Media

ROTHENBURGER- Armchair Mayor’s Top 10 ‘small stories’ of the year that was

December 31, 2022 // 2 Comments

THE BIGGEST NEWS of the year is very much in the eyes of the beholder. According to the Canadian Press, the Number One news event of 2022 was the trucker siege of downtown [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Lisa LaFlamme, the media and drawing our own conclusions

August 20, 2022 // 1 Comment

MOST EVENINGS for the past several years, our TV set has been tuned to the CTV National News with Lisa LaFlamme (but not before the local news, of course). LaFlamme is, or [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Rogers outage is about a lot more than a little inconvenience

July 11, 2022 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. GOT AN APOLOGY from Rogers president and CEO Tony Staffieri in my inbox Sunday morning. “As you know,” he wrote, “we experienced a [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – The convoy – Don’t believe everything you read or see

February 5, 2022 // 0 Comments

EACH AND EVERY DAY, 100,000 airliners land safely. Nobody pays any attention to it. It’s not news. No headlines on the front page, no “breaking news” on TV. How many [Continue]

IN THE LEDGE – A tribute to retiring broadcast journalist Doug Collins

November 2, 2021 // 2 Comments

Comments by Kamloops-South Thompson MLA Todd Stone in the B.C. Legislature on Monday, Nov. 1, 2021: T. Stone: A strong and independent news media is essential for the [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Journalists still the best way to get unbiased information

October 21, 2021 // 1 Comment

FACEBOOK HAS NOW increased protection for journalists against harassment, bullying, and death threats according to its global safety chief (Oct. 14, 2021, Globe and Mail). [Continue]

SUZUKI – CBD gummy scam illustrates the need for media literacy

October 12, 2021 // 0 Comments

WOULD YOU BUY cannabis gummies from me? Apparently, hundreds of people would. Only trouble is, I don’t sell them, and I’m not looking for business opportunities. [Continue]

BEPPLE – Those who vandalized local CBC news vehicle are cowards

April 7, 2021 // 1 Comment

THIS PAST WEEKEND, Trump arrived in Kamloops, and it was an ugly scene. Using the words made famous by former U.S. president Donald Trump, one or more vandals spray painted [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Here’s to journalists who bravely bear witness to mayhem

January 9, 2021 // 1 Comment

THERE WAS A CERTAIN IRONY in finding a copy of The Epoch Times in my mailbox this week on the anniversary of the closing of The Kamloops Daily News. The Epoch Times is a [Continue]

MEDIA – A KGB guide to subverting the press to your own agenda

November 23, 2020 // 0 Comments

By LEE HARDING Frontier Centre for Public Policy ‘I CANNOT BUT WONDER why are people pushing for socialism and communism?” an elderly friend wrote on Facebook. “Are [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Ottawa’s plan to force digital giants to pay for news is doomed

October 3, 2020 // 1 Comment

YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSED IT in the recent throne speech but the federal government intends to tax the digital giants Facebook and Google (FG). The feds are reacting to [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – The pandemic will either kill newspapers or save them

April 4, 2020 // 0 Comments

THE LAST NAIL IN THE COFFIN of the community newspaper industry has a name — COVID-19. Or, the virus might prove to be its salvation. It could go either way. Several [Continue]

MEDIA – TRU student presented with Armchair Mayor Journalism Award

November 29, 2019 // 0 Comments

Congratulations to Aidan Grether, the recipient of the 2019 Armchair Mayor Journalism Award. I had the pleasure of presenting Aidan with the award Thursday evening (Nov. 28, [Continue]

MEDIA – ‘People want truth, but not what the media are giving them’

September 26, 2019 // 1 Comment

By MEL ROTHENBURGER Director, Electoral Area P, TNRD Canadians want the truth, but they want the truth about stories the media aren’t giving them, former CBC news anchor [Continue]