02-12-2020, 06:50 AM
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Fearmongerer
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Iconic journalist/author Christie Blatchford dead at age 68
A lot of younger folks wont have a clue who she is unfortunately.
Truly one of the greatest journalists this country ever produced. I have been reading her for virtually my entire life. She did a lot of sports coverage back in the day as well.
RIP Christie.
https://torontosun.com/news/local-ne...box=1581513123
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02-12-2020, 08:32 AM
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First Line Centre
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Location: Calgary
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I didn't always agree with her, but she was never afraid to tell it like it is and stood by her principles; always worth reading.
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02-12-2020, 08:50 AM
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Norm!
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She was always a great read and very principled in her stands. She should be a guiding light for anyone that wants to be a journalist.
RIP
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02-12-2020, 08:51 AM
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leaves rex murphy and diane francis as some of the last voices for reasonableness
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02-12-2020, 09:30 AM
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I don't agree with her politics, but I did buy her book about her time in Afghanistan. Certainly she was one of a kind. RIP.
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02-12-2020, 10:35 AM
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Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Northendzone
leaves rex murphy and diane francis as some of the last voices for reasonableness
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Rex Murphy is a paid for shill for Oil and Gas.
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02-12-2020, 10:38 AM
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Franchise Player
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One of the best. Truly an independent voice.
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02-12-2020, 10:50 AM
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Originally Posted by troutman
Rex Murphy is a paid for shill for Oil and Gas.
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One of us! One of us!
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02-12-2020, 10:56 AM
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Originally Posted by troutman
Rex Murphy is a paid for shill for Oil and Gas.
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isn't everyone in the media paid by one side or the other?
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02-12-2020, 11:34 AM
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Originally Posted by troutman
Rex Murphy is a paid for shill for Oil and Gas.
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Where is evidence that he is a paid shill? I know that he has been paid to speak for oil & gas at conventions and AGMS (I have attended a couple of his talks - not very good), but I think it is a bit disingenuous to say he is a paid shill.
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02-12-2020, 11:43 AM
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Lifetime Suspension
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I’d put Rex into the Great Canadian category, and I would add Christie to that list.
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02-12-2020, 11:50 AM
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Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer
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Originally Posted by peter12
Where is evidence that he is a paid shill? I know that he has been paid to speak for oil & gas at conventions and AGMS (I have attended a couple of his talks - not very good), but I think it is a bit disingenuous to say he is a paid shill.
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https://www.canadalandshow.com/rex-m...st-responds-0/
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Rex Murphy has been paid to speak for Oil Sands companies, upwards of an estimated 25 times in the last five years [as of 2014], at a rate as high as $30,000 a pop, all the while using his pulpit at The National and his column at The National Post to beat the drum for the interests of these same companies. The question is, now that everybody knows about this, what will the CBC and the Post do about it?
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http://www.institutbroadbent.ca/rex_..._with_benefits
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/blogs/dail...205608575.html
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Critics are calling out the Newfoundlander, alleging a conflict of interest between his role as a freelance pundit for the public broadcaster and his paid speaking gigs before audiences of energy industry bigwigs.
The CBC is backing Murphy but the Vancouver Observer reports the corporation is looking at new rules requiring freelancers like Murphy to disclose their speaking fees.
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He is also a shameless climate change denier.
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02-12-2020, 11:51 AM
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Originally Posted by troutman
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Alright, alright, I'm convinced!
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02-12-2020, 12:17 PM
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Once it is available to download, do so of today's podcast of Sportsnet's Writers Bloc. Stephen Brunt and Jeff Blair discuss their relationships with her for quite a while.
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02-25-2020, 10:52 AM
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Interesting view from the “other side”. Someone not ready to sing her praises so loudly. As I said I didn’t agree with her politics at all, I read her book and thought it a good read. I certainly see this point.
https://www.readpassage.com/christie...ve-her-eulogy/
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02-25-2020, 11:02 AM
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Interesting view from the “other side”. Someone not ready to sing her praises so loudly. As I said I didn’t agree with her politics at all, I read her book and thought it a good read. I certainly see this point.
https://www.readpassage.com/christie...ve-her-eulogy/
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That's ####ing gross to read. A progressive mediocrity standing on someone's grave to make a brief name.
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02-25-2020, 02:37 PM
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That's ####ing gross to read. A progressive mediocrity standing on someone's grave to make a brief name.
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The resentment (including citing Blatchford's salary) crackles off the page. The part about Blatchford being 'given' a platform is especially risible. Embarking on a career as a woman in the newspaper business in 1975, Blatchford wasn't handed anything. Whatever else anyone may think about her opinions and approaches to stories, she was an extraordinarily hard-working and tenacious journalist.
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02-25-2020, 03:23 PM
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#1 Goaltender
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What kind of name is Davide anyways?
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02-25-2020, 03:40 PM
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Franchise Player
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What kind of name is Davide anyways?
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A lizard's name?
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02-25-2020, 03:43 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Calgary
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Can't take people with superfluous vowels attached to standard names seriously.
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