer, according British media reports.
Tue, 18 Mar 2008 01:53:25 PDT
The story that showed on news world tonight.This is just another example of the futility and expense in money and lives that is the drug war.
Forecast for Today’s News, March 18
Tue, 18 Mar 2008 10:48:21 PDT
Forecast for Today’s News, March 18 ...UPDATING through the day... • U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke will lower rate by up to a full point. • Barack Obama will make speech on “race” to deflect his hidden agenda in light of revelations about his pastor and his apparent anti-white-man, anti-American beliefs. • Yesterday’s federal By-election: Media will celebrate it as a Liberal victory—despite the fact that it really demonstrated Conservative gains—highlighting and totally fo
Spritz This, Procter & Gamble!
Fri, 21 Mar 2008 20:00:12 PDT
OK. The Home Made Stupid Squad (a moniker aptly used by my friend Jesse) strikes again! I seem to have struck a chord with this post, in more ways than one: not only did I get quite a few encouraging comments, but someone or a few someones at Procter & Gamble suddenly started reading this blog! Welcome! So, again today I tuned into Newsworld for my fix of news, and lo and behold, there was Madame Woodburn once more, this time tut-tutting in her posh accent about how having a "beautiful fra
CBC’s oft-used source for political experts —the Huffington Post —in new hate du jour
Wed, 26 Mar 2008 02:15:20 PDT
CBC’s oft-used source for political experts —the Huffington Post —in new hate du jour Here’s a bit of a post from the infamous Huffington Post web site, the web site which the state-owned CBC seems to use as a go-to place to secure folks to act as guest political experts for their Newsworld news channel. They ask questions of the Huffington Post experts in order to fully inform Canadians, CBC-style. Canadians, bereft of news otherwise, could, the CBC may well think, benefit from this kind of
A Viewer Speaks
Wed, 02 Apr 2008 08:05:29 PDT
WE GET A good group of commenters here in Sticksville. Lately, we've been hearing quite a bit from a young woman from the Prairies, who has an openminded attitude toward Canadian shows, and an engaged and passionate way of defending them. On the subject of all the changes going on at the CBC, I think she's expressed the necessary corrective point of view better than Richard Stursberg, Kirstine Leyfield, or anybody else at the public broadcaster has managed to do. So I'm bumping her comment here
CBC to cut Calgary Newsworld unit, hire more Alberta reporters (CBC Edmonton)
Thu, 03 Apr 2008 11:54:39 PDT
CBC News is shutting down the Calgary unit of its 24-hour Newsworld television service as of the end of May, and introducing additional positions for newsgathering, the public broadcaster said Thursday.
Supermodel Naomi Campbell accused of assaulting cop: report (CBC)
Thu, 03 Apr 2008 12:29:00 PDT
British supermodel Naomi Campbell has been arrested at Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5 and charged in connection with an assault on a police officer, according British media reports.
