Sun TV News, George Soros and the Corrupting Influence of Money

Jonathan McLeod

September 7, 2010 | No Comments

Part of the story about the petition by Avaaz.org to fight the spread of Sun TV News (which I talk about here, for instance) is the allegation that George Soros is behind all this (Mr. Soros is a major player in left wing political activism in the U.S. – and he’s freakin’ rich).  On Twitter, [...]

About that Petition Against Sun TV…

Jonathan McLeod

September 3, 2010 | 1 Comment

Well, if you weren’t following the Canadian twitterverse today, you missed a bunch of stuff.  Apparently, someone signed the names of numerous journalists to that slightly paranoid petition Avaaz.org set up to fight Sun TV (aka ‘Fox News North’).  Even Tory Keneycke (the man behind Sun TV) had his name affixed to the petition. Well, [...]

The CRTC Makes the Rules

Jonathan McLeod

September 3, 2010 | 3 Comments

In a recent post, I noted two posts by Adrian McNair; one of which I disagreed with; one of which I agreed with.  To mix things up, I thought I’d make a note of one of his posts that I both agree and disagree with (and, in case Mr. McNair finds this post, I had [...]

Week in Review

Jonathan McLeod

June 19, 2010 | No Comments

The second week of the Commons is coming to an end; if you haven’t had a chance to catch up on all the goings-on, here is some of the commentary you may have missed: Fox News North & Quebecor and the Closing of the Canadian Conservative Mind: Kate opens up the discussion of a potential [...]

Quebecor and the Closing of the Canadian Conservative Mind

Jonathan McLeod

June 15, 2010 | No Comments

Well, I’d started a post about “Fox News North”, but, having chosen sleep over completion, Kate beat me to the publish button.  Nonetheless, I’m going to run with this post (and, now, cut out all the back story… thanks Kate!). (Oh, and you should read her post, go do it now, then come back.) First [...]

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