Media

JOHNSON – Will Bill C-18 make us more ignorant of what’s happening in our own country?

July 10, 2023 // 1 Comment

BILL C-18 IS BASICALLY the Trudeau government’s project to save the Canadian news media, but the bill is so ill-conceived and proving to be so counterproductive in [Continue]

NATIONAL PULSE – ‘Big Tech’ should pay their fair share but the question is how

July 10, 2023 // 0 Comments

By ANGUS REID INSTITUTE July 10, 2023 – An escalating tug of war between the Liberal government and Big Tech – with Canadian news content in the middle – is heating up [Continue]

LETTER – Local newsies are becoming a rare commodity

July 2, 2023 // 2 Comments

Small town newspapers online will be one of the only ways Canadians will be able to find their stories and news about their communities. The Federal Government’s Online [Continue]

FORSETH – How many more nails will be hammered into the coffin of radio?

June 25, 2023 // 4 Comments

I’M ANGRY! Yah … I guess maybe I’m a grumpy old man, although I’m only 68, but is the Canadian Radio and Television Commission (CRTC) not going to quit until [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Blurring the lines between objective reporting vs. opinion

May 20, 2023 // 3 Comments

THERE’S BEEN a bit of a controversy the past week or two involving comments by a local media individual that I won’t get into because he’s had his say — at great [Continue]

KNOX – Damn but it’s been a privilege to write this column for so long

April 9, 2023 // 6 Comments

LONG AGO, on my first day at the Times Colonist, I was toured around the building by an editor who cheerfully pointed out places where people had had sex. The cot in the [Continue]