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Saturday, July 23
If you're in the mood for a very trippy little film ...
by
billdoskoch
on Sat 23 Jul 2005 11:46 AM EDT
Allow me to suggest Save The Green Planet -- regrettably, only available in Toronto until Wednesday. more »
Silvio's little book of insults
by
billdoskoch
on Sat 23 Jul 2005 11:29 AM EDT
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has compiled a book of insults -- that have been directed at him. more »Friday, July 22
Media stuff from here and there
by
billdoskoch
on Fri 22 Jul 2005 08:31 PM EDT
A few tidbits from Antonia Zerbisias's blog and Canadian Journalist: Zerby:
CanJourno:
Guardian dumps journo for links to Islamic political group
by
billdoskoch
on Fri 22 Jul 2005 06:07 PM EDT
Trainee journalist Dilapazier Aslam had his contract terminated by The Guardian on Friday after he refused to give up his membership in Hizb ut-Tahrir, an Islamic political group. It gets better: There was some pressure from U.S. bloggers on the matter. more »
Zerbisias v. O'Reilly in The Great 'Semantics of Terror-ist/ism' Debate
by
billdoskoch
on Fri 22 Jul 2005 12:59 AM EDT
The Toronto Star's Antonia Zerbisias and Fox News' Bill O'Reilly have a relatively genteel discussion about when the use of terrorist or terrorism is appropriate. more »Thursday, July 21
'Citizen journalism or a message board?'
by
billdoskoch
on Thu 21 Jul 2005 02:42 AM EDT
This CJR Daily blog posting about citizen journalism nicely captures some of the concerns I have with this particular hobby horse. more »
Changing of the guard at the L.A. Times
by
billdoskoch
on Thu 21 Jul 2005 02:30 AM EDT
The Los Angeles Times gets its first African-American editor, Pulitzer Prize-winner Dean Baquet, but some say John Carroll, the former editor, is leaving because he doesn't want to dismantle the newsroom. more »
'Hunger is still the main scourge of Africa'
by
billdoskoch
on Thu 21 Jul 2005 02:19 AM EDT
President Olesegun Obasanjo of Nigeria on the effects of hunger on Africa. more »
Niger's president denies dawdling on food crisis
by
billdoskoch
on Thu 21 Jul 2005 02:12 AM EDT
Niger's President Mamadou Tanja and his officials are defending the government's handling of a food crisis that has one-quarter of the country's 12 million people at risk. more »
It ain't just Niger, folks
by
billdoskoch
on Thu 21 Jul 2005 01:37 AM EDT
The Famine Early Warning Systems Network says there are 18 million people in Africa in 10 countries at serious risk from food shortages. Eritrea and Ethiopia account for just over half of those at risk. Another problem spot is Uganda, with an estimated 2.7 million people at risk. Other countries facing food shortages include Sudan, Djibouti, Rwanda, Tanzania, Kenya, Burundi and Somalia. Here's a brief AP story on CTV.ca and the FEWS executive overview of food security threats (.pdf file, July 13). For more information on global threats like this, check out ReliefWeb.
The guild's strike mandate at CBC
by
billdoskoch
on Thu 21 Jul 2005 01:26 AM EDT
The Canadian Media Guild got an 87.3 per cent strike mandate in a mid-summer vote with 67 per cent turnout. And what's the big issue? Moving to a continuously temporary workforce, with virtually everyone on contract -- and on a 30 to 60-day leash. more »Wednesday, July 20
YouBlewMeUpYouBastard.com
by
billdoskoch
on Wed 20 Jul 2005 01:50 PM EDT
According to a Globe and Mail story, two guys in England have developed a website called youblewmeupyoubastard.com. The idea is that if you are blown up, the news media will grab whatever picture they can of you. By giving a photo in advance to the website, they'll distribute it to news services upon your untimely, terror-related death. You're encouraged to send one in showing, through facial expressions and gestures, how much you think the terrorists stink. Quite a public service! :^)
World 'ignores' Niger food crisis: Egeland
by
billdoskoch
on Wed 20 Jul 2005 10:45 AM EDT
When the United Nations issued a plea in May for emergency food aid for Niger, it was ignored -- perhaps because Niger's government is itself downplaying the problem's scale. And now, as more children are dying, aid is starting to trickle in. Update: I added a link to a Reuters story from AlertNet.org. more »
Why Wall St. hates Costco
by
billdoskoch
on Wed 20 Jul 2005 03:13 AM EDT
They sell goods cheaply, pay their employers 42 per cent better than Wal-Mart and still turn a good profit. Isn't that reason enough? more »
Iraq: The rural soldier's place to die
by
billdoskoch
on Wed 20 Jul 2005 03:08 AM EDT
