This is a story about Mike McCardell that really is not a story about Mike McCardell. There are few British Columbia television viewers who haven’t seen his reports, about people and places in the Lower Mainland, rounding out the tail-end of CanWest Global’s Newshour five times a week. People love his human interest stories … or hate them [...]
Entries from May 2009
Global Union Grieves McCardell Deal
May 27th, 2009 · 7 Comments
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No Public Ransom to Private TV
May 22nd, 2009 · 10 Comments
The big push by private television networks is on to get YOU to pay them for their “free” programming. No, they haven’t asked for a direct tax to be paid by television viewers … but a hidden tax to be applied through the cable operators. Because I have no doubt that if forced by the CRTC to pay [...]
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