Today's headline in the Calgary Herald blared the message that Liberal and NDP ridings all across this great nation have received more funding than Con ridings from something called the Knowledge Infrastructure Program. KIP is a program from Industry Canada which has earmarked 12 billion of taxpayers dollars for colleges and universities across Canada.
While it may be true that more total dollars has gone to non-Con ridings, Conwest forgot to mention that the vast majority of colleges and universities are located in non-Con ridings.
But never let it be said that statistics are not the refuge of the stupid. Conwest could, but did not, point out that while Alberta, with a population of less than15% than that in Ontario, received almost as many grants as Ontario (47 in Alberta and 56 in Ontario), In fact all four western provinces, with less that half that of Ontario received almost twice as many grants as Ontario. Quebec, where Cons are busting their humps to gain seats, received half of all the grants in the country.
Congratulations Conwest. You have shown your bias yet once again. No wonder you are bankrupt
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Monday, January 28, 2008
Ottawa Citizen (and Canwest) screws its freelancers
Graham Green, Executive Editor of the Ottawa Citizen showed up at a meeting of the Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ) on the
weekend to tell the assembled masses that the Citizen and its parent, Canwest, were pleased to screw freelance journalists.
This blog, on Jan 21,2008, broke the story that Canwest and the Citizen were imposing new contracts on freelance writers. The contracts (take 'em or leave 'em) stated that if you write an article for Canwest, then Canwest owns the article and can do whatever they want, in any media form. They can also make any changes they want to your work. You get paid once, regardless of the number of times your work is placed.
To make this even worse, Canwest has announced that they are going into the newswire business, which means that they can sell your work to anyone, in any form, anywhere in the world, without ever paying an additional cent to the journalist.
The final insult, I hate to use the term... but it is accurate, is that if I write an article and want to use it, even in an altered form, in a book I am writing; I need permission from Canwest; and maybe I will need to pay to fee to them also - buy back my own work.
The death of newspapers must be nigh.
weekend to tell the assembled masses that the Citizen and its parent, Canwest, were pleased to screw freelance journalists.This blog, on Jan 21,2008, broke the story that Canwest and the Citizen were imposing new contracts on freelance writers. The contracts (take 'em or leave 'em) stated that if you write an article for Canwest, then Canwest owns the article and can do whatever they want, in any media form. They can also make any changes they want to your work. You get paid once, regardless of the number of times your work is placed.
To make this even worse, Canwest has announced that they are going into the newswire business, which means that they can sell your work to anyone, in any form, anywhere in the world, without ever paying an additional cent to the journalist.
The final insult, I hate to use the term... but it is accurate, is that if I write an article and want to use it, even in an altered form, in a book I am writing; I need permission from Canwest; and maybe I will need to pay to fee to them also - buy back my own work.
The death of newspapers must be nigh.
Monday, January 21, 2008
Ottawa Citizen - Canwest Media - RIP
The Ottawa Citizen newspaper arrived this morning. Normally I know what time it gets here because I can hear it hit the front door of the house. This morning? Not a clue. Why? The entire paper is about 30 pages long, including the ads!
That is about the same size as an average EMC-News, a free newspaper in our area. Compare that to $22/month for the Citizen! And the content of the Citizen is equally light... and getting lighter. Why?
Welcome to the real world of media concentration and control. As much as everyone's favourite chubby talk-show host, L. Green, likes to point out the the mainstream media is left leaning; the reality is that the majority of newspapers and radio and TV stations are owned by two right-wing companies in Canada. Canwest and CTVglobemedia are the bees knees when it comes to censoring the news and the providing central control over editorials in their empires.
Canwest has got to be the worst. In January of 2008 they imposed a new agreement on freelance journalists who work for them. The salient piece of the agreement, and the one that is causing the CAJ members to burn up the Internet forums, is in the preamble wherein it states, and you have no recourse to this: for a meagre pittance, you can write for us, but we hold the right to alter anything you submit, plus we have the right to use the piece in any publication, print or otherwise, we own, without having to pay you any royalties for further such use.
That has caused many fine journalists and columnists to tell Canwest to take a hike.
Just take a look at what passes for editorial and argument in todays newspaper. Fluff piece on dog ticks, a aged born-again Catholic telling us that his crap don't stink and an over the hill sports guy who still thinks that the Toronto Make-Me-Laffs are in the running for the 2008 Stanley Cup.
Welcome to the 21st Century, where, if information is King, then we are all Surfs.
Smile at a Blogger. He/she may be your best source of news and opinion.
That is about the same size as an average EMC-News, a free newspaper in our area. Compare that to $22/month for the Citizen! And the content of the Citizen is equally light... and getting lighter. Why?
Welcome to the real world of media concentration and control. As much as everyone's favourite chubby talk-show host, L. Green, likes to point out the the mainstream media is left leaning; the reality is that the majority of newspapers and radio and TV stations are owned by two right-wing companies in Canada. Canwest and CTVglobemedia are the bees knees when it comes to censoring the news and the providing central control over editorials in their empires.Canwest has got to be the worst. In January of 2008 they imposed a new agreement on freelance journalists who work for them. The salient piece of the agreement, and the one that is causing the CAJ members to burn up the Internet forums, is in the preamble wherein it states, and you have no recourse to this: for a meagre pittance, you can write for us, but we hold the right to alter anything you submit, plus we have the right to use the piece in any publication, print or otherwise, we own, without having to pay you any royalties for further such use.
That has caused many fine journalists and columnists to tell Canwest to take a hike.
Just take a look at what passes for editorial and argument in todays newspaper. Fluff piece on dog ticks, a aged born-again Catholic telling us that his crap don't stink and an over the hill sports guy who still thinks that the Toronto Make-Me-Laffs are in the running for the 2008 Stanley Cup.
Welcome to the 21st Century, where, if information is King, then we are all Surfs.
Smile at a Blogger. He/she may be your best source of news and opinion.
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