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News June 18th 2010

June 18 2010 // News

Read and produced by Lachlan Fletcher.

Stories written by Alina Gotcherian, Jonathan Moore and Jose Espinoza.

Thursday Roundup - New Media and Politics

June 17 2010 // News

President Obama's Tuesday night address was universally panned. It's hard not to like Rachel's version better.

Whither Canadian Decency? - New media and Politics

June 16 2010 // News

News June 16th 2010

June 16 2010 // News

Read and produced by Lachlan Fletcher.

Stories written by Emily Brass, Matthew Sarah Phelps and Gareth Sloan.

Afghan Detainee Document Deal

June 16 2010 // News

I promised to withhold judgement on the deal reached between 3 of Canada's 4 major parties over the Afghan Detainee documents. The NDP walked away from the deal saying that the deal shields the most crucial detainee information from scrutiny. Go read for yourself. Jack Harris of the NDP puts it succinctly: “The things you need to know — What did the government know? When did they know it? What advice were they given? Did they follow it? — that’s the stuff we will never see."

New Media and Politics - Canadian News Roundup

June 15 2010 // News

News June 14th 2010

June 15 2010 // News

Read and produced by Lachlan Fletcher.

Stories written by Chris Hanna and Sarah Deshaies.

New Media and Politics - Tuesday news!

June 15 2010 // News

Every day more proof rolls in like the tide of BP's malfeasance in the Deepwater Horizon disaster. Not just their unwillingness to give accurate assessments of how much oil is spewing into the Gulf, or their desire to prevent the press from showing the true picture of the extent of the mess and take photographs that break people's hearts, but criminal negligence and stupidity which led directly to the catastrophe.

Canadian News Update - New Media and politics

June 14 2010 // News

So word came out yesterday that Afghanistan is loaded with mineral riches. A trillion dollars worth or more. Now the US has spent 250 billion dollars in a war over there so far, so that means the return on their investment won't be fabulous but it does maybe explain why they'd fight for years and years in a vast ungovernable hellhole of a country famous for being the graveyard of empires. There's a pretty good chance that this was known to American intelligence some time ago.

New Media and Politics - Weekend News Roundup

June 14 2010 // News

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 Usually I like to intro any video I post but I thought this spoke rather eloquently for itself.

Canadian News Wrap - New Media and Politics

June 13 2010 // News

 

News June 11th 2010

June 11 2010 // News

News Produced by Drew Pascoe, read by Erica Fisher

 

Stories by Alina Gotcherian, Jose Espinoza, Jonathan Moore, Corentine Rivoire

New Media and Politics - Canadian Roundup

June 10 2010 // News

The Canadian Political landscape is a lot more restive than it ordinarily is at this time of year. Maybe it's because three months of the year disappeared down a prorogue hole or maybe it's because the Tories are busily trying to cram their agenda down the throats of parliament just before the break and Canadians are taking notice or perhaps wanton spending on the upcoming summits have made Canadians suspicious of a government that claims it is fiscally conservative. Whatever the reason, things are in a state of flux it would seem.

 

New Media and Politics - News Roundup

June 10 2010 // News

Was under the weather and couldn't make it in for the show but will be there Friday morning. In the meantime here's a whole bunch of links to the war news and the continuously gushing spill in the Gulf.

Since everyone seems to give the overseas wars short shrift, I start there.

 

Politically Canuck - New Media and Politics

June 9 2010 // News

Been busying myself with posts on single issues of late and kind of enjoying it. It's not really how my radio show works so it seems odd sometimes and I feel as if I may be short-shrifting the readers who show up looking for the day's wrap on Canadian politics. There's really not that much news out of Ottawa at this time of year (or there shouldn't be) as the silly season in Canadian politics is set to swing into high gear so we'll do our best.

 

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