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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  RE: time burglars, was: domestic war zones

The paper I worked for in the 1990s, the Regina Leader-Post, is still a good case study.

It didn't hire a full-time staff reporter between 1990 and 1995 and shed several editorial jobs through attrition, ...   more »

View Article  CBS explodes liberal media bias myth

From the San Francisco Chronicle ...

To add to it, the Washington Post was one of the more aggressive papers in uncovering CBS's journalistic misconduct. Yet it didn't even do an official mea culpa on ...   more »

View Article  Re: Inside Media - Black Eye for CBS

Here was a couple of items from the Globe this weekend on the CBS memos:

CBS shelves war feature

URL: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20040925.wcbs0925/BNStory/Entertainment/?query=rather

or

http://tinyurl.com/4e4pt

E-mailers vent wrath at Rather

URL: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20040925/RATHER25/TPEntertainment/?query=rather

OR

http://tinyurl.com/5szfa

Here is an ...   more »

View Article  CBS and the documents

In todays nytimes.com story, there is an interesting paragraph:

"By the accounts of Mr. Rather and other officials, they began to understand that their defense was unsustainable last Thursday, when Mr. Burkett confessed to CBS ...   more »

View Article  CBS News Concludes It Was Misled on National Guard Memos, Network Officials Say

From nytimes.com ... (reg. req.)

Bill Doskoch

Toronto, ON

http://billdoskoch.blogware.com

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CBS News Concludes It Was Misled on National Guard Memos, Network Officials Say

By JIM RUTENBERG

Published: September 20, 2004

 

After days of ...   more »

View Article  In the Rush for a Scoop, CBS Found Trouble Fast

From latimes.com ... (registration required)

Bill Doskoch
Toronto, ON

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In the Rush for a Scoop, CBS Found Trouble Fast

Its report on Bush's Guard service offers a cautionary tale in an age of growing ...   more »

View Article  This Time Bill O'Reilly Got It Right

If a stopped clock is right twice a day, why shouldn't Bill O'Reilly be right at least once in a blue moon? But the NYT's Frank Rich goes on to argue that O'Reilly got the issue of politicos also working as on-air pundits only half-right.

   more »
View Article  RE: Pre-emptive Paranoia

Doug Burn wrote:

> Ha ha I laugh recally how CBS et al responded initially to
> the SwiftVet accusations. Forget investigating the claims.
> Let's investigate the messengers, their methods and their motivations.
> ...   more »

View Article  RE: Pre-emptive Paranoia

I posted the Dowd piece mainly for amusement value, but it does make a good media point (further below).

Anyway, here's a reference to the Genelius comment -- one to which you don't need to ...   more »

View Article  Pre-emptive paranoia

From nytimes.com ...

The scary thing is, I had the same very thought on Tuesday. :)

Bill Doskoch
Toronto, ON

http://billdoskoch.blogware.com

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Pre-emptive Paranoia

By MAUREEN DOWD

Published: September 16, 2004

Here's how bad off ...   more »

View Article  RE: Writers in Pajamas vs. Big Media Dinosaurs

Doug Burn wrote:

> UPDATE: The CBS/Dan Rather response to those who fisked the
> on-line documents was "Oh, you're working from the (lousy)
> copies. We're relying on the (higher quality) originals (or
> ...   more »

View Article  He was Canada's conscience

From globeandmail.com. I think we would be remiss if we allowed Mr. Stewart's passing without acknowledgement ...

Bill Doskoch
Toronto, ON

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He was Canada's conscience

Armed with a pen filled with acid and glee, ...   more »

View Article  RE: Writers in Pajamas vs. Big Media Dinosaurs

Sandy McMurray wrote:

> You're absolutely right that most blogs simply link to or masticate
> information provided by professional journalists. That's why I think
> this story is so significant. Paid professional journalists at ...   more »

View Article  Writers in pyjamas vs. Big Media Dinosaurs

I've been writing about this a bit on my blog.

One interesting development occurred yesterday when the New York Times reported that Lt. Col. Jerry Killian's secretary opined that she thought the memos were faked, ...   more »

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