The G20 clusterf*ck and the news media
Many Toronto journalists got to find out this past weekend how much protection a media pass provides from police when the going gets a bit tough, as it during the G20 Summit. The answer? Not much.
Wed, June 30 2010 » Main Page, Media » Comments Off
My most retweeted photo ever
I took this photo of the window of a shop on the north side of Queen Street West, just slightly east of Manning Avenue, on Saturday night: As of this posting, people had clicked on it more than 1,260 times on Twitpic. Here was the scene about one kilometre east:
Tue, June 29 2010 » Main Page, Minutiae, photos » Comments Off
Restrepo
Wanna know what combat is like? Restrepo, about the Afghanistan mission, may be its pure cinematic distillation.
Wed, June 23 2010 » * Big Picture Stuff, Film, Main Page, Media » Comments Off
It’s just nasty, right-wing showbiz, folks
Globe and Mail television critic John Doyle holds forth on the SunTV gambit.
Tue, June 22 2010 » Main Page, Media » Comments Off
Yo, J-Source, here’s a better link
I happened to trip across an April 8 commentary on J-Source by Deborah Campbell, one in which my name appears. She linked to an old blog post of mine about the CAJ’s total mishandling of the Stevie Cameron situation, but that link is broken. I tried to leave a comment, but Recaptcha, the site’s spam-comment-blocking [...]
Tue, June 22 2010 » CAJ-L postings, Main Page, Media » Comments Off
The 10th anniversary of globeandmail.com
Globeandmail.com marked its 10th anniversary on June 19, the first Canadian newspaper website to offer a dedicated team delivering breaking news online. My arrival came about on July 24, 2000. My job title was senior web producer for globeandmail.com (not as grand as it sounds; there was another senior producer and a chief producer). Here’s [...]
Mon, June 21 2010 » Main Page, Media » Comments Off
How to pick a breakfast beer for the World Cup
Usually I don’t even consider beer at 10 a.m., but World Cup games on a weekend open up new vistas with respects to the consumption of barley-based beverages. The Globe and Mail’s Beppi Crossariol was kind enough to advise his readers on this issue.
Wed, June 16 2010 » Main Page, Minutiae, Uncategorized » Comments Off
Quebecor wants to take SunTV nationally
Quebecor CEO Pierre-Karl Peladeau and Kory Teneckye, late of the PMO, want to bring hard news and straight talk to the nation’s cable TV subscribers — and they want to be put in a privileged position to do so.
Tue, June 15 2010 » Main Page, Media » Comments Off
I can’t believe I didn’t get a retweet out of this
The Toronto Star had this headline today: Lightning strike sets 6-storey Jesus statue aflame My value added? So what does the Book of Revelations say about this? Here’s video of the flames, presumably courtesy of Satan:
Tue, June 15 2010 » Main Page, Minutiae, multimedia » Comments Off
This is how you celebrate a World Cup goal
Brazil fans at the Mod Club this afternoon seconds after their team takes a 2-0 lead over North Korea in a World Cup soccer game: Incidentally, found another Toronto World Cup soccer tourism blog: 2010 World Cup of Toronto
Tue, June 15 2010 » Main Page, multimedia » Comments Off