Miss Information
The Huffington Post conducted a fascinating experiment this week. They crafted an article with a deliberately false headline just to see how many people would share it without even reading it. Thousands did. …
Politics
President Trump
“Upset” describes what Donald Trump pulled off and how many people feel this morning. …
Election Prediction
A former colleague once said to me, “people are liberal when they’re younger and they get more conservative as they get older”. My first thought was, well isn’t that a sweeping statement! And my second: that doesn’t apply to me. …
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Meet The Bloc
This is the best and clearest explanation I’ve seen for the millions of people who, inexplicably, support Donald Trump in an election that’s now just a few days away. …
Move Over, Chris
This week, Los Angeles became the latest American city to discuss replacing Christopher Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples Day. Italian-Americans aren’t happy because they see ol’ Chris as an important part of their heritage. But what’s more important? Continuing to honour a man for discovering something that was already discovered, or celebrating the truth? Â …
When it Comes to News, You Can’t Win
When our Mayor revealed his affair with his then-Deputy Mayor, we – as a news organization – were called names and overwhelmed with texts and social media postings about how awful we were to report it. Keep in mind that Matt Brown had gone from news organization to news organization on what I now refer to as his “apology tour”, and there were many questions about whether this affair affected city hall business. …
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Money-makers
Early on in my career, I undervalued myself and took a lower salary than I was worth. In a couple of cases, I later discovered that I could have earned a lot more. If I had had a little more confidence and faith in myself, I would have negotiated harder. It’s something I eventually learned to do. …
A Difficult Truth
A couple of years ago, I was hired by a local First Nations group to speak to their chiefs about media relations. They were finding it difficult to talk to reporters and to get stories reported accurately, and wanted some tips. I came away from that session with a tough realization: I had taken on a mild form of racism through osmosis in my years in media, and didn’t even know it. Â …
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U.S. Political Positions – Why They’re Locked In
Arguing about politics is futile. I’ve never had a conversation, or heard a conversation on the subject of politics that ended with, “You’ve really opened my mind up to your point of view and I now see that I was mistaken in my beliefs!” …
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Proud of Pride
In an effort to move our radio station away from the “angry old white man” perception of talk radio, we became one of the major sponsors of Pride London, which ended yesterday with the annual parade. …
A Tenor Hits a Foul Note
You don’t mess with a national anthem – ever. That’s what someone wise said in the wake of the rogue Tenor changing the lyrics to Canada’s anthem at MLB’s All-Star game earlier this week. Â …
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Required Reading
If you are tempted to say, “all lives matter” when you hear the phrase “black lives matter”, click HERE.
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