Bah!
The headline sums up Clifford Stoll’s nice rant in Newsweek: “The Internet? Bah!” Or — for readers here who don’t care to click through — “When most everyone shouts, few listen.” Hear, hear.
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Dead mags
The Utne Reader has announced the founding of its Dead Magazine Club. Is this ghoulish, or a fitting memorial?
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Major-general slams coverage of murder case involving colonel
Retired Major-General Lewis MacKenzie reasonably, in my opinion, criticized media coverage of the murder case involving Colonel Russell Williams. But at the same time, he smeared all journalists in much the same way he accuses journalists of smearing the Canadian Forces.
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Shaw buys Canwest [UPDATED]
Heavily indebted CanWest Global Communications Corp is being effectively acquired by cable and satellite company Shaw Communications Corp., the companies announced. “While there is much work still to be done, Shaw’s commitment represents an important step towards a successful financial restructuring of Canwest and is supported by the Company and the members of the Ad…
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Complaint alleges Canwest violated advertising standards with Shell tarsand features
The Sierra Club of Canada filed a damning complaint against Canwest and Shell Canada, alleging they “violated the Canadian Code of Advertising Standards.” The complaint concerns a series of advertorials about the tarsands, paid for by Shell, which in some formats cannot be distinguished from news …
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Karaoke killings yarn out of tune
Well, dang Poynter’s Eric Alterman anyways, for popping the bubble of my favourite New York Times story this year: “Sinatra Song Often Strikes Deadly Chord.” The tale of how Philippines are killing each other over karaoke versions of “My Way” was so plain weird it was darkly funny. The kind of story you stop to…
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Censorship of a “journalist” — or routine border patrol?
Martin Macias Jr., a 20-year old American, was recently refused entry to Canada. Where it gets interesting for journalists is that anti-Olympic activists called him an “Independent Media Reporter,” raising the specter of censorship …
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Ottawa newsroom, archives, lost in CTV fire
A fire Sunday destroyed CTV’s Ottawa newsroom, at the station CJOH, said many reports. The cause, and how local broadcasts would be affected, was uncertain Sunday. “Among the devastating property losses are the local news archives of this city’s history and the 37-year video history of anchor Max Keeping who is set to retire on…
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Olympic criticism by outsiders hard to bear
A Globe and Mail columnist takes umbrage with how some foreign media portray Vancouver’s Olympics …
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Fearless Five brave Facebook and Twitter
On Feb. 1, five journalists will reportedly lock themselves up in a French farmhouse for several days with only Twitter and Facebook for outside information, “to test the quality of news from the social networking and micro-blogging sites” ….