An okay look by The Globe and Mail at the issues behind the CBC lockout.

Since there is so much vitriol directed at CBC's Promo Girl -- to the extent some people seem to think a total collapse of the CBC is worth it to get rid of her, or that her absence is the most salient benefit of the walkout -- allow me to add my voice to the mix.

An NYT take on the CBC lockout by writer Ian Austen, who I believe is a Canuckistani (saw the link first at John Gushue's blog).

Saw this at locked-out CBC journalist John Gushue's blog: A podcasting blog called CBC Unplugged is almost upon us.

You'll be able to visit the blog to download them manually or get them delivered via an RSS feed (there's instructions on the blog).

You can also find links to other CBC lockout blogs and related info.

The podcasts will be available starting next week.

The Toronto Star's Antonia Zerbisias writes about CTVNews's efforts to capitalize on the CBC lockout.

Disclosure: I work for CTV News Online.

Journalist Michael Wolff argues in a Vanity Fair article that the NYT and Time had a duty to expose key Dubya aide Karl Rove last year over his machinations on the Valerie Plame file -- you know, back before the election.

Wolff debates the issue with investigative journo Murray Waas on Democracy Now!

This Knight-Ridder article says the new Taliban is smaller and can't hold territory, but is financially supported by al Qaeda and other rogue entities -- which explains why it can afford anti-aircraft missiles.

Cindy Sheenan, the mother of a U.S. soldier killed in Iraq, has temporarily left her vigil outside of Dubya's ranch in Texas to tend to her ill mother.

Salon's Joe Conason lists some of the ways the U.S. right has been attacking her.