Province columnist Ethan Baron bluntly questions suitability of a BC Liberal insider acting as key advisor to Christy Clark. Online magazines and blogs including this one, have been warning about former Fraser Institute […]
New York town moves to protect water supply from fracking
Awareness builds elsewhere but the BC Government subsidizes hydraulic fracturing and enables the gas industry unprecedented access to fresh water, while ignoring the economic value of this precious resource. And they claim […]
"It would probably be appropriate for you to post an apology on your blog"
Mainstream media, through industry associations, promise to be accurate, unbiased and accountable to readers, viewers or listeners. However, in words of Hamlet, “. . . it is a custom more honour’d in […]
Efficiencies or surrender?
Cuts announced in Tuesday’s federal budget are “the result of identifying efficiencies in operation“, says DFO Minister Gail Shea. By 2014, almost $57 million will be trimmed from Fisheries and Oceans. Read […]
Watchdogs against evil, not
This is from the Statement of Principles of the Canadian Newspaper Association. “However, the operation of a newspaper is a public trust and its overriding responsibility is to the society it serves. […]
More woes in media
In addition to stenography, media damages the quality of information through misleading headlines. Here is an example sent to me by an In-Sights reader. It is a Kamloops Daily News article written for […]
"Are we missing something?"
I’ve discussed stenographic journalists who publish statements without appraisal, fact checking or balance, even when controversial or questionable allegations are repeated. The usual justification is that somebody said something and reporters merely […]
Mythbuilding through stenographic journalism
The Globe and Mail, courtesy of Justine Hunter and Ian Bailey, provides a fawning profile of Christy Clark, complete with this unchallenged quote, “There is a lot of appetite … for a […]
DFO ignores science to protect political interests
Alexandra Morton reports on testimony at the Cohen Inquiry that suggests a concerted effort by Fisheries and Oceans Canada to ignore and undermine science, even their own, if it points to fish […]
"Even if it means compromising democratic ideology"
Christy Clark‘s financial backer and key advisor Gwyn Morgan contemplates the difficulties faced by autocratic rulers in the Middle East: “Only a few weeks ago, instability in the House of Saud seemed […]
Socialism for big investors, capitalism for everyone else
Risk, Radiation and Regulation, by Nancy Folbre, Economics Professor, University of Massachusetts The New York Times, March 18, 2011 Early warnings about potential nuclear dangers in Japan and about Wall Street’s propensity […]
"Lowered the environmental bars . . ."
Extracts of testimony to the Standing Committee on Natural Resources, House of Commons, February 3, 2011 Will Koop (Coordinator, British Columbia Tap Water Alliance): . . . the rush to develop B.C.’s non-renewable deep […]
Politicians "too managed"
Simi Sara, speaking with John Horgan on CKNW, made a plea for politicians to speak clearly, from their own hearts: “I’ll tell you what I don’t like, having done this for a […]
Horgan questions Clark’s priorities
“In her first opportunity to raise issues of concern to British Columbia, did Premier Clark discuss the likely fallout from the June 24th referendum on the HST?” asked Horgan. “Did she raise […]
Sharks don’t circle for long
News item, The Star, Encana to buy stake in B.C. liquefied natural gas terminal “CALGARY—Canadian natural gas giant Encana Corp. is looking to tap into lucrative overseas markets by taking a 30 […]
Happening here too
From: Documentary Storm, Free Streaming Videos Gasland, a film by Josh Fox (Use this link, not embedded one in photo below.) H/T John W.
Sleaze rules in BC
RE: Sean Holman’s Public Eye: Lines of defence prepared for Hochstein appointment Comment by Warren White of Victoria, sent also to MSM pundits: Palmer, Hall, Good, Bailey, etc. “FYI – the email […]
What next citizens?
Great comments here today on the Basi/Virk misadventure. The question is: now what? The law industry believes that a few unconnected citizens can sit on the sidelines crying “Foul!” but life will continue […]
Justice MacKenzie not worthy of the position
Jeremy Bentham, English philosopher and jurist in the late 18th century: “In the darkness of secrecy, sinister interest and evil in every shape have full swing… Publicity is the very soul of […]
Wealthcare for welfare bums, again
Have you heard the Canadian Taxpayers Federation or the Fraser Institute economists complain of wasteful and non-market subsidies to the oil industry? No? Strange. Climate Action Network Canada
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