CTV: Math Is Hard, Editing Is Easy.

45 Replies to “CTV: Math Is Hard, Editing Is Easy.”

1. Some critics are saying that CTV isn’t relevant anymore.

2. oh no no no Kate, you gotta do the math.
   the difference between 22.22% and 21.88% is a reduction of 0.34%.
   and 0.34% is a 1.53% reduction of 22.22%.
   so you see, thats where the difference of ‘1’ comes in. the .53% part we’re not sure about….. must be rona’s ghost or sumptin.
   LOL !!!
   its all a numbers game eh?
   what was it Bill Shakespeare said about ‘strutting and signifying nothing’?

3. Gotta love that “New Math” they teach in schools nowadays. It isn’t the answer that counts, it is how you get the answer that is important.

4. Statistics are like bikinis. What they reveal is suggestive, but what they conceal is vital. ~Aaron Levenstein

5. Kate:
   22% — 1 in 5! The Conservatives must be very proud!

6. it does not matter how many conservative females are in cabinet, the librano/moonbat/pravda crowd will always try to spin it in a negative light….we conservatives can do no right….remember, everything bad that has ever happened is PMSH’s fault…it is that mental defect called ‘bushitis’

7. The biggest single enemy in this country is the Left Leaning Media reporter and the owners that employ him or her. It is pandemic, from the T-J(Telegraph Journal and the Moncton Times Transcript and the Fredericton Daily Gleaner and CHSJ am and FM) in Saint John owned by the left winger married-to-the-Liberals Jamie Irving, to the CanWest Aspers of the West with the Cretan in their family albums. The only thing we have to fear is that the Conservative movement will once again disembowel itself on this Conservative principles of “I have a right to speak. To hell with anyone in the party…” like that me me me me me Garth fella or survivalist in a mountain cabin Randy White. Conservatives are irascible and intractable … mean nasty little pinched mouth people. We gotta’ get past that dearth of perspicacity!!! The Conservative movement must have a centrist mentality and in Canada that is somewhere to the Left of the Democrats in the USA which, while we must be friendly to that land is in reality a nation of criminals at almost every level of their society. They even kill left wing Doctors and artists that were “only trying to help” as in New Orleans this morning .(I really shld have my own blog)

8. More bad Math from CTV
   Last night I sent a comment to David Akin’s Political Blog at CTV. The story was the Liberal spin that with Khan gone he actually did the Liberals a favour by opening up a GTA seat for one of the loser candidates on Dion’s Dream Team. I pointed out that the Liberal riding President and some of its executive was totally supportive of Khan and his decision. I went on to say that with the help of these people, their organizational powers and resources, Khan may win re election as a Conservative. I then pointed out that the margin of Khan’s victory was 5792 not the 7000 quoted by Akin. Another example of bad math. Even rounding up to 6000 could be seen as acceptable, but 1200 different. My post lasted about 8 hrs. When I checked this morning to see if the number had been revised based on the incorrect voting number reported by Akin, I discovered my post had been deleted. I guess it’s easier to ignore the facts then to issue a retraction and admit mistakes. Here is part of the story just to indicate the slant of Akin’s reporting.
   Both Liberal and Conservative staffers I spoke to today, by the way, agree that Khan doesn’t have a hope winning the riding as a Conservative.
   Despite a very credible Conservative candidate in 2006, the Liberal Khan coasted to victory by 7,000 votes
   I can only conclude that when holes were blown in his last two paras, he removed the post.

9. Regardless of political bent, the mainstream media in any country becomes the enemy within when it spins and alters the facts to manipulate opinion.
   It is also dangerous. Pravda comes to mind. Banana Republics also.
   The undeniable Left leaning media hordes in this Country cannot get used to wearing out their gumshoes to get their information. They also can’t get over not having “inside” information and the fact there are no leakers in the Conservative fold to provide the easy scoop.
   They are all having trouble getting weaned after years of palsy relations with the Libranos.
   No surprise their math is skewed, it all figures.

10. Well, there’s a feedback link at the page. When this stuff is spotted, it doesn’t hurt to use it – let them know people are noticing.

