I was busy dealing with real news tonight, so I completely missed the broohaha over this incident with Stéphane Dion and ATV News.
For those who haven’t heard of it, you’re lucky to have limited exposure to the echo chamber of political gossip reporting. Here’s the deal: ATV (an Atlantic TV network owned by CTV and rebranded CTV Atlantic) had Stéphane Dion on for an on-camera but pre-taped interview. Host Steve Murphy asked Dion a question about what he’d do about the economy if he was prime minister today, and Dion started answering before realizing he didn’t quite understand the question. It was an awkward exchange with a few false starts.
Dion asked if they could re-start the interview, and Murphy agreed. Murphy also, according to CTV, “indicated” that the bad part of the interview would not be aired.
Except later, after the interview, people at the network huddled and decided to go back on their word and air the outtakes...
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Wikis in the newsFrom: blog.fagstein.com
Post Date: 2008-03-04 22:24:54
Two stories about wikis hit the news this week:
Wikileaks, the anonymous-leak website that was shut down by a judge as part of a legal case against it, has won a court battle and been allowed back up . It’s a huge, precedent-setting victory for free speech and the right to expose information anonymously.
Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia, publicly split with his girlfriend brief fling, and she responded in kind , dragging everything out in the open (including their pathetic cyber...
more The new, dirt-cheap Global QuebecFrom: blog.fagstein.com
Post Date: 2008-03-04 19:57:39
As part of its regenesis following the cancelling of This Morning Live as well as the mass layoffs and outsourcing of technical jobs , Global Quebec this week showed off their new set for the Evening News and launched a new one-hour News Final show at 11pm.
See Global Quebec’s first new evening newscast here
Now, when I say “set” I’m being generous. You see, Global Quebec no longer has a set. Instead, the anchor stands in front of a giant green screen, and ...
more Things to see at YULblog tonightFrom: blog.fagstein.com
Post Date: 2008-03-04 23:46:33
Tonight is yet another edition of YULblog , the monthly get-together and drink-together (and then poutine-together) of Montreal’s blogging community.
I hope to make it after work, though I’m in the middle of eight consecutive shifts right now (sweet, sweet overtime money, how I will enjoy spending you) and might be semi-conscious.
For those of you who haven’t been to a YULblog before, here’s an idea of some of the sights you might encounter at La Qui...
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