March 5th, 2008
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation has been encouraging debate about its online content for some time. In a new move, the public broadcaster is removing some of the controls placed on those discussions.
On the CBC News Editors’ Blog, Jonathan Dube announced that stories on the CBC.ca site are now open for public comments. They are […]
By Eric Eggertson -- 0 comments
March 3rd, 2008
Okay, so a member of the British royal family went into a battle zone and the media didn’t spill the beans.
Sherylynne Starkie of Strive Public Relations isn’t impressed: “It makes you wonder what else they’re not telling us,” she says, and quotes John Snow of the UK’s Channel 4: “One wonders whether viewers, readers and […]
By Eric Eggertson -- 4 comments
February 25th, 2008
The media is obsessed with bad news. Given the chance, they will take the worst possible angle on a story and play it up.
Just ignore the average sports story, the average business story, the average lifestyles story and the average local story.
And don’t pay attention to the coverage of official events, announcements, and anniversaries. […]
By Eric Eggertson -- 4 comments
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