11. Another good example of the ‘Harper hates women’ theme that the Liberals and their apologists are flogging, is the Diane Ablonczy thing. Susan Delacourt today in the Toronto Star: “The continuing exclusion from cabinet of high-calibre MPs James Moore and Diane Ablonczy also is an indication of lingering grudges at the top of Harper’s government.” I’m going to offer Susan some help here. It’s a FACT that Diane introduced Stephen to his wife Laureen. So maybe spin that as “the Harper marriage is now on the rocks, and he’s blaming Ablonczy” ? That has more credibility than what you and your pals are offering up now, and is at least a fresh attack. BTW, Diane has been on Rutherford’s show many times, is quite candid with Dave. She is obviously a strong team player, very supportive of Harper. And once mentioned that being Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance gives her access to ALL government departments, thereby increasing her understanding of how government works. Hmmm, something that will be very useful if and when she runs for CPC leader in say 8 years ?

12. CTV is going to run with this non-story for a week, here is their latest article (note Canadian Press byline):
    Critics say cabinet without prominent female posts
    Updated Fri. Jan. 5 2007 10:05 AM ET
    Canadian Press
    OTTAWA — The departure of Rona Ambrose from the environment portfolio leaves the Conservative cabinet vulnerable to charges of weak female representation.
    Although the total number of women ministers has increased to seven from six, none of the current group hold prominent positions.
    “If the prime minister were trying to reach out to women voters in the next election, this cabinet won’t do it for him,” said Rosemary Speirs, past president of Equal Voice, a national advocacy group for women in politics.
    Speirs noted that the Conservatives attracted less support from women than men in the last election, and elected fewer women than other parties.
    http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20070105/female_cabinet_070105/20070105?hub=Politics
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13. ‘Just a hunch, based on nothing except that Diane Ablonczy is very supportive of PM Stephen Harper but has not been assigned to a Cabinet Post:
    Is it at all possible that this might be HER choice? Good Gawd. This eternal numbers game the useful idiots keep playing and their incessant cries of “sexism!” are becoming tiresome in the extreme–and we’re onto them.
    Maybe Diane Ablonczy has other priorities in her life at the moment. Maybe PM Stephen Harper has other plans for her down the road. Maybe she can be a more effective MP doing what she’s doing. Maybe she’s a CPC “undercover agent” (LOL) and being a Cabinet Minister would blow her cover.
    Who knows?
    Certainly the hyenas in the MSM don’t. But they keep howling out inanities because they’ve become hysterical. They just CAN’T accept that the CPC are in power and that PMSH is running circles around them WITHOUT EVEN TRYING.
    As I’ve said before, and Liz J. says, Pravda and Banana Republics come to mind when you look at the antics of the Canadian press. They’re being shown up for the partisan pinkos they are and though it doesn’t look good on them at all, at least they’re being exposed.

14. Thanks for that info Calgary Junkie. I have often thought that a person of Diane’s calibre would have a say in whether or not she would like a cabinet post. Sounds like she is quite satisfied where she is now. The media not only spin the story, they like to tell Harper how he should have done it.
    And ‘putting’ a woman in a portfolio just because she is a women is so ‘yesterday’, so Lib glib.It should be more about qualifications….have to say it…how qualified was Belinda for that portfolio?

15. This is from a Toronto Star editorial by Carol Goar. She refers to Harper, Dion, McGuinty, Tory, but her preference is obviously for Dion. This is what she says, in part, about Harper:
    “He lacks the acuity, displayed by Liberal Leader Stéphane Dion, to pick up signals from the public. He either misread or downplayed voters’ desire for environmental leadership. That led to one of the major miscalculations of his prime ministership so far: a disappointingly weak policy on climate change that newly appointed Environment Minister John Baird will have to rectify.
    Harper lacks the maturity, exhibited by his Ontario counterpart John Tory, to roll with the punches. After a year in the country’s top job, he still overreacts to slights, lashes out at journalists and sulks when things don’t go his way.
    And he lacks the common touch that allows Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty to engage in a dialogue with voters. Harper may not be naturally gregarious, but he doesn’t have to treat Canadians with condescension or indifference.”
    What an ignorant set of opinions. Each comparison is without any validity. Dion has ‘acuity’? Is ‘acuity’ an action of pandering to mob psychology, to an emotionalism that has latched onto yet another apocalyptic hysteria – and to use that Mob-Dementia to garner votes? Is that Dion’s acuity or it is cynical opportunism?
    How about “overreacts to slights, lashes out at journalists and sulks when things don’t go his way.” That’s not Harper. It’s Dion.
    What about her claim that McGuinty ‘doesn’t treat Canadians with condescension or indifference”. You know, the fact that McGuinty has broken almost all of his campaign pledges – well, if that isn’t condescension and indifference, what is?
    But it is this kind of linear, top down authoritarian garbage from the MSM that proves how out of touch, how condesending, how indifferent, how immature and how useless, the MSM media are.
    Blogs, on the other hand, would tear this ignorant woman to bits; they would demand facts, they would insist that she substantiate her opinions and conclusions rather than, like medieval kings and modern dictators, pompously claim authority simply because there is no opportunity for her being called to account.

