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, [...]

Fox News North?

Kate Chappell

June 15, 2010 | 6 Comments

Judging by the tone of the media coverage, one might think Sarah Palin or Rush Limbaugh have announced their intentions to make Canada the 51st state. In reality, media giant Quebecor has filed for a license to launch a 24-hour cable news network. According to a news story, Quebecor’s endeavour will be a right-leaning station modelled after [...]

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