Two guest posts
#1 Deb O'Connor
GOODBYE CITY TV
We started watching CITY TV news when the kids were old enough to follow news, but needed a show that was a bit flashy to hold their attention. It was a habit I kept over the years because they did a fairly good job of reporting on issues that affected the disadvantaged, and they weren't afraid to broadcast opinions and alternatives from outside the mainstream. Certainly that nasty right wing bias prominent with CTV and Global, now worse as Canwest, was not in evidence. The CBC was just stodgy.
When CTV bought CITY TV some time ago, I knew it was going to be the end of any semblence of progressive TV news coverage from Toronto media, and more and more that seems to be the case.
Example: last week their public affairs show, CITY Line, discussed whether having the PanAm Games was good or bad for Toronto, and while they had a cheerleader on set for the yes side, there was nobody in place to explain the contrary position. It didn't take long for the show host to join in the cheerleading too, making it clear to callers opposed that they were all wrong. It was sad, and never would have happened in the old days, when the station was diligent about presenting all sides of any issue.
While we're at it, all their news shows seem to lead off with a sports story now, and their weathercaster kept talking about golf the other night. Did downtown Toronto hipsters suddenly take up golf and I missed that? I get the feeling they are trying to land a whole new demographic with these tactics, and it's not a demographic I have much in common with. Let sister station CTV keep them, and please, let CITY continue to BE CITY, just like it always was. In fact, if they would only bring back the baby blue late night movies life would be just peachy again!
BTW Wally has asked that we all visit this link in honour of Remembrance Day
GOODBYE CITY TV
We started watching CITY TV news when the kids were old enough to follow news, but needed a show that was a bit flashy to hold their attention. It was a habit I kept over the years because they did a fairly good job of reporting on issues that affected the disadvantaged, and they weren't afraid to broadcast opinions and alternatives from outside the mainstream. Certainly that nasty right wing bias prominent with CTV and Global, now worse as Canwest, was not in evidence. The CBC was just stodgy.
When CTV bought CITY TV some time ago, I knew it was going to be the end of any semblence of progressive TV news coverage from Toronto media, and more and more that seems to be the case.
Example: last week their public affairs show, CITY Line, discussed whether having the PanAm Games was good or bad for Toronto, and while they had a cheerleader on set for the yes side, there was nobody in place to explain the contrary position. It didn't take long for the show host to join in the cheerleading too, making it clear to callers opposed that they were all wrong. It was sad, and never would have happened in the old days, when the station was diligent about presenting all sides of any issue.
While we're at it, all their news shows seem to lead off with a sports story now, and their weathercaster kept talking about golf the other night. Did downtown Toronto hipsters suddenly take up golf and I missed that? I get the feeling they are trying to land a whole new demographic with these tactics, and it's not a demographic I have much in common with. Let sister station CTV keep them, and please, let CITY continue to BE CITY, just like it always was. In fact, if they would only bring back the baby blue late night movies life would be just peachy again!
#2 One from the lighter side
Wally Keeler
This is my video of the Canadian Cowgirls who are performing in the Coliseum at the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair. I record their performance over two two days from two different locations.
Wally Keeler
This is my video of the Canadian Cowgirls who are performing in the Coliseum at the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair. I record their performance over two two days from two different locations.
I apologize for the amateurism. It’s a low quality camera, and the zoom is difficult to manipulate. The video editing was done using a freeware program, the lowest form of software.
I hope that in spite of my shortcomings, the sprit and talent of the Canadian Cowgirls will shine through. Here is a YouTube video of the Canadian Cowgirls performing in light last year at the Royal. Watch this Cowgirl do the stand up for 9 seconds
I also hope that it will generate interest in attending the Royal Fair where
BTW Wally has asked that we all visit this link in honour of Remembrance Day
5 comments:
So many cheered the news that CITY-TV, with a lower power transmitter than other stations, was to be at the very top of the broadcast antenna on the CN Tower.
Nothing dollarable is safe.
Another link for Remembrance Day:
The Currie Libel Trial -- Part 2 of today's edition of The Current on CBC Radio. Here is Anna Maria Tremonti's lead for the story:
We started this segment with an editorial that was printed on the front page of the Port Hope Evening Guide on June 13th, 1927. World War One had been over for nine years. But it still managed to spark what would become one of the most sensational libel trials in Canadian history ... a courtroom battle that raised issues of responsibility and accountability in war that still resonate today.
Give a listen to the show.
The editor of The Port Hope Guide who wrote the editorial was called "a bit of a muckraker" on the show. Where are those muckrakers today?
The muckrakers have been chilled by the pc crowd and their human rights commission clones. Where is Foster Russell and his ilk now -- probably turning in his grave knowing how pathetic things are nowadays
Deb, I don't think of myself as a right winger, but I do support the Pan Am games for Toronto and area. However, the propaganda machinery you suggest is well-oiled.
Will the Pan-Am games be a stepping stone to another Olympic bid?
Where are the Bread not Circuses protesters that helped scuttle the last Olympic bid?
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