Category: media

Canada media The Corporation
November 13, 2009

Don’t Shoot Me: Boy Suffers From Rare Disease After H1N1 Shot

This story from MSNBC captures the essence of why I’m OK with letting other people get their shot at my expense. As I read about how a young boy lost most of his muscle control after getting the H1N1 vaccination, this quote struck me: Since the start of the H1N1 vaccine campaign, the CDC has repeatedly warned that certain conditions, such as miscarriage, heart attack […]

Canada economics media Politics propaganda The Corporation
April 21, 2009

Cons To Fill A Black (Media) Hole?

In this snapshot of international advertising forecasts from emarketer , it’s predicted that the average volume of advertising in Canada will drop as little as 2.5% in 2009, but if you look at global numbers (towards the end of the article), advertising around the world will drop anywhere from 6 to 10%. As an aside, that could be as much as $50 billion in lost […]

disaster capitalism economics financial crisis Internet media new media propaganda Steve The Corporation
April 15, 2009

Ottawa Looking to Fund Partisan Propaganda

The folks in Ottawa have been dying to figure out an ‘innovative’ way to bail out Canada’s biggest media companies (besides the CBC, of course) without creating a massive voter backlash.  With that in mind, another hairbrained scheme has materialized:  spending taxpayer money on advertising (story details are pasted below). The absurdity of this plan is laughable for a number of reasons: I normally try […]