Tag: Donald Trump

Toronto Elite Can Guffaw At Steve Bannon All They Like, But They Ignore His Words At Their Own Peril

by Graeme Gordon, posted in Canadian Politics, Media Criticism, Toronto Politics

Last Friday an unruly mob of protesters greeted well-heeled Munk Debate attendees with hostility as they lined up to enter Roy Thompson Hall to watch the debate between two intellectual heavyweights. Toronto-born American conservative pundit David Frum faced-off against former Trump White House chief strategist and co-founder of conservative firebrand news website Breitbart Steve Bannon. … Continue reading Toronto Elite Can Guffaw At Steve Bannon All They Like, But They Ignore His Words At Their Own Peril

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CBC, in True Pravda Fashion, Omits Gas Plant Conviction on Friday’s ‘The National,’ But Has Time to Look Back at Host’s Archive Footage and for Trump, Trump, Trump

by Graeme Gordon, posted in Canadian Politics, Media Criticism, Ontario Politics

The state broadcaster is at it again with it's disgraceful propaganda. CBC's "The National" — pathetically in third place in the TV ratings for a Canadian nightly news broadcast, despite being given a $1.2 billion advantage over its competitors courtesy of taxpayers — disgustingly neglected to report on the conviction of former Ontario Premier Dalton … Continue reading CBC, in True Pravda Fashion, Omits Gas Plant Conviction on Friday’s ‘The National,’ But Has Time to Look Back at Host’s Archive Footage and for Trump, Trump, Trump

CBC is Obsessed with Trump Circus and Trudeau Acting Skills, Neglecting Follow-up Reporting on Trudeau Government’s Scandals

by Graeme Gordon, posted in Canadian Politics, Media Criticism

  The last few hundred thousand viewers still watching CBC's The National (it gets crushed by CTV's National News which easily gets triple the audience), in its new unpopular and painfully slow format (four hosts?!), as their primary source of news wouldn't know anything about Liberal MP Geng Tan acting as an intermediary on a … Continue reading CBC is Obsessed with Trump Circus and Trudeau Acting Skills, Neglecting Follow-up Reporting on Trudeau Government’s Scandals

CBC’s The National Reminisces about Justin Trudeau’s Victory while reporting on Bronfman Tax Haven (Nov. 5, 2017)

by Graeme Gordon, posted in Canadian Politics, Media Criticism

(What Was Wrong With CBC’s The National Mission Statement.) Time allotment for The National stories on Sunday: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vR97AXIXa6sodK8DYbbWpnn6iFD_Jm6VrHgIupdeZiWgvQOXgUgpeIWYvC_V9Qrzo-YuK6Boxolazpq/pubchart?oid=1966259362&format=interactive   Last night's The National was the last show in the old format, and you can't say they didn't go out with a bang in having a blockbuster news day. The lead story was the horrific massacre … Continue reading CBC’s The National Reminisces about Justin Trudeau’s Victory while reporting on Bronfman Tax Haven (Nov. 5, 2017)

Explosive Reports Hillary Clinton Rigged Democrat Nomination Missing From CBC’s ‘The National’ Thursday (November 2, 2017)

by Graeme Gordon, posted in Canadian Politics, Media Criticism

(What Was Wrong With CBC’s The National Mission Statement.) Time allotment for The National stories on Thursday: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vRCXvwIEmm42c1CNoVtzM8pVxn9K7hPT7qLXWlgSsNNg-x5Yjc9FbrICaEqdEde2DoKwYtcRRe17N7T/pubchart?oid=331764434&format=interactive What was wrong with CBC's The National Thursday night: The National led with the murder investigation in a rural B.C. area because the remains of one murdered person were identified. An important story, yes, because other women … Continue reading Explosive Reports Hillary Clinton Rigged Democrat Nomination Missing From CBC’s ‘The National’ Thursday (November 2, 2017)

A circus is coming to Ontario and you’re all invited!

by Graeme Gordon, posted in Ontario Politics

By Sarah Warry-Poljanski Ontarians are getting ready to enter the province’s 42nd election in early June of 2018 and, boy, it's going to be a zinger. After much speculation earlier this summer, Kathleen Wynne has promised she will continue to carry the torch as leader for the Ontario Liberals in the next election. Wynne currently … Continue reading A circus is coming to Ontario and you’re all invited!

How Kathleen Wynne Wins By Losing

by Graeme Gordon, posted in Ontario Politics

Photo Credit: CTV By Josh Lieblein Normally you wouldn't use the expression "spoiled for choice" to describe Ontarians, but when it comes to reasons to hate their Premier, they've got more options than they can count. And that's a problem. One list I saw floating around Twitter this week included actionable items as diverse as school closings, the … Continue reading How Kathleen Wynne Wins By Losing

Trudeau’s Continued Underfunding of Canada’s Military Unlikely to Last

by Graeme Gordon, posted in Canadian Politics

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberals released its annual budget last week and there was no additional funding earmarked for defense. Not since 1972, when Trudeau’s father Pierre Elliott Trudeau was PM and first cut military spending, has Canada contributed two percent of its GDP to defence. Canada currently spends just under one percent of GDP … Continue reading Trudeau’s Continued Underfunding of Canada’s Military Unlikely to Last

‘Shattered Mirror’ report’s suggestions to fix Canadian media wonderful for a Black Mirror episode

by Graeme Gordon, posted in Canadian Politics, Media Criticism

On Thursday the Public Policy Forum (PPF) released its government-commissioned report, "The Shattered Mirror",  which depicted today's world as a "post-truth" dystopian nightmare. According to the report's ominous introduction, "Established news organizations have been left gasping" and  "native digital alternatives have failed to develop journalistic mass." Then the report--GASP!--asks the reader to "imagine a world … Continue reading ‘Shattered Mirror’ report’s suggestions to fix Canadian media wonderful for a Black Mirror episode

Trumped-up charges: The Donald and his friend Goliath

by Graeme Gordon, posted in Media Criticism

Trump's Bombastic Bomb # 1 Back in the middle of June, Donald Trump's announcement speech marked the first time there has been such an overblown hairy ado over a coiffure and rape since Alexander Pope's Rape of the Lock satirized the frivolity of eighteenth-century high society in 1712. Trump's rape comments and wispy locks were … Continue reading Trumped-up charges: The Donald and his friend Goliath