Maybe that's why McClellan left.
Do you think Mr. Bush found out he changed the channel for this 'serious' journalist?

Next VandeHei will be counting the parachutes to make sure there are enough for the press.

There's a nice comment over at Michelle Malkin on this - that if you are complaining that the White House is 'biased' because SOME of its TV screens are tuned to Fox News, which is defined as 'pro-Republican' and you insist that they be tuned to CNN, which is defined as 'pro-Democrat' - then, isn't this just as biased?

And what at the UNION contract at GM - that all TV's MUST be tuned to CNN? [Is that for real? Isn't that a violation of freedom? Isn't that communist-mode indoctrination?]

Since when does the press get to control the remote on Air Force 1?

Now, is the American MSM acting like the Canadian MSM or vice versa?

Thank heavens that there is nobody telling the Canadian public what TV stations they have to watch. Besides the CRTC I mean. [tongue-in-cheek humour]

Q [J. Van Dusen from CBC]:

Harpers, It's come to my attention that there's been requests -- this is a serious question -- to turn these TVs onto a station other than Fox, and that those have been denied.

My question would be,Harpers, is there a Harper policy that all government TVs have to be tuned to Fox?

A: Yes.

I think the press has yet to figure out that the more they act like a communist pravda style operation, the further to the right they push the viewer/reader.

The control freaks eventually scare people once the desire for controlling EVERYTHING becomes more and more apparent.

Although in Canada (land of sheep) it's takes longer. Plus we are still healing from the Trudeupitis that poisoned us for so long. There is still some way to go before we have picked all those scabs off of our nation's body.

The biggest scab of all that really needs to be picked is the CBC. Next the cRTC ... next official biligualism, next the metric system ... and last but definitely not least ... the insane culture destroying, multiculturalism.

Many of the great wars in history were about freedom. Nothing has changed. Freedom is a war that must be coninually fought and won at ALL COSTS,

Without freedom ... nothing else matters!

CRTC? Andre Arthur? CTV calls in "an ironic twist"... ironic? No. +

Former Que. shock jock named to CRTC committee

Updated Thu. Apr. 27 2006 11:39 PM ET

CTV.ca News Staff

In an ironic twist, a former Quebec shock jock-turned Independent MP, who has spent more than a decade battling with the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, was named to the committee that oversees the body.

Quebec MP Andre Arthur was appointed to the House of Commons standing committee on industry, science and technology on Wednesday.

As a radio host, Arthur was notorious for making controversial statements. Some of his past comments were among the reasons the CRTC listed when it refused to renew CHOI FM's broadcast licence two years ago.

Last week, the Quebec Superior Court ordered Arthur and a former employer, Metromedia CMR, to pay $220,000 plus costs for 1998 on-air comments judged to have insulted Arab and Haitian cabbies.
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Former radio host Jean Lapierre, now the Liberal's industry critic, was also appointed. +

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A small scandal was blown up by Martin thinking he could join with the Montreal ... At least the last voice that was silenced by the CRTC, Andre Arthur, ...
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Comment by "Frenchy Fred":

The good news about the subject of reforms for the CRTC is that it was actually promised by Harper and the conservatives. The event that caused this promise to be made is the CRTC order to close down CHOI, the number one radio station in Quebec City, this is currently awaiting a supreme court decision on if they will hear their case and the conservatives promised to do everything they could to reverse that decision. I believe that this whole mess with the CRTC is what helped cause the huge wins in the region. 8 of the conservative elected in Quebec are in areas covered by that radio station, they even defeated Richard Marceau one of the big pillars of the bloc. The support that the bloc gave to the CRTC because it was a very anti-syndicalist , federalist and right of center radio station, sealed their fate there. +

In an age of satellite communications and flat-panel screens, let the press corpse bring their own damn TV's. Better still, trade in that bloated flying stretch limo for a lease on a Gulfstream. If any reporters want to come along, strap them to the wings.

maz2 ironic twist...? now even I want to "sit on the CRTC".
cool article regarding Mr. Arthur in fridays National Post, when asked for commentary on Mr.A's appointment,
not even a "no comment", ha-ha, only silence.

and sometimes in my regular coffee shop, people look at me like I'm the lunatic when I laugh reading the newspaper... jaja.

We are watching the Ottawa press gallery and several of Canada's major for profit unelected unaccountable media outlets launch a propaganda war against the Conservative government like nothing I have seen in more than 30 years in media relations.

If I were advising the Conservative government I would be lining up libel lawyers as the Liberals did and suing them. As we all know many (I heard hundreds) of not Liberal friendly media types were constantly sued by the Liberals to shut them up. This includes David Frum, Andrew Coyne, Ezra Levant and I am sure someone here could compile quite a list.

I would hasten a guess that our tax dollars paid for these Liberal lawyers. The fact that the self-serving profit and ego motivated media hiding their own interests behind something they call "freedom of the press" which they have bastardized for personal gain.