16. the ‘women in office’ is well covered by the half-and-half chap dion when he announces 103 female candidate APPOINTEES in the next election
    maybe theres a sex change operation promotion angle there.
    I feel maybe harper has told Ablonczy if the next election is a majority and she takes her riding she’s a shoo in for top cabinet spot. who knows.
    it occurs to me: what is the cross section of females in top jobs @ the cbc, ctv, major dailies, etc etc….. ??

17. Adding Diane Ablonczy and James Moore to Ministerial positions would have screams of too many Ministers from the Western part of the Country. Both above mentioned are part of the team, far too smart to be vindictive and petty Liberal/MSM style.
    It’s tiresome to read/watch the likes of Susan Delacourt, she should check her best before date or refresh and get real, she should know better, no sign of it though.
    There are so many very clever and talented people in the Party it’s a tough job to choose. We can rest assured they will all be contributing to the Party and the COUNTRY with their smarts as members of Parliament.

18. Regarding Rona, one position that the media hasn’t talked about is her appointment as the President of the Privy Council. That’s a pretty sweet reward for working with all of the “pollution junk” left behind by the Liar’s club.

19. Hahahaha! Following this blog is like watching an episode of Benny Hill. A WOOOOOOO GA!

20. bollocks:
    The Shakespeare quote you are looking for is as follows. Upon hearing the news of the death of Lady Macbeth, and reflecting upon the fact that his murderous and manipulative schemeing is falling apart around his ears, Macbeth gets downright philosophical about life:
    “To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,
    Creeps in this petty pace from day to day
    To the last syllable of recorded time,
    And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
    The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
    Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player
    That struts and frets his hour upon the stage
    And then is heard no more: it is a tale
    Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
    Signifying nothing.”
    Macbeth, Act 5, Scene 5
    Especially significant at this moment, given the seminar on logic and locution just conducted by Devin.

21. See “Devin” laugh.
    Thanks “karl”, your quote from the Bard is fitting indeed.

22. _As I noted last November, there are consistently lower gender balance percentages throughout the world of mainstream print media.
    _When I delved into my online listed columnist numbers taken for CTV Globemedia’s G&M: under the ‘Hard News’ subheadings of Nat’l, Comment, and Bus./Invest its columnist subratio was 23:6 or 20.7% women (overall was 30.3%).
    _Similarly for the Toronto Star, whose Torstar group is purchasing a share of Globemedia: under their [non-duplicated] combined subheadings of GTA (local), Bus., Nat’l, and World, the gender ratio was 26:7 or 21.2% (however, overall is 36.6% and with a new female publisher).
    _

23. I can actually remember when CTV Newsnet used to be a credible news organization. They are no longer credible, and I very rarely watch them anymore. There was a time when one TV in my home was reserved for CTV Newsnet. Funny how change of ownership of a network will determine what and how the news is reported. I am hopin ghat FOX NEWS will eventually open a Canadian Desk.

24. Whenever you see the MSM use the nebulous/vacuous term “critics say” or “experts predict” or “opposition says” in relation to a gross presumption that they print/broadcast, you can be assured that the “critic/expert/opposition” that media outlet consulted to gain this opinion was the author of the media hatchet piece.
    Oldest trick in the MSM arsenal to smear their enemies.

25. HEADLINE; sda Runs Over CTV. Again !!
    Is some site out there tracking all the blog induced Media-retractions ? After all, this is the first era in history that this tail-between-the-legs thing is happening.
    The so-called Jurnos must be P/Oed to no end, knowing that the New-Media is calling them on their spin at every turn. It is amazing that they relent, but then, perhaps their Lawyers are advising it.

26. WL Mackenzie Redux. Man you got that RIGHT! I once had a very good, very liberal friend who “won” all arguments with “studies show”. Once, in desperation, I told him, “The next time you say ‘studies show’ I’m gonna ask for chapter and verse”. Some time later — but not directly related to this — there was a 10+ year estrangement. During the thaw he told me how hurt he was by my remark. Still shaking my head over it.

