Sadly the newspapers really aren’t much better.

It would help if there were anti-monopoly laws for papers and news station ownership.

Hopefully, this is one of the reasons that people will turn to the “blogosphere” where there are a wide variety of voices and a true diversity of opinion.

By the process of elimination, the reader is forced to believe that The Globe and Mail was indeed “following some corporate order or edict”.

My guess is that they picked up a Press Release and because of the inability of Easterners to understand B.C. matters, they just swallowed the bait without chewing.

In other words, I cannot see how it would be their own honest view if they had come to it through due diligence.

I think, too, that they really needed to hear from the British Columbians who rushed into print.

Strange to realize that, as Gary E said, we’re creating a whole fresh genre of Alternate Press which is trying to fill the gaps in news coverage.

It’s not difficult to understand why this is so. Big Media depends upon advertising, advertisers are Big Business and contradictory as it may sound, Big Business is anti-worker. That much I regretfully understand.

So while hating it, I sorta halfway grudgingly do get it that CTV, CHEK, Global, and CKNW have totally caved at the feet of Campbell … but …

I absolutely cannot understand why today’s proud old Globe and Mail would turn its lede editorial into a slavering, slobbering bootlick for BC’s most hated premier.

Would you talk a bit about that, please?

(Response: It really doesn’t bother me to see anyone taking a particular editorial stance IF they really believe it and are not just following some corporate order or edict, I have no problem with it. It’s their view. ho)

The current batch of holders seem to have forgotten they aren’t supposed to be cheerleaders.

Well done.

No pandering,just the honest truth, its about time that someone with standing told the MSM what the people of BC are thinking!

My hats off to you Harv!

P.S. Keep that up and your likely to get STEAK and SPAGHETTI

I’d like to thank you for helping myself and I’m sure others in your in depth writings about the goings on in the Media. It is really refreshing to know that there is someone out there with knowledge of the workings of a reporter. For a couple of years now some of us had been labeled by members of the press as conspiracy theorists. Part of that label came from writings about the Legislature Raids in 2003. ie; Government is hiding things or covering up. But I had noticed that when we started taking the press to task for lack of reporting, that is when the conspiracy theorist thing emerged.
Most of us are not professional reporters, but average Joe Citizens who see that something is drastically wrong with this government and the press. And your input is invaluable. Your reporting here not only shows us what is missing but what questions we might ask.
And secondly Harv, thanks for this article which shows me the extent of the prostitution going on with the media and this government in particular.

(Response: Thanks, Gary. That’s why I do this: Lord knows I have lost some good friends in the media (and made new ones as well!) as a result of my honest beliefs opinions expressed here .. and note there are no ads on this site ..so I benefit in no way, other than being happy to generate discussion that I feel is important to our democracy and media integrity. As to your specific comments, I still do not believe there is a “conspiracy” … just independent favoritism now being openly promoted and expressed by the corporately run and owned media favoring the conservative or right-wing point of view … and apparently there are no longer the strong newsroom managers who somehow used to successfully be able to fight this off and protect the BC media’s integrity.. ho)