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April 8, 2009

No more bailouts, please

Research credit to Impolitical . There’s really nothing worse than the prospect of hard-line anti-government control-freaks taking over anything, let alone Canadian media. But that seems to be in the cards, anyways, doesn’t it? Rumours have swirled for a while about the CBC being cut.  As early as last fall, folks identified that more than $200 million would be cut.  And they were right.  We’re […]

media
April 3, 2009

CBC Top Ranked Across Canada … So Let’s Cut It

While the numbers don’t lie, I’m sure other people will be tempted to find ways to suggest that Canadians aren’t interested in public media. This review of radio hours logged by Canadians shows that the CBC dominates most major markets or urban areas. Which begs the question:  why intentionally piss off so many Canadians just to satisfy partisan politics?

media The Corporation
March 31, 2009

Chicago Sun-Times Files for Chapter 11

In this story , we learn about the latest chapter … chapter 11 that is … in the saga of the Conrad Black affair. For those policy wonks in Ottawa who are even remotely thinking about extending a penny to the folks at CanWest, this should act as a reminder that this company (and other media companies in this country and the US) were having […]

disaster capitalism Politics The Corporation
March 31, 2009

Cons Paying Defense Lobby to Lobby the Cons?

I was a little confused by the links provided by this site when I first saw them: http://coat.ncf.ca/ARMX/cansec/CADSI-DFAIT.htm After seeing some of the details, it all clicked:  the Cons are paying the defense industry with Canadian tax dollars to finance groups that basically lobby the Cons (and other government stooges) to buy more stuff from the defense industry. I have to admit:  it’s a nice […]