Rob Ford's Toronto

[Riverdale Rink Rat]

Would you CC: the Gay Pride people exhorting them to deny participation of said Mayor in their parade for the same reason?

Yes, spider, I would. However, this Mayor would have to SHOW UP at Pride before you could deny participation, right?

 

[LowPolygon]

It was amazing how much territory they covered in what was probably less than a 10 minute segment. This is what professional news organizations can do - quite a contrast to the amateurish CBC report from last Friday.

You mean "professional news journalists" like Robyn Doolittle and Kevin Donovan don't you?

Anyway, CNN sure was a "total contrast" to the CBC, in that it was a total lightweight puff piece--from the 'hunky dude reporter' on down.

Hockey jokes? "Canadians are so friendly, so nice!"? "wow, no metal detectors at city hall!", jokes about maple flavoured crack?? Not one comment from an anti-Ford voter or City Councillor??

You call that covering a lot of ground?

Give me a break.

 

[newearthling]

Hallelujah....a Christmas Miracle of sorts! Hopefully he sticks to this decision, but who knows with this guy.

http://toronto.ctvnews.ca/rob-ford-will-not-be-marching-in-santa-claus-parade-1.1538791

I thought this was interesting:

“I kind of thought you know, you have the mayor of your city walking and waving at you, and like our celebrity clowns, and I thought it was pretty neat -- but that’s his choice.”

RF is now a real-life celebrity clown.

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

Would you CC: the Gay Pride people exhorting them to deny participation of said Mayor in their parade for the same reason?

At this point, yes - I wouldn't want that freak anywhere near any public event - and most certainly not as the city representative.

AoD

 

[Riverdale Rink Rat]

You mean "professional news journalists" like Robyn Doolittle and Kevin Donovan don't you?

Anyway, CNN sure was a "total contrast" to the CBC, in that it was a total lightweight puff piece--from the 'hunky dude reporter' on down.

Hockey jokes? "Canadians are so friendly, so nice!"? "wow, no metal detectors at city hall!", jokes about maple flavoured crack?? Not one comment from an anti-Ford voter or City Councillor??

You call that covering a lot of ground?

Give me a break.

No new ground in further burying the Mayor; therefore, more pro than the folks that broke the story. Or something.

 

[newearthling]

You mean "professional news journalists" like Robyn Doolittle and Kevin Donovan don't you?

Anyway, CNN sure was a "total contrast" to the CBC, in that it was a total lightweight puff piece--from the 'hunky dude reporter' on down.

Hockey jokes? "Canadians are so friendly, so nice!"? "wow, no metal detectors at city hall!", jokes about maple flavoured crack?? Not one comment from an anti-Ford voter or City Councillor??

You call that covering a lot of ground?

Give me a break.

Yes, why have there been virtually no interviews with the Anti-Ford nationalities?
All the air time is given to brain dead Ford zombies.

 

[kbdid]

awesome and terrible at the same time.

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

CanadianNational


"There needs to be a) less politeness around him at city hall. Why is everyone prefacing their camera moments about him with niceties? b)drastic diminishment of his powers via council."

Exactly.

+1000! Time to call a spade a spade.

AoD

 

[ThinkRicky]

You mean "professional news journalists" like Robyn Doolittle and Kevin Donovan don't you?

Anyway, CNN sure was a "total contrast" to the CBC, in that it was a total lightweight puff piece--from the 'hunky dude reporter' on down.

Hockey jokes? "Canadians are so friendly, so nice!"? "wow, no metal detectors at city hall!", jokes about maple flavoured crack?? Not one comment from an anti-Ford voter or City Councillor??

You call that covering a lot of ground?

Give me a break.

The Fifth Estate piece was a great summary of the Ford saga for the kinds of people who only half-overhear newsbites while they cook dinner, which is extremely important if we want to avoid electing another guy like him in the future. I also think it's important to remember that CNN is another corperate "news" organization with a lot of money coming in and dictating how they report, and comparatively the CBC has a lot fewer resources to work with.

Mainstream US news is usually garbage, the CNN bit was no exception.

 

[cutlass]

Cnn did sort of a fluff piece. The spirit of it was in line with erin burnett's outfront show.

 

[Bebop17]

Yes, why have there been virtually no interviews with the Anti-Ford nationalities?
All the air time is given to brain dead Ford zombies.

Sadly, we're not newsworthy.

 

[Frankie1984]

Doesn't the Rob Ford bobble-head look awfully like someone else...

 

[SunriseChampion]

Why the funk does that even exist?! Bobble heads are terrible at the best of times.

 

[SunriseChampion]

I'm going to have nightmares now.

 

[TOperson]

http://outfront.blogs.cnn.com/2013/11/11/embattled-toronto-mayor-rob-ford-im-not-going-anywhere/

Thanks!