As @stphnmaher writes in today’s @TorontoStar, the CTV/Poilievre edit wasn’t a malicious plot, it was fuck up, the kind that almost inevitably happens when you strip newsrooms of experienced staff https://t.co/pXqNx1kuzM pic.twitter.com/tPUArXipqz
— Richard Warnica (@richardwarnica) September 28, 2024
The mistake was rather obvious. No one believes Pierre Poilievre is pushing for a federal election over the new dental care program. Carbon tax. If the federal opposition leader did get that election and won, the dental care program is pretty much as good as gone or underfunded or not as good as it should be. Poilievre won't address the issue of whether the Conservatives would keep the new dental care program.
The opposition leader has said no one is getting help with dental care when that definitely isn't true.
CTV News' Omar Sachedina had previously aired a statement apologizing to Poilievre and the party: "Last night, in a report on this broadcast, we presented a comment by the official opposition leader Pierre Poilievre that was taken out of context. It left viewers with the impression the conservative non-confidence motion was to defeat the Liberals dental care program. In fact, the Conservatives have made it clear the motion is based on a long list of issues with the Liberal government including the carbon tax. A misunderstanding during the editing process resulted in this misrepresentation. We unreservedly apologize to Mr. Poilievre and the Conservative party of Canada. We regret this report went to air in the manner it did."
CTV apologized for the mistake. CTV threw 2 people under the bus for said mistake, firing them from their jobs. That is way more than most people get in retribution for a journalism mistake. That's the reality.
Struck by how terrified CTV sounds in these statements. Not just regretful, but quite abject. As if they fear … retribution. https://t.co/NaI3N6dubJ
— Andrew Coyne 🇺🇦🇮🇱 (@acoyne) September 26, 2024
Pierre Poilievre has made journalists out to be the bad people in the world. They cover Poilievre like they are scared of him. We've written extensively about Bell Media journalism cuts.
Jesse Brown and Rahim Mohamed shared thoughts on this for Canadaland. The original idea came from an episode of Question Period from CTV. Question Period host Vassy Kapelos is not known for being kind to non-conservative politicians. Mohamed backs that up. The episode they question was about the dental care program. The theory is that the dental care program was the impetus for the story that ran on CTV on the Sunday night newscast in question.
This doesn't excuse a mistake, a definite mistake. The idea that there was a deliberate attempt by CTV or any other news outlet to mix that up — it's too obvious to not get caught.
Great point by former NDP MP Françoise Boivin. Should @PierrePoilievre really be rejoicing in @bell stock being downgraded by moodys?
— Jaro Giesbrecht (@JaroGiesbrecht) September 25, 2024
Should a potential Prime Minister to actually celebrate the demise of a Canadian company that employs so many Canadians? #Cdnpoli pic.twitter.com/pRop5dFets
Poilievre was happy that Bell Media's stock has tumbled. This is part of a larger strategy to get really great coverage, which apart from this incident, Poilievre gets. Cheering for a prominent Canadian company when they are down financially. Poilievre already wants the defund the CBC.
Interesting how Poilievre would never go after Postmedia in a negative fashion. We may hate it but the tactics work. Justin Trudeau is very positive about things in Canada; Pierre Poilievre isn't. Consistently. Again, this is not about politics. This is about approach and beliefs.
Short Cuts: Who Framed Pierre Poilievre? (Canadaland)
CanadianCrossing.com journalism coverage
Canadians should ask if Poilievre becomes prime minister as to whether or not he will be accountable to Canadian journalists. Well, the few that are left. Politics aside, this isn't good for journalism or democracy.
I sent this in and got the call. My last cartoon, I think, in the Chronicle Herald. It's not published yet. pic.twitter.com/Wg82rwTnyr
— Michael de Adder (@deAdder) October 8, 2024
If you go back far enough, I want to be a catcher for the Cincinnati Reds, like Johnny Bench. A most reasonable life dream would be as an editorial cartoonist. My lack of drawing ability did me in for that career.
