Ezra Levant on TVO’s “Agenda” tonight

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1. For Sean S.: Check out the recent report from George Mason University on American media political coverage. They concluded that all were biased to the left except FOX that was “perfectly balanced”. Stick THAT up your preconceived notions.
   For others re: the lack of media exposure, I am nursing a pet theory (it is pretty weak) that the “L”iberal media is seeing this as a Conservative ploy to entrap the CHRC. Levant, a past Conservative candidate, is fighting a valiant fight…but the Conservative government doesn’t know about it? Maybe I see conspiracies where none exist, but I suspect that Ezra and PMSH may be just handing out rope to hang the HRC…and the MSM recognizes this and won’t cover it.

2. Steve Paikin may be intelligent , but intelligence does not always translate to common sense.
   Commons sens would dictate Paikin take a sympathetic view. I mean , TVO is lib-left and if the HRC thought police gain even more power , eventually the lib-left and TVO become the hunted. Sadly this does not seem to permeate the feeble lib-left mentality.
   Ezra Levant knew he was “walking into a politically” correct lib-left biased interview and he did his best to dominate the interview.
   Paikin tried several times to make Levant appear guilty , but failed.
   … at this point I tuned out.

3. *Been around the Block zeroed in on ..
   ** What got me were Steve Paikin’s opening salvos on Ezra Levant, where he basically asked the same question as Shirlene McGovern’s opening question of Ezra: What were your intentions in publishing the Danish cartoons. **
   The AB-HRC are professionals in this game. They have a 100% win rate, so I*ve learned.
   The first thing they fish for are one*s thoughts. Thoughts are not subject to any law, yet Levant is probed for his thoughts so they can be used to hang him.
   There was no special law for publishing restraint on political cartoons in effect.
   The only other area of *thin ice* was the question of calling **Fire in a theater**.
   The **Theatre** was Europe and the Middle East and the demonstrations, [pre-planned, BTW], was well over with.
   Levant brought us a news story with the previously published cartoons and no publishing law was broken.
   If Levant had added cartoons of his own making, then there may have been grounds for examination.
   Otherwise, fishing for thoughts in order to *hang* someone seems unfair and unCanadian. = TG

4. “Being three time zones west of Ontari,ari,ari,o… with no TVO available
   Does anyone know if this broadcast is likely to be up on YouTube or other systems?
   Posted by: no guff at January 21, 2008 8:29 PM”
   Usually within a couple of days following the broadcast, one can subscribe to or download a podcast from The Agenda, audio or video.
   http://tinyurl.com/2a8qu7

5. ‘ … If Levant had added cartoons of his own making, then there may have been grounds for examination. …
   Posted by: TG at January 22, 2008 12:58 PM
   …”
   So TG … in your opinion political cartoons are fair game for the HRC. Perhaps there is job for you at the HRC.

6. MadMacs,
   Sit back with a coffee and listen to the debate here. Click the blue audio button.
   tvo.org/cfmx/tvoorg/theagenda/index.cfm?page_id=7&bpn=379011&ts=2007-02-22%2005:00:00.0
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   Brian,
   Only if clearly malicious would they have had something to consider. Gettin nice folks like the KKK or Zundel is OK by me.
   As it is, there were no grounds for review whatever. = TG