The Tyee.ca celebrates its 100th birthday this week, which means to say that some 100 days ago — towards the end of November 2003 — The Tyee.ca was launched as British Columbia’s much-needed “feisty online presence”.
In this week’s issue, Steve Burgess comments on the leave-taking of the esteemed duo of Michael Eckford and Fiona Forbes from CITY-TV’s Breakfast Television show (go on to read the comments at the bottom of the page, when you’ve finished Steve’s article); Tom Hawthorn writes on the cult of personality surrounding federal NDP leader, Jack Layton (and also offers this accompanying article about those fighting to join Layton’s “army”); and, journalist Tim Howard writes on the provincial Liberals’ recently announced “brown budget”, in which nary a word was mentioned about British Columbia’s “environment”.
And published today, Barbara McClintock, The Tyee.ca’s legislative reporter, offers this article on the recent raids at the B.C. legislature.
Good reading all, and worth checking out.
Category Archives: Media
Forbes Given the Boot
In a release to the media, reported in today’s Province newspaper, CITY-TV publicist Julia Caslin (one of the more misanthropic PR people I’ve ever had the displeasure of working with), announced that longtime Vancouver media maven Fiona Forbes has been, as the Province reports, “sent packing”.
CITY-TV moved quickly to update their Breakfast Television web page to reflect Forbes’ departure. No word from Forbes’ longtime co-host, Michael Eckford, who (no doubt due to shock and amazement at his co-host’s fate) was given the remainder of the week off by CITY-TV management.
In this Sunday, February 29th update, CITY-TV announced the departure of Forbes’ longtime co-host, Michael Eckford.
As Girls Spend More Time Online Teen ‘Zine Sales Slumber
The New York Daily News “Hot Copy” columnist Paul Colford reports that teen-magazine sales have plummeted — and online usage by kids is one of the key factors in the decline.
The suggestion in the article: any teen-oriented magazine these days better not be first-and-foremost a magazine, but rather an intelligently converged print / online teen information/news/entertainment source.
‘Liberal’ Apologist: Chasing Judith Miller off the Stage
The New York Times’ Pulitzer Prize-winning bio-terrorism reporter, Judith Miller, is taken to task for her role as an apologist for the Bush regime in Washington, with reference made to Miller having gone as far as hijacking a military unit while reporting on the war in Iraq.
And who said that the media are independent, and their reporting fair and balanced, in service only of the ‘truth’? Don’t you believe it for a moment.