tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post3300381565203609571..comments2024-03-03T17:01:57.876-05:00Comments on Montreal Simon: Is the National Post Trying to Muzzle Andrew Coyne?Simonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-14592017065857850022015-10-19T01:19:00.529-04:002015-10-19T01:19:00.529-04:00SMH...sorry about that, maybe my browser screwed u...SMH...sorry about that, maybe my browser screwed up the formatting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-42280452630345110362015-10-18T18:14:40.273-04:002015-10-18T18:14:40.273-04:00While it may be wrong for newspapers to "muzz...While it may be wrong for newspapers to "muzzle" their columnists (no media outlet is unbiased and columnists know what the bias is when they sign on), it is also wrong for columnists - journalists - to provide political endorsements. <br /><br />Right now, on At Issue, pretty much every panelist and perhaps the host himself is pulling for the Liberals. The only exception I've seen of late are, of course, Paul Wells and Jennifer Ditchburn.<br /><br />Many Liberals seem to think it's OK that media bodies such as The Huffington Post and The Toronto Star slant their coverage and don't cover certain stories, so long as the trend is Liberal-leaning.<br /><br />Calling out all the hypocrites.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-27983954178564246092015-10-18T09:10:40.760-04:002015-10-18T09:10:40.760-04:00hi David...I saw the headline, but didn't both...hi David...I saw the headline, but didn't bother to read it. As I said above, anyone who could endorse those scummy Cons has no moral compass, and not worth reading...Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-78944217972085833042015-10-18T09:08:59.676-04:002015-10-18T09:08:59.676-04:00hi anon...what are you talking about? That line is...hi anon...what are you talking about? That line is italicized and a direct quote from Canadaland....Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-51730538527382993412015-10-18T09:07:13.305-04:002015-10-18T09:07:13.305-04:00hi Jim...that's a good point. The Post was cre...hi Jim...that's a good point. The Post was created in the hope that it might help build a new and more conservative Canada. When Black was running it, those who worked there were motivated by an almost religious zeal. But it turned out Canada wasn't as conservative as they had imagined, and from what I hear Postmedia is still teetering on the edge of the abyss....Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-18746756954780635212015-10-18T09:02:49.390-04:002015-10-18T09:02:49.390-04:00hi mizdarlin...well let's hope their blatant p...hi mizdarlin...well let's hope their blatant propaganda doesn't influence too many minds. I don't think it will. People who read newspapers have probably made up their minds already. And the ignorant rabble will get their news from what they see on TV. Interestingly enough, Paul Wells shared an e-mail article by William Thorsell, the Globe's former Editor in Chief which was called something like "The editorial I would have written if I was still writing them." And he gently filleted the Cons as any real journalist would. I can only imagine what all those other writers and reporters must feel, to see their publications degraded so frightfully...Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-74783279571460375922015-10-18T08:56:12.952-04:002015-10-18T08:56:12.952-04:00hi anon....they probably think that Connie can say...hi anon....they probably think that Connie can say anything he likes because nobody takes that old windbag seriously. And the owners know he's a member of the club. Still I do like that line... ;)Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-76417066940929726222015-10-18T08:54:06.530-04:002015-10-18T08:54:06.530-04:00hi thwap....have you ever heard anything more ridi...hi thwap....have you ever heard anything more ridiculous, or more fraudulent? Stephen Harper agreeing to step down from a position he has clung to like a bat clings to a cave roof, or a remora sticks to a shark's stomach. It's beyond belief, and it has made the editorialist look like fools or stooges. I only hope those MSM propaganda tools are made to pay for their treachery....Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-13008986627664091612015-10-18T08:50:22.275-04:002015-10-18T08:50:22.275-04:00hi RT...well they certainly are brazen, and shamel...hi RT...well they certainly are brazen, and shameless. They have turned themselves into Con propaganda organs. And anyone who could endorse a government as rotten as the Harper regime, is as bad as they are and beneath contempt...Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-28451340474220047072015-10-18T02:58:57.015-04:002015-10-18T02:58:57.015-04:00National Post View: Our choice for government
http...National Post View: Our choice for government<br />http://news.nationalpost.com/full-comment/national-post-view-our-choice-for-governmentDavidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09630890163958807048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-53906472203262889732015-10-17T20:05:46.383-04:002015-10-17T20:05:46.383-04:00"But Postmedia's flagship paper has yet t..."But Postmedia's flagship paper has yet to pick their winner. The decision of its editorial board is expected imminently. The head of that board is Andrew Coyne."<br /><br />This paragraph is identical to one on Canadaland. Is Jesse Brown stealing from you or vice versa?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-51508324858897063652015-10-17T18:09:40.577-04:002015-10-17T18:09:40.577-04:00Yes.
It's ironic the 'liberal media'...Yes. <br /><br />It's ironic the 'liberal media' now blankets the entire country coast to coast in the form of Postmedia (now incl. Sun). Yet a civic newspaper (The Star) with progressive leanings has the biggest circulation of all. Should be a lesson there for the Postmedia staff but learning from their erroneous ways never gets in the way of promoting right-wing ideology, specially that of the Cons..Jim Parretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15331887342292476909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-42522857121132729222015-10-17T11:02:37.013-04:002015-10-17T11:02:37.013-04:00*Sigh* I'm old enough to remember when the Glo...*Sigh* I'm old enough to remember when the Globe and Mail was a decent newspaper..the only one at the time in Canada..but they sold out to rightwing media barons awhile ago, and no one should be surprised by any endorsement coming from them, or the National Post...time was when a media conglomerate endorsed a candidate long before an election, it deeply influenced it's readers...now? Well, guess it's still true of NP readers, whoever they might be....mizdarlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14442803514546577849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-12664968138287400922015-10-17T10:40:14.017-04:002015-10-17T10:40:14.017-04:00While the NP and its Wall Street hedge fund owners...While the NP and its Wall Street hedge fund owners may muzzle Coyne, they apparently are fine with National Post co-founder Conrad Black: "We really cannot have another four years of government by a sadistic Victorian schoolmaster."<br /><br /><a href="http://news.nationalpost.com/full-comment/conrad-black-stephen-harper-did-many-great-things-for-this-country-but-he-hung-on-to-power-a-little-too-long" rel="nofollow">http://news.nationalpost.com/full-comment/conrad-black-stephen-harper-did-many-great-things-for-this-country-but-he-hung-on-to-power-a-little-too-long</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-58542466984348176652015-10-17T10:15:08.184-04:002015-10-17T10:15:08.184-04:00So when harper says "It's not about me&qu...So when harper says "It's not about me" ... it meshes perfectly with the G & M's idiotic, asinine request that you vote for your local harpercon, but then expect that if they return with a minority or majority, that their dictator harper will magically disappear.thwaphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15399550285738440669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-68246879130431323082015-10-17T08:12:52.365-04:002015-10-17T08:12:52.365-04:00Canadian democracy has hit a low when the owners a...Canadian democracy has hit a low when the owners are brazen enough to step out of the shadows and openly muzzle their journalists. Under consumer protection laws they should advertise as a entertainment rather than news.<br />RTAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com