In the News
Pretty soon, they’ll want to vote, too…
So, Team Canada’s women hockey players celebrated their gold medal win with champagne, beer and cigars on the ice, after everyone else cleared out. That seems like a pretty tame celebration by Vancouver standards. Still, the photos caused some pearl-clutching south of the border and hit the headlines of almost every major news organization. [...]
Malcolm Gladwell Fumbles on the Goal line
Malcolm Gladwell’s article about football in the New Yorker is a thought-provoking piece – albeit one that had me throwing a couple orange flags.
The meat of the article is pretty solid – there’s an epidemic of dementia and other brain injuries among professional football players. The research that Gladwell is looking at shows that [...]
We must stop Google: A ScreenShot Essay
Ah. Thanksgiving. A day of relaxation, of visiting with family. After eight maddening weeks of introduction to J-school, it’s a weekend where I can lean back and reflect on how when I get my degree, there probably won’t be a journalism industry left. Just Google, sending News Spiders to our homes with the day’s events. [...]
Right and Wrong on Roman
I’ve been formulating my thoughts on the whole Roman Polanski thing. It has been on my mind after all, it does intersect between two of my favourite subjects: film and the law. Hell, if we could somehow work delicious cookies into the mix, we’d have ourselves a trifecta.
Canada: The Remedial Class
It pains me that this is a discussion we even need to be having.
Honestly. Out comes another report from another committee that puts forth the ‘controversial’ position that “hey, maybe if the RCMP is accused of doing something wrong, we shouldn’t let the RCMP investigate it.
From the report:
“Can the current process of the RCMP investigating [...]
Citizen goes wrong way on Google Streets
As we all slowly crushed under the weight of 6 billion articles about the coming Swine Flumaggedon, let’s all take some time to stop and thank the Ottawa Citizen for forging their own path.
See, while most media organizations are losing their heads over the swine flu, Citizen’s Robert Sibley has latched on to a more [...]
Is all the news that fit to print?
In essence, the primary job of a journalist is to be a conduit – to take a remote experience and relay it to the reader. Of course, there is much more to the job than that. Not to mention that both methods and mediums differ on a wide scale.
But, in essence, the job of the [...]
Gutfeld’s ‘apology’, not ‘comedy’, the real black eye.
I’m a bit flummoxed, to be honest. Friday night, I cam back from a friend’s place to find my RSS reader full and a ton of e-mails in my inbox – most of them filled with capital letters, a lot of profanity, and a link to this Youtube video:
Right, everyone as seen it by now, [...]
Why I hate my profession, Pt. 1: Richardson DeathWatch 2009
(For this post, I haven’t linked to any stories. Drawing traffic to the articles is the kind of thing that I’m railing against, and I won’t do it. They’re easy enough to find if you want.)
Actress Natasha Richardson is dead.
Obviously, that’s a tragedy. She was a wife, mother and had an amazing talent.
But even [...]
Our Science Minister’s Maladaptive Behaviour
Just got back from the a delicious Breakfast War with Brittney, Adam, Kendrick and a newcomer – Chris LaBossiere, who was quite nice and fun to talk to, even if he did decide to stay neutral in our morning warfare.
Good times had by all. But, unfortunately, there was a dark cloud out in the horizon. [...]
