A news organization worse than the CBC !
A Lebanese TV news presenter has been sacked over comments in which she gloated over the assassination of anti-Syrian politician Walid Eido.The presenter, who has not been named, then went on to name a Lebanese MP who would be assassinated next.
She was unaware that her microphone was on and that the comments were being broadcast live.
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The open microphone captured the presenter saying: "Why did it take them so long to kill him?"
She and a male colleague, who was also sacked, can then be heard laughing.
"Ahmed Fatfat [another anti-Syrian MP] will be next. I'm counting them off," she went on.
I'm big enough to admit when I've misjudged our public broadcaster. In view of this evidence, I hereby retract any statements made in the past suggesting they are "the worst". That was unfair. I can think of no news announcer at the CBC with professional standards this low.
They know when to switch off a mike.
But CTV doesn't.
Post the video link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTz4GyhiPRo
...i miss Regan and his "we'll commence bombing Russia in 3 minutes" spoof.
She's been sacked? As in "burqa?"
CBC not the worst? This story is almost as lacking in professionalism.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juliana_Thiessen_Day
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sounds like a typical CBCpravda story, its to do with lactation.
You may be right, Kate, but I'm not sure that you've ever really listened to Michael Coulton.
You may be right, Kate, but I'm not sure that you've ever really listened to Michael Coulton.
I don't know. I can sense the gloating from any number of CBC presenters when something goes wrong for the Conservatives. It's not that big a jump for these sticky tongued lizards to hope for an assasination or two.
Lets just say potentially not the worst at this point.
The entire MSM, including the CBC, have been doing a masterful job of smearing PM Harper. You can measure this in the latest poll which has DeYawn and the Liberals a few precious percentage points ahead. I don't know how else this can be explained except through the relentless barrage of anti-Harper liberal media assaults which are all too common these days.
"The open microphone captured the presenter saying: "Why did it take them so long to kill him?" She and a male colleague, who was also sacked, can then be heard laughing."
I could see the hate-Harper crew at CTV saying something like this IF (god forbid) the Tory PM or any Tory met with a tragic accident...yeah I can see the leftard news readers on CBC or CBC finding humorous satisfaction in that....off mic.
I guess in this day and age of toxic partisanism and politicized journalism, the difference between professional TV newsies and partisan bigots is all a matter of the judicious use of a microphone switch.
"A news organization worse than the CBC ! "
I'd rank the Canadian Press (pop quiz: do you know who owns CP?) as the worst news organization in Canada. CTV gets second place, Toronto Star 3rd, CBC 4th.
I'm in a good mood today so I'll let you folks in on a little secret: the root cause of why all of the above news organizations are insanely hostile to conservatism and the CPC is because of their human resources policies, race/gender quotas to be specific.
Many of these journalists and editors owe their jobs, homes and cars to race and gender quotas. It is logical, therefore, that they would do what they can, even subconsciously, to protect what they perceive to be theirs rather than allow a return to a merit-based society as supported by real conservatives.
Garbage in, garbage out. That is the reason why the MSM is so hostile to conservatism and the CPC. Even Norman Spector, no conservative he, agrees with me, though not in so many words. Now, consider yourselves fortunate that a conservative took the time to explain this to you.
Note to anyone born prior to 1965: DO NOT DENY THE STATISM YOUR GENERATION HAS CREATED, DO NOT BACKTALK ME, DO NOT ARGUE WITH ME, JUST THINK THE WAY I HAVE INSTRUCTED YOU TO THINK, THAT IS AN ORDER.
Andrew: There's a lot of truth to your theory of a biased media being addicted to gender/minority politics amd entitlement mediocrity..these are the PC vanguard who shun merit based ideals and competition for excellence...but that goes beyond the MSM to the new post 1982 Canadian culture as a whole...a large portion of Canadians are leftish because of the multicult/minority group special entitlement advancement idealism as well as the culture of entitlements rejection of free competativeness and merit-based acheivement...The idea of advancing on merit of race, creed sex or group identity alone appeals to the underacheiver...identity politics entrenched as a cultural icon throughout the public sector.
The larger the public sector gets and the smaller the private sector (which is the last bastion of merrit based advancement)gets, and the deeper we will sink into identy politics and meritless entitlement culture.
The MSM just reflects a larger public sector and academic cultural phenomena.
As for older generations creating modern statism?...I think not.... they fought 2 wars against statism and the cold war was against the spread of g;obal socialist statism,,,but in 1982 it was entrenched without a fight or a wimper as our official national purpose...problem is no one from the older or younger generations had a chance to ratify that national socialist charter one way or the other...we thoughtfully and roundly rejected Charlottetown and Meech which would have centralized socialist statism and weakened the sovereignty of local government...but no asked us if we wanted PET's vision of a national socilaist statist federalist Canada...the charter was never ratified by referendum...so don't blame us.
"I'd rank the Canadian Press (pop quiz: do you know who owns CP?) as the worst news organization in Canada. CTV gets second place, Toronto Star 3rd, CBC 4th."
Posted by: Andrew at June 17, 2007 11:45 AM
Andrew, I would be interested in any elaboration you wanted to provide on your ranking, as well as on the ownership of CP.
Andrew: ""I'd rank the Canadian Press (pop quiz: do you know who owns CP?) as the worst news organization in Canada."
I vote for Canwest Global in Canada and Fox (the Jerry Springer show of newscasting) in the U.S.
Of course you do, exile.
You probably vote for assasinations as well.
"You probably vote for assasinations as well."
Well, I can imagine some situations where I'd favour it. I think, for example, that it's unfortunate that none of the attempts on Hitler's life succeeded but I don't think I am any more prone to think assassination justified than anyone else (pacifists excepted).
But surely you'd vote for assassinations? (I'm just going by the record of the CIA, which I suppose you support.)
WL Mackenzie Redux: "they fought 2 wars against statism"
Now that's revisionism! They fought one world war for the British Empire against its imperial competitors - though ordinary soldiers believed they were fighting for everything decent and good against "the Hun", some unspecified barbarism threatening their wives and children and their "way of life". They fought a second against fascism and genocide (and, again, in support of the now dying British Empire). Virtually nobody would have said they were fighting against statism!
exile
Good point; and Russia was on our side both times.
Cheers
Exile,
They didn't assassinate Hitler in the latter part of the war because the allies thought that the increasing irrationality of Hitler was doing the allies more good that bad. I suppose they thought that the rest of the Nazis would continue the war but fight it better if they got rid of Hitler... Who knows though? Maybe some of the generals might have forced the end of the war with Hitler gone.
They fought WWII against fascism, the cold war against communism, but if the current state of England is any indication, if they fought any war against statism, they lost.