tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post5246733859627800456..comments2024-03-03T17:01:57.876-05:00Comments on Montreal Simon: Evan Solomon and the Conservative Broadcasting CorporationSimonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-38770882798257486862015-09-22T16:31:58.318-04:002015-09-22T16:31:58.318-04:00He was brokering deals with people he was supposed...He was brokering deals with people he was supposedly unengaged with when interviewing...not a dealer, a sneaky middle manAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-83312450304321767582015-09-22T16:30:34.945-04:002015-09-22T16:30:34.945-04:00well I guess, stop pissing and moaning for poor Ev...well I guess, stop pissing and moaning for poor Evan, the art swindler, considering he's so industrious, he'll just bounce right back, maybe selling snake oil for the libs, or junk bonds for the NDPAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-10972423316278562902015-09-22T16:26:30.216-04:002015-09-22T16:26:30.216-04:00lol the CBC is anything but conservative...biased ...lol the CBC is anything but conservative...biased leftie canadian propaganda corporation, demanding the leftie status quo on all subjects maybe, but a voice for conservative ideas....never...I think we're all on the same page that the CBC needs to go, but to squander your vote on baby Trudeau, or our resident french citizen, Mulcair, is laughable. Unfortunately, the PC's are the only choice this time around. Any other option is plane foolishness.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-15749336241652180082015-06-13T07:39:43.241-04:002015-06-13T07:39:43.241-04:00hi
you mention a couple of times that evan had no...hi <br />you mention a couple of times that evan had not interviewed either carney or balsille, but I understand he has interviewed carney and was actively pursuing balsille ...<br />and doesnt it come down to pure greed ? he was going to sue the art dealer ... and bite the hand that fed him ... for a million dollars ... so the art dealer made all the emails and details available to the star ... and brought him down ...evan clearly did not properly consider the full effect and ramifications of suing the guy who was making it possible to earn the $300,000 that he did Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-31130523188658234172015-06-12T12:57:46.665-04:002015-06-12T12:57:46.665-04:00http://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2012/03/16/Ethical-Oil-R...http://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2012/03/16/Ethical-Oil-Rap/<br /><br />Evan at his best "Just answer the question..."<br /><br />MogsMogs Mogliohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09086959842254833850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-21784857507220475272015-06-12T12:53:47.295-04:002015-06-12T12:53:47.295-04:00Okay so how many people have two or even three job...Okay so how many people have two or even three jobs in Canada? Too many to count so why all of a sudden what Evan did is a mortal sin it did not interfere with his job. Now that being said he should sue the con heads of CBC for wrongful dismissal and bankrupt the bastards...<br /><br />MogsMogs Mogliohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09086959842254833850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-89793084273740134512015-06-11T15:36:16.315-04:002015-06-11T15:36:16.315-04:00I am very sorry Evan S. was fired. His "art ...I am very sorry Evan S. was fired. His "art dealing" in my opinion had nothing to do with how he did his job. It might have been that he was doing his job too well that got him fired. the art "dealing" was just the excuse his employer was looking for. About all that is left is Mark Kelly. Guess they'll be brooming his shortly also.<br /><br />the CBC might want to remember Herr Steve is on his way out. Good luck to Evan S. He really has been doing a decent job.e.a.f.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-3583083288470834712015-06-11T06:27:25.356-04:002015-06-11T06:27:25.356-04:00hi anon...unfortunately I missed Question Period, ...hi anon...unfortunately I missed Question Period, but I heard Rosemary Barton did well and I really would have loved to see her take on Roxanne James, for James really is the worst kind of Con. The CBC still has some good journalists, but I fear this latest management atrocity could have a chilling effect on all of them....Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-6182289932951794472015-06-11T03:15:33.396-04:002015-06-11T03:15:33.396-04:00I thought they were quick to pull the trigger on S...I thought they were quick to pull the trigger on Solomon. What dirt does Amanda Lang have that she continues to be employed at the CBC? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-5321707106797908652015-06-10T23:59:04.633-04:002015-06-10T23:59:04.633-04:00Hi Simon! Although many of us have felt that Evan ...Hi Simon! Although many of us have felt that Evan Solomon was rather soft on the Cons, but at least he was able to ask some pertinent questions about the current government's behavior. Now that venue has been depressed. Both Rosie and Hannah have a chance to excel, unless the CBC Board undermines them which I expect will happen.