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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  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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View Article  Reporter for Times, Silent Over Sources, Is Facing Jail Time

A New York Times reporter is facing jail time over her refusual to identify a source in the Valery Plame case. The twist is while she did reporting on it, she never published a story....   more »

View Article  Fabricated Kerry Posting Leads to Apology from Fox News

From nytimes.com. Ah, those wacky Fox News types! ...

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View Article  Rather's fellow TV anchors offer him support

From ctv.ca. Danny Rather's equals stick up for him and decry the blog-based political attacks on him over the memo imbroglio. Oh well, it's the new journalistic order.  ...

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View Article  Cries of 'media bias' hide sloppy thinking

From phillynews.com (via online-news). It's on the whole blogging/Rathergate affair. The author thinks some bloggers are out to destroy journalism. To a certain extent, I agree.

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