Indeed, another hit to commercial radio happened in Montreal today. Canada’s oldest radio station (arguably perhaps even the world’s oldest), originally sporting the call letters XWA in 1919, changing to CFCF (“Canada’s First: Canada’s Finest”) in 1920, and subsequent other call letters, frequencies and format changes for 91 years, ending up as CINW . . . → Read More: Canada’s Oldest Radio Station Has Gone off the Air: Is New Technology Taking Over Commercial Radio as We Know it?
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 | Trackback for this entryWell, since the success of the rallies yesterday, many media outlets have covered this. Craig Oliver was impressed. Too bad CTV didn’t send anyone to many of the venues. I never saw them or Global TV at the Montreal event. I heard this was the case at other venues. Blogging Tories and other . . . → Read More: A Challenge Launched by Another Blogger And Of Course…Other Media Failures Tags: Anti-Prorogation Rallies, Blogging tories, CJAD, corporate media, Facebook, Harpercons, Liberal Derangement Syndrome, Prorogation, social media | Category: Media Fail, Opposition Politics, Special events |
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| Trackback for this entryIndeed it was! In spite of the early hour and the cold, we did have a decent turn out somewhere between 700 -1000 folks (a few hundred joined in later at end venue), according to what I was told. There were merchants and passersby offering support. The police didn’t even get out of . . . → Read More: Montreal Event a Success! Tags: Anti-Prorogation Rallies, Gilles Duceppe, Marc Garneau, Montreal Raging Grannies, social media, The Bloc Quebecois, The Liberals, The N.D.P., Thomas Mulcair | Category: Main Stream Media, Special events |
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| Trackback for this entryYes! We have been blessed!! Gracing Montrealers (& the rest of Canada who will see pictures &/or film footage for that matter) with their presence will be Marc Garneau, Liberal MP & the Quebec Lieutenant; Thomas Mulcair, the one and only Montreal NDP Mp, and Professor Daniel Weinstock of Universite de Montreal will . . . → Read More: Tomorrow’s Rally In Montreal and Media Failures Tags: Anti-Prorogation Rallies, corporate media, Facebook, Gilles Duceppe, Montreal Raging Grannies, social media, Thomas Mulcair, Yellow Journalism | Category: Media Fail, Quebec Politics |
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| Trackback for this entryYikes! Where do I start? Pale and Montreal Simon wrote articles on this subject recently. There should be a whole anthology with a mass collaboration on the subject, especially since that Facebook group grew, demonstrations are being organized across Canada among other activities being planned. All this, thanks to social media; the blogosphere; . . . → Read More: Today’s Corporate Media Hacks-Not Only Hypocritical, But Also, Sore Losers! Tags: Charles Adler, Dan Cook, Facebook, Progressive Bloggers, social media, Yellow Journalism | Category: Main Stream Media, Media Fail |
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| Trackback for this entryWell, it appears that social media is really giving a run for the money against the corporatist media. It’s about time! For openers, the Facebook group, Canadians against the Proroguing of Parliament , is now nearing 50, 000 members and growing. There are other such Facebook groups, whose memberships are also growing. Twitter . . . → Read More: Well, It’s a Start! See What Can Be Done When We Make the Effort? Tags: Facebook, Jack Layton, Michael Ignatieff, Prorogation, social media, The Bloc Quebecois, The Liberals, The N.D.P. | Category: Opposition Politics |
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