Toronto's Globe & Mail has a series of "village ..." columnists--Doyle, Salutin, Lawrence, Stanford, etc. I believe these "provocative" writers are meant by the editors to be read ironically. That's the way I read them, anyway; it follows from the principle of charitably reading an author.
Posted at 2007-03-30 04:00:07 [PermaLink]Andy Barrie on CBC Radio in Toronto interviewed Gordon Henderson the other morning. He kept coming back time and again about some form of pro-military bias creeping into the film since Henderson was embedded with the troops. Typical CBC, particularly since Barrie is a draft dodger from the Vietnam era.
Posted at 2007-03-30 07:44:59 [PermaLink]John, who are you to criticize Andy Barrie?
If unbiased Andy says there's a "pro-military bias creeping into the film, " then there is. Case closed. Andy's take is Gospel, because we know he's impartial, since leftist bias does not exist at the CBC. How many times does the CBC have to tell you that? How many indignant letters does Tony Burman have to write to the National Post?
Why, just the other day, the powers that be at the CBC conducted yet another pointless sweep of corporate headquarters, just to placate neocon pooh-pooh heads like you, and found absolutely no leftist bias whatsoever. They even looked under Neil Macdonald's and Anna Maria Tremonti's desks and everything.
Jeez.... What's wrong with you?
Mike:
Mea culpa. Must take CBC sponsored re-education class.
John:
Let's hope we never see the day when "must," means exactly that....
I have nightmarish visions of archived programs of The Current and As It Happens playing on a continuous loop over the re-education camp speakers, 24/7.
:>)