On Protests Against “Fox News North”

Scott H. Payne

September 3, 2010 | 3 Comments

This quote has always stuck with me and comes to mind any time these types of debates arise:

“If we don’t believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don’t believe in it at all.” – Noam Chomsky

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3 Responses to “On Protests Against “Fox News North””

  1. lifeonqueen
    September 3rd, 2010 @ 3:31 pm

    The issue isn’t freedom of expression – the issue is the overt politicization of media and whether or not political influence is being brought to bear on the CRTC.

    Kory Teneycke, former CBC pundit, Sun Media columnist, paid speaker, is hardly short fora for expression.

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    Scott H. Payne Reply:
    September 3rd, 2010 at 3:35 pm

    Yeah, fair enough. But it strikes me that a lot of the outrage about this whole issue stems from the fact that a lot of people don’t like the idea of the station.

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    Jonathan McLeod Reply:
    September 3rd, 2010 at 5:52 pm

    I’m not sure why we think it’s so great to have the CRTC as gatekeepers for TV content. I don’t know why a government agency should be able to set up a caste system that potentially offers CTV Newsnet, CBC Newsworld, CNN and Headline News higher status than Sun TV.

    And I say this assuming the Sun TV will be absolute crap.

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