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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.

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View Article  Gone fishing
Hi folks: I'm currently on holidays with limited Internet access. I'll be back behind the keyboard on Oct. 1.
View Article  Some good NYT reads

A potpourri of columns I found interesting in the last few days (you gotta be registered at nytimes.com to read 'em; it's free).

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View Article  In Rush to Air, CBS Quashed Memo Worries

The Washington Post's take on how CBS handled the memos (reg. req.) ...

Bill Doskoch

Toronto, ON

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In Rush to Air, CBS Quashed Memo Worries

By Howard Kurtz, Michael Dobbs and James V. Grimaldi...   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.

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View Article  Spinmeisters non-pareil!

MoveOn, a Democrat-friendly political organization, has a new ad out with a U.S. soldier in chest-deep sand holding a rifle over his head. The word Quagmire appears over it.

If you're a GOP strategist, ...   more »

View Article  Goodbye, Johnny :(

While scrambling to cover the health summit accord lat Wednesday, I ran into this sad piece of news: Johnny Ramone dies of prostate cancer at age 55.

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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 »

View Article  Happy belated 30th anniversary, Ramones!

In Los Angeles on Sunday, there was a 30th anniversary concert for one of the great American bands: the Ramones.

One of those shows where I wished I coulda been there, but for now, I ...   more »

View Article  Memos accurate but fake?

The plot thickens! According to a NYT story published Wednesday, the former secretary to the dead colonel who fretted about sugar-coating Dubya's Air National Guard service says while the memos might well be fake, the opinions ...   more »

View Article  CBS, the memos and the echo chamber

CBS may have some bogus memos on its hands about George Bush and his Air National Guard service in the early 1970s, but let's revisit what the Washington Post wrote today:

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View Article  The Sweet Smell of Psychopathy

As part of the Toronto International Film Festival's Talking With Pictures series, I went to see one of my favourite movies of all time today: The Sweet Smell of Success.

The movies in this ...   more »

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