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Mostly retired trainer-speaker-writer-type. Staying sane on PEI. Ex-reporter dismayed at what has happened to journalism.
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Good story from Cape Breton. Well done.

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Seems to apply everywhere.

submitted 2 hours ago • 0 comments

On balance, I was more comfortable with Fox employees lying about wars than running them.

submitted 3 days ago • 136 comments

This is what 24/7 TV news created.

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

What America needs is a “cease-liar.”

submitted 3 days ago • 179 comments

Good thread.

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

“Canada miraculously avoided voting in a government and a Conservative leader that worshipped mimicked adopted Trump values…but if your watching what’s happening in the House of Commons closely, you’ll see the DNA of Trump everywhere…” #cdnpoli

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The US Constitution gives lawmakers the power to declare war and authorise military activity. But Trump did not seek the approval of Congress before striking Iran. aje.io/819lk2

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

Bombing Iran. What morons.

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

So sad.

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

It's a shame that they play for video clips instead of trying to work for the country. Allowing TV cameras in QP was a big mistake.

submitted 8 days ago • 1 comment

Wow!

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

#AbolishICE

submitted 13 days ago • 68 comments

A reminder to reporters, when historians look back on this moment with the president throwing himself a military parade and the people throwing No Kings rallies across America, the media sources raving about the former and sneering at the latter are going to be quoted by name. This is your legacy!

submitted 13 days ago • 343 comments

Could we please stop speculating about an independent Alberta. It's a really bad idea. But so was Brexit - and look what happened. theconversation.com/what-if-albe...

submitted 13 days ago • 1 comment

Tragic.

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Banff's elected member of the Alberta Legislature has some strong - and, hopefully, effective - words about coal mining on the Eastern Slopes. Albertans need to speak up and the government needs to listen.

submitted 14 days ago • 0 comments

I keep saying, "It makes no sense." But I then wonder why I expect it to make sense.

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

Wow! It's one thing to edit CP copy for length. But to edit for perspective is not OK. The NP has always been bad, but some people take it seriously. Concentration of ownership and foreign ownership are wrecking Canadian news media.

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

“Beware the lollipop of mediocrity – lick it once and you'll suck forever.” Brian Wilson

submitted 16 days ago • 5 comments

Ugh!

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“The distance between what is said, and what is known to be true, has become an abyss…The death of truth is the ultimate victory of evil. When truth leaves us, when we let it slip away, when it is ripped from our hands - we become vulnerable to the appetite of whatever monster screams the loudest.”

submitted 16 days ago • 94 comments

I am reading and hearing the word "unprecedented" to an alarming degree. Journalists are using it to avoid "unlawful," "ridiculous" and "bat shit crazy."

submitted 17 days ago • 1 comment

🧵 I’ve talked a lot about disordered discourse, conspiracies, polarisation, denialism. But maybe the better question is: why does this keep happening? Why does our shared reality keep fracturing? What are the drivers I talk about as a dimension of disordered discourse?

submitted 42 days ago • 36 comments

Key advice here is think and plan now, while you're calm, because clear thinking is difficult when you're in chaos.

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

Your semi-regular reminder to check the sources of things you post. We have enough sites spewing disinformation. Let's keep this one sort of reliable.

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

I'd like to stop hearing and seeing the phrase "this is not who we are" about things that constantly happen. Maybe try "this is not who we should be".

submitted 19 days ago • 36 comments