Michael de Adder is a very talented editorial cartoonist. The ideas. The drawings. You have to tell a lot in a small space. de Adder happens to be Canadian. While his work can be found in a lot of places, his base has been The Chronicle Herald in Halifax.
Postmedia, owned by American hedge funds who are definitely pro-toddler, took over the SaltWire publications in Atlantic Canada. Besides firing de Adder, Postmedia also fired long-time columnist Ralph Surette for, well, doing their jobs well.
Whatever we might have thought about SaltWire's ownership, Postmedia has been way worse and it hasn't been in charge for long.
You can follow @deadder on Twitter and his other platforms. With all of these bailouts for Canadian journalism, Postmedia pockets a lot of that money and not using that money to save local journalism.
— Michael de Adder (@deAdder) October 16, 2024
Bell Media making deep cuts to W5, CTV local newscasts
W5 returns in October as Avery Haines leads Canada’s top investigative team, debuting on all platforms, including https://t.co/1kZunfYtgi, CTV News App, CTV News Channel and CTV National News. pic.twitter.com/CVKKcSDehW
— CTV W5 (@CTVW5) September 11, 2024
This is the first tweet that @CTVW5 has sent in months. Bell Media ended the show in February, on since 1966 (not a typo) as part of cost-cutting. Bell Media kept the name and concept in house to use on CTV News platforms, just without the legitimacy the show established for decades.
Canadian viewers are getting microdoses of something that looks like W5. Narco Jungle: The Death Train. We also get related occasional documentaries under the title W5: Avery Haines Investigates.
Feels like a stylized W5 to be more flashy than relevant. The W5 name without what made the W5 name significant in Canadian journalism.
Keeping the W5 name within its newscasts keeps others from stealing the ideas and even personnel. Bell Media wants the credit for W5 just not to spend the money needed for strong journalism.
It is a shocking failure of editorial judgment to give a foreign agent airtime to attack the credibility of Canada’s government after it expelled him for playing a role in the murder of Canadians on Canadian soil. https://t.co/HXAIGk2Sw4
— Andrew Tumilty (@AndrewTumilty) October 20, 2024
Bell Media and CTV is spending money on Question Period, a show making questionable bookings such as this one. Vassy Kapelos interviewed India High Commissioner Sanjay Kumar Verma, a person allegedly linked to the murders of Canadians on Canadian soil.
The timing is awkward because of alleged ties between India and Pierre Poilievre in terms of foreign pressure on the last Conservative Party leadership race.
Kapelos could be seen as helping Poilievre and hurting Trudeau as well as Canada in airing this interview. Does that tie back to Poilievre's criticism of CTV News? Not much more of a stretch than Poilievre used against CTV News and Bell Media.
We aren't trying to pick on CTV and Bell Media. A coincidence that all of these stories are hitting around this time. Speaking of Bell Media, here is one more journalism story.
SHE’S BACK 🤩@saraorlesky is in the host’s chair for all #NHLJets home games on @TSN_Sports this season! pic.twitter.com/l2kcNpH9TJ
— Winnipeg Jets (@NHLJets) October 11, 2024
Everyone loves Sara Orlesky so why is it a big deal for Orlesky to host the Winnipeg Jets home games on TSN3? Orlesky is an employee of the Winnipeg Jets and not TSN. That is why this is a big deal that Orlesky (employee of the team) is replacing John Lu (employee of TSN).
We aren't surprised that the Jets did this. The inclination is that TSN might have done this to save a few bucks, even if they are paying John Lu to cover the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the CFL.
Sports teams aren't suppose to have a conflict of interest of this magnitude. I like Sara Orlesky but this looks and smells bad.
photo credit: CTV News
Twitter captures: @richardwarnica; @acoyne; @JaroGiesbrecht; @deAdder; @CTVW5; @AndrewTumilty; @NHLJets
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