27. One of the most common rhetorical tactics employed by those who have nothing to go on (second perhaps only to the ad hominem) is to cite studies, stats, and experts.
    Ask the questions: “To which studies are you referring? Which experts? Where are those stats again?”
    BTW: “Experts” are also sometimes called, “confidential sources”, anonymous sources”, “sources”, “critics”, “party insiders”, etc.
    And, let us not forget the celebrity whose opinion must be valid because he/she is famous, Eg: “When asked her opinion of the Conservative leader, Avril Lavigne said ‘He’s scary'”
    From Wikepedia:
    “An appeal to authority or argument by authority is a type of argument in logic, consisting on basing the truth value of an otherwise unsupported assertion on the authority, knowledge or position of the person asserting it. It is also known as argument from authority, argumentum ad verecundiam (Latin: argument to respect) or ipse dixit (Latin: he himself said it). It is one method of obtaining propositional knowledge, but a fallacy in regards to logic, because the validity of a claim does not follow from the credibility of the source. The corresponding reverse case would be an ad hominem attack: to imply that the claim is false because the asserter is objectionable.”
    Alas, but it seems that logical fallacies of this type have become the bread and butter of the media these days.

28. I say we start a petition demanding ” the petition ” be reposted , dammit !

29. If the people liked Khan enough to vote for him so overwhelmingly perhaps there was more than Party allegiance involved.
    It happens. Look at the people in Newmarket-Aurora, they voted for Belinda after she switched because her Daddy owns the Town, big Employer, etc. It was nothing to do with Party there. The people knew which side their bread was buttered on.
    It’s the typical sore loser reaction from some including the MSM. They go out of their way to find people to bad mouth Khan on National TV, part of their agenda as usual.

30. maz2 quotes Jason Cherniak in another thread: “That is why I started a petition to demand Khan’s resignation.[The following portion is italicized.]However, the Tories created so many fake signatures so quickly that it is now meaningless. Glad to know that they are so scared of seeing what people really think.”
    LOL!
    First, it would seem that Jason doesn’t believe that signaTories to this petition are “people” or that they think. Give me a break.
    It would appear from the (hilarious) signaTories to the petition–and from the dearth of signa-l/Liberals to the petition (too lazy and entitled? the LPC hasn’t near the number of supporters Jason imagines that they do?)–that:
    The people HAVE spoken.
    It’s just that Jason, in Liberal-La-La-Land, can’t accept it. So, he gathers up his marbles and goes home. He shuts down the petition with the lame excuse that the Tories are to blame.
    Jason’s going to have to find another line. “The Tories are to blame” is overused and no longer has any credibility.

31. Liz J: After much thought triggered by the various bi-partisan floor-crossings I’ve come to the conclusion that we need to take the default view that the constituents are voting for the representative not for the party. After all, if not, why even bother having MPs. The MP makes his decision out of coarse calculation or out of noble sentiment (or some combination thereof) and faces the music at the next election. There’s been too much faux ethics here, methinks. As someone said recently, political ethics aren’t the same as general ethics — it’s more of a blood sport.

32. Nothing new here, unfortunately. The Carol Goar article is pure garbage; again, nothing new from her. Is she kidding, McGuinty has the common touch (Carol, did you watch Mr Harper during the first intermission of the junior hockey game?)BTW, Bollocks, it’s called “significant digits” in statistics. So, the percentage of women hasn’t changed in any significant way, though there is one more woman in the cabinet now.
    The Ablonczy argument reminds of when Sheila Copps decreed there would be more women in combat & communication roles in the military. She didn’t bother to ask the women themselves. The result, a Radio Operator trial for women in Kingston, to which not one women volunteered.
    BTW, before you bring the tar and feathers out, the experience of women in roles such as pilots, combat arms has been totally positive IMHO.
    In fact, I lost two dear friends (ladies) who were killed on duty, one in a diving incident, the other in a helicopter search and rescue mission. And let’s not forget Nicola Goddard. All of those ladies, had they not been lost, were most certainly headed to senior officer (perhaps general) ranks.
    So, Ms Goar etal, let the women decide what they want to do.

33. I see the CTV/Globe and Mail never misses an opportunity to try and make the Conservatives look bad.
    What are they, a new branch of the Liberal Party of Canada’s propaganda tree?

34. Critics are also saying that the CTV/Globe and Mail sucks.
    How do you like that?
    I don’t name the “critics”, either!
    But what’s good for the goose is good for the gander…
    While I’m at it, critics are also saying that the Liberal Party hates women…

35. Can’t resist this either:
    Studies show that Liberals have no brains. The same studies show that the people at the CTV/Globe and Mail don’t, either.
    Shut up, Liberals! You guys never specify what “studies” you claim to reference, either!