<br /><br />I must say Rosie did a good job moderating today, and she handled that extremely rude and obnoxious Roxanne James with class.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-9880834565721444062015-06-10T20:40:21.815-04:002015-06-10T20:40:21.815-04:00hi anon....yes you're so right, it is a great ...hi anon....yes you're so right, it is a great distraction. And also right when you point out that hardly anyone in the MSM bothered to cover the Senate vote. As for Evan, as I have said he is far from perfect, and his glorification of the "hero" Vickers was one of his low points. But he was still more of a thorn in the side of the Cons than most others in the MSM, so I still think his departure is a loss. So many in this country are willing to be so hard on our own, without ever taking a look at themselves in the mirror....Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-89873218289500383612015-06-10T20:35:40.884-04:002015-06-10T20:35:40.884-04:00hi jrkrideau...yes good point. Evan may not have b...hi jrkrideau...yes good point. Evan may not have been hard enough on the Cons as far as I am concerned, but he could still be harder on them in one day, than others are in two months if ever. If progressives think that Power and Politics is going to be harder on the Cons now that Evan is gone, they are in for a rude shock. And I don't know if the Cons have a new list, but with the election on the horizon they will be going after their political enemies harder than ever....Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-36753952783533940112015-06-10T20:32:07.219-04:002015-06-10T20:32:07.219-04:00hi mizdarlin...look I haven't seen Evan since ...hi mizdarlin...look I haven't seen Evan since he moved to Ottawa. We move in different circles (thank goodness) He is rich I am poor (happily) I don't like personality driven shows, and he is not a journalist in the old school tradition. But having said that what other show dedicates two hours to Canadian politics every day? Who can deny that he has made Power and Politics a fairly entertaining show, and attracted some people to the show who wouldn't otherwise be interested in politics? He is a decent genuinely warm human being, who among other things doesn't hit on young women like some of the other creepy old "stars" at the CBC. And his treatment by the cult-like managers at the CBC is definitely unfair. As they say, all things are relative. Look around at this broken country and ask yourself why we are so hard on ourselves, or ask yourself where we are going? Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-82631999446007785812015-06-10T20:21:08.381-04:002015-06-10T20:21:08.381-04:00hi anon...yes I feel the same way you do. If Canad...hi anon...yes I feel the same way you do. If Canadians knew how much the Cons are monitoring the internet, trolling it, and playing games on it, they would be horrified. But we are a complacent people and we are going to pay for that big time. I should add that I am not scared of them, and the day we catch them in one of our traps they are going to squeak like mice...Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-59761046930833481632015-06-10T20:17:18.181-04:002015-06-10T20:17:18.181-04:00hi Lorne...yes it is a sad story. He is despite hi...hi Lorne...yes it is a sad story. He is despite his many human flaws a very nice person. And that's the reason he is so patient, too patient in my view, with some of the Cons that appeared on his show. He lacks a killer instinct, but what he loses as a journalist, is what makes him so decent. And I find the CBC's treatment of him very unfair...Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-57358348007436966372015-06-10T20:12:36.696-04:002015-06-10T20:12:36.696-04:00hi rumleyfips....yes, Evan is really going to have...hi rumleyfips....yes, Evan is really going to have to pull his socks up, if he wants to dabble as an arts dealer. You know there was a very funny comment from another Evan Solomon who lives in San Francisco and is being mistaken by some for the one who lives here:<br /><br />http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2015/06/10/evan-solomon-american_n_7552918.html<br /><br />And in some report I can't find now he said he'd be very impressed if some of the talking heads in the U.S. media were running an art business on the side...Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-88347069289915317002015-06-10T20:05:44.866-04:002015-06-10T20:05:44.866-04:00hi anon...yes, Chris Hall is so conservative and s...hi anon...yes, Chris Hall is so conservative and stodgy that whenever he's doing the show first I scream and then I fall asleep. Just remember though that there are many good ordinary worker bees at the CBC, and it's the management cult that needs to be purged...Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-77426722330193587892015-06-10T12:51:27.883-04:002015-06-10T12:51:27.883-04:0010% is peanuts . Art galleries, dealers, auction h...10% is peanuts . Art galleries, dealers, auction houses charge from 30 to 60%. I have paid 10% finders fees ans accepted 10% finders fees. Its good business and its polite .rumleyfipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03346146988416679423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-36842283205819219492015-06-10T12:31:08.148-04:002015-06-10T12:31:08.148-04:00Such a convenient story to distract people's a...Such a convenient story to distract people's attention away from the senate rubber stamping bill C 51 yesterday.You really have to look hard to find this story today and when you do there's not much about it.<br />I gave up watching ES long ago.Same old same old.Except for his description of Vickers doing his Ramboesque shooting of Bibeau and his oval-shaped nonexistant bullet holes description in the alcove which CBC had to retract bcos they found out those holes were there when google did a walkthrough a few years previous.Then again maybe someone in the PMO wasn't impressed with Solomon's interview with the woman with the baby carriage who challenged the RCMP's report on the Ottawa shooting.<br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-48178899463278819362015-06-10T11:42:08.521-04:002015-06-10T11:42:08.521-04:00Well at least we still have the G&M and their ...Well at least we still have the G&M and their fearless copiests err, columnists.<br /><br />I too had thought that ES was getting a bit tougher with the Cons. Does the PMO have a new Enemies List? jrkrideauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04869979887929067657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-31561176598610022342015-06-10T11:04:13.924-04:002015-06-10T11:04:13.924-04:00I always thought P &P mostly sucked, but it w...I always thought P &P mostly sucked, but it was as close as you could get to an actual political discussion anymore..stopped watching when Solomon started shilling for Israel, it was so blatant that his supposed 'progressive' credentials went out the window..Sorry about your friend, Simon, but this seems like a bit of payback because of all the Con senators in the news lately...the rightwing whackos fighting back...and since all the info isn't in yet, I'll reserve judgement, even though I really find Solomon smarmy in the extreme and much too full of himself to ever qualify as what I would refer to as a journalist in the old school tradition...but then, who is, any more? mizdarlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14442803514546577849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-42617860364592521502015-06-10T10:46:46.282-04:002015-06-10T10:46:46.282-04:00As with other Canadian institutions the Cons have ...As with other Canadian institutions the Cons have been trying to bring CBC to heel for some time. Its a wonder Rick Mercer is still there. A good example of their tenacity is their internet spying program. Their ethically challenged pillar of family values Mr Toews first tried this under child porn but it failed to gain traction and he had to take one for the team before he turned into a pillar of salt. Then along comes the terrorist ruse and the rest is history. Just like a scrappy adolescent on an international stage someone will eventually throw a punch which will be used as an excuse for another round of freedom busting laws.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-62847688389224224572015-06-10T10:10:10.415-04:002015-06-10T10:10:10.415-04:00Hi Simon,
As much as I frequently criticize the C...Hi Simon,<br /><br />As much as I frequently criticize the CBC on my blog, I was saddened and disappointed to hear about Evan Solomon's dismissal. For me, he shone as one of the few critical thinkers unwilling to follow the larger CBC policy of appeasement often evident on the main network. I also admired his almost superhuman patience when his Conservative guests would refuse to answer his questions, instead parroting the lines given to them by Harper. Solomon would re-ask and rephrase his questions, seldom getting different results, but whatever disdain he felt for the puppets, he always showed respect and politeness.<br /><br />He will be very much missed.Lornehttp://www.politicsanditsdiscontents.blogspot.canoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-4778168829968574142015-06-10T09:22:05.318-04:002015-06-10T09:22:05.318-04:0010% ! Any art dealer or gallery would take 40-60%....10% ! Any art dealer or gallery would take 40-60%. His clients on both sides got off cheap. rumleyfipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03346146988416679423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-37738354394747749302015-06-10T08:26:42.892-04:002015-06-10T08:26:42.892-04:00hi zoombats...look although I am his friend I have...hi zoombats...look although I am his friend I haven't ever hesitated to criticize Evan for not being harder on the Cons. But I thought he has been getting tougher on them recently. He grilled Poilievre in a very satisfying way last week, and while he'll never be as tough as I would want, he is a very decent guy, he is definitely not a Con. And although his possible successors like Rosemary Barton and Chris Hall are good journalists, they are both far easier on the Cons than Evan. So I wouldn't be surprised if some of his harshest progressive critics end up missing him...Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.com