Comments on: Corus Cuts Leave a Sour Sound

By: Alayna Babbel

Alayna Babbel — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 04:42:00 +0000

I admit: I have been won-over to the fiscal doom-and-gloomers in regards to the marketplace. Has someone found any ray of optimism in this “recession”?

By: A. G. Tsakumis

A. G. Tsakumis — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 07:35:06 +0000

They’d attract more readers if they did recycle my old stuff…certainly better than what they’re putting out in my spot now… But it was time to go. You can only carry the team for so long. I wish 24 Hours well. They’ve got lots of potential and great reporters.

By: the Dude

the Dude — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:39:03 +0000

Also everybody PLEASE just be camplacent since we do live in a world where we are being told not only what we sould not listen to nor watch, but also a world where we are told What we should be not only watching... but what we should be enjoying.

By: the Dude

the Dude — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:22:25 +0000

GREAT BLOG ENTRY
but h.o when you say “… despite the hundreds of thousands of dollars it generates in advertising revenues … ” aren’t radio stations loosing big revenue like new paper? I remember reading a story about how radio audiences are drasticly declining to: mp3 players.. ipods… smart phones etc…

now when you take the skytrain people are not tuned top the radio with a little potable they are watching downloaded podcasts… listening to music on mp3 players.

now those same people spent their previous evening entertaining themselves playing playstation or watching batman 45…..

anyway: like very much Alex Tsukamis’s post… I am not a NW listener so cant really miss Bill there but I read the guy every week in that cheap free colouful paper (Free I like).

the best post was Norman Farrell’s truly geting to the bottom of things.

But as I repeat this is a great blog entry (the purpose, the aim, the root of this blog I think? MEDIA) h.o.’s specialty (amongst others) and at least on ein which he does not reveal any (quebequoi) National Secrets!!

(Response: If you’re still enjoyinmg reading Alex …you’re must be recycling old papers… he’s been gone from 24 hours for weeks. That’s almost as funny as the idea radio stations like NW are losing money! LOL!!! h.o.)

By: Genuine

Genuine — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:05:09 +0000

No Bill they just kicked you out when it didn’t fit there agenda.

By: Norman Farrell

Norman Farrell — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:49:33 +0000

B.T. (so does Bill Good) says, “. . . no one there has ever suggested I take any particular perspective on political issues.”

With respect Bill, instead they said goodbye.

Canwest probably never tells Fazil Mihlar what to write as Editorial Page Editor but they sure know in advance what they’re gonna get.

Most often, bias is controlled by choices in hiring and promotion, not by memos sent from the board room. At NW, Bill Good knows what keeps him safe and Rafe Mair knows what keeps him on the sidelines, despite being the most skilled talk show artist in the city.

(Response; A most interesting point! In fact, I blogged about how reporters etc are vetted BEFORE they are hired in August 2008, in a piece entitled “Media Conspiracy: Myth or Reality”. Here’s the url: http://harveyoberfeld.ca/blog/media-conspiracy-myth-or-reality/
… which still seems to apply. The only thing I would point out is that Bill’s current replacement, Monty Paulson, is in my view also “left” of center, although not as skilled to debate Spector as Tieleman … so that too could give the “right” an advantage in any discussion, which management might just prefer! h.o)

By: Bill Tieleman

Bill Tieleman — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:22:23 +0000

Harvey – thanks to you and your readers for the kind words about my work at CKNW. I won’t get into the debate about the station but I do want to make clear no one there has ever suggested I take any particular perspective on political issues.

By: Genuine

Genuine — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:34:08 +0000

AG Tsakumis you make a lot of sense and always speak you’re mind ,as always I enjoy your posts on this site,its not ndp or liberal,just truth in reporting I’ll bet you know a lot more than you report on ,I mean backroom deals,intelligence?I can remember when backroom deals were illegal,since when has that changed and who allowed this obscene chain of events to happen?When we elect a leader we expect him to operate out in the open,as for berner’s monologues,he had a piece on the sponsorship scandals and I just pointed out that simply harper,mulroney,cretien,martin all worked for demarais,you know the king maker?,and he didn’t post it ?Funny how these guys operate wounder if he turned that over to somebody?I’ll never visit that site again ,I just thought it was common knowledge,guess not so I’ll recommend Paul Polango’s book its a good read, about how things work federally and more and more provincially,I know you already know this …,but for those who don’t its called and rightfully so,Dispersing the Fog,my fog lamps are on, I suggest everybody else turn them on .

By: crh

crh — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:55:09 +0000

What we are seeing here is the effects of corporate culture. Pap from the top, mired in unreality. Big expensive suits, cars and lifestyles now in charge of everything. Telling us what to like and how to like it. Would you knowingly ask to be led by someone so removed from reality? Our reality? Now we have politicians so influenced by this monolith we call the Corporation, that we have lost all chance at democracy. Come and drink my cool-aid, and you won’t see the truth. Bill Good and Co, drink it all day. They want you to drink it to. It is soooo good. Take a sip and believe!

By: AJ

AJ — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:09:29 +0000

I’m not sure what the issue is with the concept of “Doing more with less”. You have been totally OK with Federal Civil Servants having the opportunity of doing more with less over the decades. It appears that the reality of doing more with less may be hitting some parts of the media. Sorry about that but you don’t seem to care when it happens to the Feds but you do complain about what you get when “Less” shows up as possibly less than ideal service delivery. Sorry to hear about the demise of Bill T.

(Response: There’s a huge difference between staffing levels at private companies and the federal government. Over 38 years as a reporter I saw quite clearly there were TWO types of federal/provincial workers: those who really work hard, long hours, even on days off and try their best; and then there’s the rest … who work at staffing levels that are excessive and a pace that would get them reprimanded or fired at most private companies. More “breaks”; more just standing/sitting around and chatting; more paper shuffling; more touchy feely meetings/discussions;health benefits, vacations and pensions most of us can only dream of etc. …. I don’t begrudge them ..what a great gig … but don’t tell me they don’t have it much better than people working in similar jobs at private companies. I had a relative working in Ottawa who was actually told to SLOW DOWN ..he was working too fast and doing his assignments too quickly and sometime on here ..I’ll tell the story of two almost identical t.v. shows I participated in while working at The Vancouver Sun… one on BCTV and one at CBC … and YOU won’t like the comparison. h.o