I did some radio channel surfing yesterday, and I found myself listening to the Q Show on the CBC (the Billy Bob interview is all I know of him). First, is the CBC paying royalties to the Star Trek people for ripping the Q name? He laid out his guests for the upcoming week, and Uncle Leo from Seinfeld was the only name I recognized. I listened to 20 minutes of the show which featured a panel of media "experts" on the potential creation of Sun TV. While listening to this panel, I was told that there is only a singular Liberal in the Canadian media, and his name is Rick Sultan at the Globe. Nobody else is in the entire Canadian press corps are left wingers. Chantal Hebert is an independent, and no mention was made by this rabble about Jane Taber, Jim Traverse, Craig Oliver, Susan Delacourt, Kady O'Malley, Bob Fife, Julie Van Dussen, et all potentially having a left leaning bias.
Talk radio in Canada is right wing, and thus the entire Canadian media must be right leaning, according to Q's panel. To her credit, Marg Wente was on the panel and completely disagreed with that assertion. I like Wente. Even the former CBC henchman heading Al Jazeera English sounded more reasonable than the clown from rabble. Say what you will about the fledgling Sun TV and whether it will resonate with Canadians, but to say that the current Canadian media is center-right is nothing more than a remarkably stupid comment.
The biggest reason why the Canadian media is joke is they believe in their own hype.
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Kory was kind and referred to them as boring.
Ezra pointed out they have failed and CNN has a larger viewership.
The media, pundits like fringe political parties are simply out of touch with the mood and sentiment on the ground outside Toronto.
Jane Taber, Jim Traverse, Craig Oliver, Susan Delacourt, Kady O'Malley, Bob Fife, Julie Van Dussen, et all potentially having a left leaning bias
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You can hear the broadcast again here:
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The media panel for June 18th begins at 00:22:56.
Tony Berman (the Al Jazeera guy) thinks it won't make much of an impact, but he's being cautious.
Judy Rebick thinks Allan Gregg and Andrew Coyne are conservatives. Noteworthy, she mentions Rick Salutin as a leftie (not a Liberal) but neglects to mention Gerald Caplan -- but then again, Caplan is curmudgeonly and unreadable. She also doesn't mention the Citizen's Susan Riley or Janice Kennedy -- but perhaps she's too Tarawna-Centric?
Iceman, compared to the likes of CBC, most Canadian anything is right-wing. Hell, I think Castro might even be considered right of the Ceeb.
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