O.K. Check this out. CBC Watch has linked to my blog post detailing the reply from the CBC regarding my complaint about the context manipulation as exposed by Stephen Taylor. I had a clue that this would occur since I had received a very polite email a few days ago asking my permission (which is classy and greatly appreciated).
Now, that's interesting, but it gets even better. I just stumbled upon Inside the CBC.Com, which is apparently "The Official Blog of the Canadian Broadcasting System". They have linked to the same post (without my permission). "The National responded to a complaint from a blogger". Nice. No name; just a link.
If you click on the link about the "brouhaha", you will be directed to a discussion about Taylor's coup and the significance of YouTube as a blogging tool. (Oh, and BTW, his clip has been played more than 5,000 times, and is on the "most-linked-to" list, according to the article).
So here I am watching the CBC watching us watching them. I love the irony!
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So are you going to engage Mr. Insider on the blog about the form letter? It could be interesting to see what he has to say...
Yeah, I didn't see much discussion about the form letter itself. I imagine that's under the category, "Same old; same old".
CBC has been outed and this is not the first time. It is time taxpayer funding is withdrawn and CBC is forced to compete with the private sector. I hope Hockey Night in Canada moves to CTV because that surely will be the end of CBC. Without HNIC there will be no viewers, other than a small number of elites who continue to watch the drivel on CBC
Anon - My sentiments exactly.
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Tod Maffin, the paid blogger of record for the site, was the biggest CBC flag waver during last year's strike/lockout.
It is only a matter of time before CBC just brings its advocacy groups Public Airwaves and Friends of Taxpayer funded Propaganda in house too.
Tod Maffin, the paid blogger of record for the site, was the biggest CBC flag waver during last year's strike/lockout.
Wow. That is very interesting indeed.
Contrast that with the Blogging Tories, who are in no way funded by or affiliated with the CPC in a financial or legal sense.
Which would you pick for unbiased truth?
The CBC by a country mile.
I take it you are somehow connected to the CBC, or are you just a huge fan?
A fan of unbiased truth.
Unbiased truth... now THAT'S funny!!
Obviously Vanderhum is a student of the Baghdad Bob School of Truth... or the Michael Moore Institute of Satire.
Tango, thanks. I will probably be going dark for the next little bit. Always appreciate your input and good thoughts.
Dirk, I realize that when you post anything on the web, you'd better be prepared for it to be used in any way anyone so desires. You and your confreres taught me that lesson.
I look at it as a courtesy though. I especially appreciate when someone lets me know they are posting something from my blog, and they have a contrary opinion. A gay guy did that once when I posted something about gay marriage or whatever, and he sent an email saying he thought it was only right that I should know he was doing a post about it, and wanted to give me a chance to comment. Now that's class. It was a very mutually repectful situation.
I have been blindsided the other way too, but I think that speaks more to the character of the author than anything else.
Mac, ha! Yeah, when he got to the point of calling the CBC the source of unbiased truth, I knew he was a lost soul.
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