An op-ed piece in the NYT argues Iraq is rural America's war when you look at soldiers' death rates. The death rate for soldiers from counties of 25,000 or smaller is more than twice as high as for soldiers from counties of one million or more. more »Tuesday, July 19
Frank's coming back
by
billdoskoch
on Tue 19 Jul 2005 12:49 PM EDT
Just saw this at Zerby's blog: Frank magazine will reconstitute itself online as efrank.ca, starting in September. Update: Here's the Globe story
'Deep Throat to Turd Blossom'
by
billdoskoch
on Tue 19 Jul 2005 12:23 PM EDT
In this Village Voice essay, former Columbia Journalism Review fellow John Giuffo argues corporate ownership is killing American journalism. more »
Thai editors worried about new emergency rules
by
billdoskoch
on Tue 19 Jul 2005 12:12 PM EDT
Unrest by Muslim insurgents in the south of Thailand had led the country's president to impose new emergency rules, which are freaking out the country's editors. more »
25,000 civilians 'die violently' in Iraq since invasion
by
billdoskoch
on Tue 19 Jul 2005 11:50 AM EDT
The 25,000 number comes from the Iraq Body Count and Oxford Research Group, based on an analysis of media reports. more »
Iraq is the wrong war
by
billdoskoch
on Tue 19 Jul 2005 11:04 AM EDT
The Washington Post's Terry Neal talks with Stephen Flynn, author of America the Vulnerable: How Our Government Is Failing to Protect Us From Terrorism. more »
Iraq's weekend of death
by
billdoskoch
on Tue 19 Jul 2005 01:14 AM EDT
A round-up of coverage on the surging carnage in Iraq. more »Monday, July 18
Yo, T.O. film buffs
by
billdoskoch
on Mon 18 Jul 2005 01:59 PM EDT
Passes and coupon books went on sale today for the Toronto International Film Festival. Don't screw around: They sold out extremely quickly last year. Because Visa is a big-bucks sponsor, you need a Visa card to buy online. And if you were wondering, no: You can't use mine. :)
Dammit!
by
billdoskoch
on Mon 18 Jul 2005 01:57 PM EDT
Ontario's provincial government has largely rejected the notion of selling beer and wine in grocery stores -- and apparently, the notion of letting corner stores do it was just a fantasy among those of us who think Quebec is our most civilized province. :)
Press conferences of the stars
by
billdoskoch
on Mon 18 Jul 2005 01:12 PM EDT
The Globe's Simon Houpt on the Hollywood trend of mini-press conferences (with select journalists) to promote films. more »
'When Writing an Irate Letter to the Editor Is Just Not Enough'
by
billdoskoch
on Mon 18 Jul 2005 01:01 PM EDT
A prominent conservative political pollster wants to give an economic kick in the nuts to a New York-based Jewish newspaper he has a grievance with. more »
'Follow the uranium'
by
billdoskoch
on Mon 18 Jul 2005 03:36 AM EDT
The NYT's Frank Rich explains his own sage advice. more »
Time journalist slags Time's top editor's decision to hand over information
by
billdoskoch
on Mon 18 Jul 2005 03:15 AM EDT
Matthew Cooper says the decision of Time editor-in-chief Norman Pearlstein to hand over his notes and e-mails to a grand jury could come back and bite the news organization on the bum at some future point. more »
L'affaire Rove in a relative nutshell
by
billdoskoch
on Mon 18 Jul 2005 03:09 AM EDT
If you're looking for one-stop shopping about Karl Rove and the Plame/Wilson case, this Toronto Star piece by Tim Harper will nicely meet your needs. more »Sunday, July 17
Is this really such a bad licence plate design?
by
billdoskoch
on Sun 17 Jul 2005 12:00 PM EDT
Richard Clarke on the U.S.'s domestic security vulnerabilities
by
billdoskoch
on Sun 17 Jul 2005 02:36 AM EDT
Writing in the NYT magazine, former U.S. counterterrorism official Richard Clarke says the Bush administration isn't spending enough on the terror fight at home. more »
The Ralph Klein Photoshop-a-thon
by
billdoskoch
on Sun 17 Jul 2005 02:19 AM EDT
I've been spending way too much time on terrorism and such stuff lately, and as a result, I've let important stuff pass me by -- like the Ralph Klein Photoshop contest at Rick Mercer's blog. Here's the direct page links: Some very funny stuff in there, folks! Kudos to all those mischevious, creative Canadians who entered!
NYT's Kristoff on the North Korean nuclear threat
by
billdoskoch
on Sun 17 Jul 2005 02:00 AM EDT
The NYT's Nicholas Kristoff has just returned from North Korea. To put it simply, he thinks the Bush administration's policies towards that country are bass ackwards. And he sees the confrontation between the U.S. and North Korea over the North's nuclear arsenal as "the greatest atomic peril since the Cuban Missile Crisis." more » |
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