36. Bwahahahaha!

37. A lightning speed response showing the percentage of female representation has not changed and that one female appointment has been added. Talk about good timing. Have to love “real time stats” — when they’re actually readily available. Good,good catch.

38. Call me a cynic, but I think the “critics” CTV news staff consulted in this case just happened to be the ones sitting at their keyboards.
    It’s not cynical Kate. It’s about a 99 percenter.
    Much of the MSM is so reflexively predisposed to score any “hit” they can on the cons (both big and small C) they screw up a lot. It’s hard to do homework and check facts whilst wetting yourself with euphoria. Stuff even gets made up.
    This behavior manifests itself beyond Canada. Witness American news mag Noseleak and it’s fabricated story about how Korans were being flushed at Gitmo. Or the BBC’s deliberate attempt to distort Pope Benedict’s remarks about Islam with the use of it’s foreign language services. In both cases people died.

39. 1. I do think that Rona Ambrose was opposed by our leftie friends partly because she was a woman.
    2. Journalists (other than those who cover business) are pig ignorant about arithmetic. I still remember as an undergraduate at Carleton University that arts and science students took calculus in first year, while the journalism students took “statistics” – Math 25 according to recollection. I still remember passing by their classroom where they sat, sweating in fear, pounding away at desk calculators.
    About once a year the Blubb and Wail runs an article with the title (more or less) “Why women can’t do math”. It’s hilarous to the extent that it’s not insulting — I have encountered in my work many women who were and are EXTREMELY good at maths, and my own ability (such as it may be) is inherited from my two grandmothers, both of whom had minds like steel traps. My question is, “why can’t journalists and media people do math”?

40. Perhaps the media learned to count from BC’s very own, “buisness as usual” Ujjal Dosanjh. His comment on the cabnet schuffle was BC got ripped off again, as we only had 2 cabnet min. and Sask got a second one. I guess he counts like 1 CM 2CM and another one and another one and so on.
    This caused me to check out the spread by province. BC does quite well with 18 MP’s we have 5 cabnet members that works out to 16.1% of cabnet positions.
    Now for the eye opening part (and I didn’t make this up) Ontario and Quebec have 47 elected members of parliment and have 16 members of cabnet. The 3 prarie provinces have 49 elected members of parliment and 7, thats right seven (not counting Harper) members of cabnet.
    Make it an east west split. West 65 members = 12 cabnet + PM. East 58 members = 19 cabnet.
    What’s wrong with this picture?

41. Most of these so-called experts quoted by cbc seem to be left-leaning university professors.

42. We the public have read/watched, females in high places. Remember Sheila Copps crawling over the benches in the HofC to attack a govt member. Then there is Hedy/crossburning Fry. Don’t forget BS and all her affairs and breaking up marriages. The female liberals on Newman, Giggles, Susan and Julie and Lewand. They have not set a very high standard fpr women, so why would we want more. Even CBS is discovering that viewers want the truth and not spin, and could care less what the anchor looks like. It is women who have given women in positions of power a bad name, and the fact they were supported in all their gaffs by the sows and other Politically correct crap. It is women who have refused to admit they goofed. When men made errors the media was all over them, but when women did, the media slept thru it. How many women on the board of Magna-none. Women do not promote women, and hold grudges for years. Just look at Pelosi and Harmon in the US. Just imagine dion trying to get along with 103 women in his caucus. Of course, many of those 103 will go down to embarrassing defeat. Hopefully they will be running in the GTA. Wonder if any women will be involved in the coming RCMP charges. And, would it be possible to put a best before date on many of the talking heads and writers in the msm. Listening to Craig and the rest, they have not had a new idea, or changed position since trudeau. We deserve better.

43. Karl:
    Logic and locution are big words. Are you sure you know what they mean? I don’t think you do…

44. shakespeare is to this day the greatest playwrite ever. who included comedies in his repertoire.
    benny hill was a brilliant satirist.
    both hailed from jolly ol’ england.
    mr devin: rhe most stinging effective humour is based on logical assessment of situations to root out the folly and farce.
    lieberal party comes to mind….
    how’s dat fer logik ?

45. That’s nice Robert, but riddle me this…
    How can the comment “following this blog is like watching an episode of Benny Hill” be defined as “logic and locution”? It seems someone doesn’t know what the words mean.