Comments on: From Media Complacency to Harper Regime

By: exciteddelirium

exciteddelirium — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 17:49:57 +0000

But is there any one Facebook group or 'organization' that is focusing on this approach?

Also, I thought of a couple more: CONWest (instead of CanWest) and the CBC (I'm reluctant to admit it, but they get way too much of their info from CTV/Globe/Macleans etc for my liking).

By: Gene

Gene — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 03:05:34 +0000

One thing that I know the Kossacks were doing down south was to encourage their representatives to boycott Fox News by refusing to go on their shows. It seemed to have worked for a while, I think.

Bloggers could make it a point to place the “Boycott CTV” logo on their site & add a link to the “Boycott CTV” page in their email signature and to their comments on other blogs.

If I think of anything else, I'll drop by again. Cheers!

By: cyberwanderer

cyberwanderer — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 18:36:00 +0000

I've been boycotting CTV for several months now and put a boycott ctv logo on my blog. I am also trying to avoid Globe and Mail news online even if Google link to them. We should encourage coalition supporters to boycott these corrupt media.

By: Tide Waters

Tide Waters — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 18:32:37 +0000

Fantastic ideas, ED.

For myself, I've not had TV for years. Don't have a radio. Don't have a phone. Always check out local/independent media, so that covers 1 thru 4, and 6. (Don't buy media.)

Re 5, I avoid linking to Canwest media whenever possible. However, I live in BC so it's not possible to completely cut it out. Copy/pasting the entirety of an article is against copyright rules, I think, unless you've explicit permission, and even then the source must always be acknowledged. While one can acknowledge the source for snippets without linking to it, readers of a blog are likely to get annoyed with that practice.

So here's my suggestion for 7: Perhaps add a note at the bottom of all posts like, e.g.: "We acknowledge but do not provide links to Canwest media articles." And link that note to a post explaining the reason.

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