This gross misuse of the power of the press is not only unethical it is now to the point where it has damaged hundfeds if not thousands of Canadians with no forethought except the story.

For example, twisted scare stories on the supposed softwood deal based on a "leak" which was not even factual caused huge losses for softwood companies on the stack market.

When the true deal was announced through proper channels instead of spun by biased media with axes to grind against Harper the stocks went up a full 17% in one day.

I think we can find hundreds of examples -many of them recent and it is only going to getr worse.

Any lawyers reading this? Citizen's action groups? Individuals where your personal rights to [privacy have been intruded on. Where you have been personally defmaed. The list goes on...

Jim Vanderhei is a good reporter. The Washington Post - unlike the Washington Times - is a serious paper, with an editorial page (unlike the NY Times) that is decidedly right-of-center.

His point is that on Air Force 1 - which is taxpayer funded - reporters should have a choice of channels. Perhaps Fox News should have Jim V. on a few times, and he will stop complaining.

Anybody who relies just on Fox - or on CNN - for their news deserve what they get, including the habitually confused author of this blog.

AA - in Canada we do not get Fox news unless we subscribe through digital services. he Liberal government has turned down free access to this channel. We also only get CNN on cable subscription services.
However Canadian taxpayers pay more the $1 BILLION per year to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation - which I would say put any of your so-called politically biased news services to shame - Liberal, lefty, socialist, propaganda on the taxpayer's expence. As proof that the CBC is a propaganda extention of Liberal government 3 of our Governor Generals have been CBC talking heads and 59 politically appointed unelected and unaccountable Senaotrs (who are appointed for life) were journalists; plus many have been appointed as Ambassadors, etc. That is why the current batch of reporters who have "put in their time and given loyal propaganda services to the Liberals are so twisted out of shape. Many figured it was their turn at the political appointment trough.

The new Conservative government is pushing for elected Senators, appointments by qualifications and merit...all the pogey positions are being cleaned up.

So - we don't universally have Fox or CNN but I'd trade you both for CBC, CTV and throw in the Globe & Mail and Toronto Star.

lakota said: "If I were advising the Conservative government I would be lining up libel lawyers as the Liberals did and suing them." +

Carmichael to sue authorities over raid on farm

By NICK GARDINER

Staff Writer

A Shanly-area egg farmer whose business is at the centre of federal and provincial investigations has launched a counter-attack against the agencies that led a March 23 raid on his County Road 21 property.

Shawn Carmichael said he will file a notice of a claim against the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), the Ontario Ministry of Health and the Egg Farmers of Ontario for wilful destruction of his property during the raid.

The husband and father of six has not been charged but authorities have said previously that he is being investigated over allegations of selling ungraded eggs, selling eggs without quota as required for any producer with more than 100 chickens, and failing to pay licence fees. Carmichael had an estimated 9,000 chickens at the time of the raid.

Carmichael wouldn't say during a phone interview Wednesday what he's seeking in damages in the action.

"I'd like to keep that until Monday," he said, referring to a rally and egg sale scheduled outside the CFIA offices in Ottawa where he hopes to personally deliver notice of the claim to the agency's president Francois Guimont.

Carmichael said he'll be joined serving the notice by Randy Hillier, president of the Ontario Landowners Association (OLA). +
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lakota: I would agree with the substance of your sentiments on the CBC.

However, I would recommend restructuring and revitalizing the CBC, because I feel that a public broadcasting service can be a good thing. After all, every western democracy - even the US - has one.

AA - The American PBS solicits funds and people "voluntarily" support it. Canada's CBC competes for advertising and programming with the privately owned corporations and have a billion dollar tax payer funded unfair advantage.

Your PBS and our CBC are entirely two different entities.

Anonymously Amused
Re: public broadcasting services

"every western democracy - even the US - has one"

While this is true, in the US the public broadcast system is not funded almost wholly by tax dollars.

I would prefer that the CBC reorganize and go to a subscriber based system so it could perish or survive on its own merits, rather than being a taxpayer funded organ of propaganda for the government of the day.

Gerry

Duke: cleanup gov't trash - yes. but the metric system? Are you implying we abolish the metric system? You've got be kidding! That would be dumber and more expensive than the creation of the gun registry.

Lakota/Gerry: PBS may not be funded entirely by US taxpayers, but without public funding, PBS would not exist. Their community-owned stations model would not work here in Canada, except in 2-3 big metropolitan centers.

The voluntary subscriber model would not generate enough to sustain a public broadcaster. You can achieve accountability at CBC by either making the Board member appointments 50/50 by governing and opposition parties (with the added proviso that the Chair shall always be appointed by the opposition party), and/or stipulating that all senior executive appointments be subject to Commons ratification.

CBC's main problem is organizational sclerosis. Too many people have been there for far too long. Groupthink has led to group rot.

Perhaps, PM Harper can toss Ezra Levant into CBC HQ and see what happens ...