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I am a staff writer with CTV.ca News. That operation is part of CTV News, which is of course nestled into CTV Inc. and CTVglobemedia.

I don't speak for my employer on this blog. I don't comment about the internal affairs of my employer.

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View Article  Troubles in CAJ-Land

On March 10, 2004, the CAJ board sent out a news release attacking author Stevie Cameron for being too close to the police in her investigation of the Airbus affair.

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View Article  Bill argues with self about casual hell

Over the last two nights, I've made some posts to CAJ-L on being stuck in casual hell as a journalist -- the worst shifts, the worst work and the least security. For the hell of it, I argued the pro and the con sides in different posts.

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View Article  On timidity and being a team player

I went off on a wee bit of a rant tonight on CAJ-L. The trigger was the timidity of the Canadian media.

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View Article  Al Qaqaa and context

Here's a CAL posting I made on The Daily Show's "coverage" of Dubya's attempts to deflect on the Al Qaqaa cock-up and a pointer to a great column from the ever-lucid Paul Krugman of the NYT....   more »

View Article  Wal-Mart not down with judicial nudity

Wal-Mart has decided it won't be carrying America (The Book): A citizen's guide to democracy inaction, by Jon Stewart and writers from the Daily Show crew.

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View Article  Don't mess with Fox

A disturbing part of a lawsuit filed against Fox News star Bill O'Reilly talks about how he warned a female colleague that screwing with Fox News (so to speak) would bring repercussions:

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View Article  The Dark Side

There was some chatter on CAJ-L on the subject of going to the "dark side" (ie. better paying jobs in corporate and government communications). My contribution is below. I've also archived some of the better ...   more »

View Article  Bushies: Psychopaths or fascists? You tell me

I wrote a posting on CAJ-L Wednesday that concluded: But if you ask me, people who behave in the way of the Republicans described above ... have the mindset of ...

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View Article  No Jokes or Spin. It's Time (Gasp) to Talk.

NYT TV writer Alessandra Stanley penned a fairly sympathetic account of the Daily Show's Jon Stewart and his appearance on Crossfire.

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