Media

ROTHENBURGER – The horse-and-buggy days of the news media are over

November 18, 2017 // 0 Comments

ANY TIME there’s a tremor in a local media outlet, it rattles news junkies. Kamloops is full of news junkies. We worry about where our news is coming from. According to a [Continue]

PETERS – Journalists are increasingly in the crosshairs

May 27, 2017 // 0 Comments

WE HAVE a saying in the journalistic profession: “If you’re not making someone mad, you’re not doing your job.” This maxim is, in fact, why many [Continue]

PATIENCE PLEASE – Construction work in progress at ArmchairMayor.ca

April 11, 2017 // 3 Comments

Things could be a little weird at ArmchairMayor.ca for a week or so. I’ve been putzing around for the past few weeks on a new design, and figured on getting everything [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – The free ride is over; media outlets need tax dollars

February 1, 2017 // 2 Comments

An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. I’M SO VERY tired of listening to the Blame the Media game day after day. How easy it is to lay a guilt trip on [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Mainstream media ponder an uncertain future

October 22, 2016 // 6 Comments

THE MEDIA attended its own wake this week. At least that’s what it felt like at the 30th annual Webster awards in the Hyatt Regency ballroom in Vancouver. Normally, the [Continue]

EDITORIAL — We’re all just bloggers now

February 12, 2015 // 5 Comments

EDITORIAL — Everybody’s missing the point about Brian Williams. NBC’s anchor began a six-month suspension without pay this week for fudging the truth. Williams [Continue]