tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post2803697215948913240..comments2024-02-07T16:22:39.625-05:00Comments on Jeff Jedras: No TV is fine, but what’s the price of milk?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post-72936641880993994342009-10-27T03:07:21.538-04:002009-10-27T03:07:21.538-04:00I guess the PM knows it's safe to watch Americ...I guess the PM knows it's safe to watch American news channels - they rarely cover Canada.<br /><br />TV, and local news in particular, still reaches the biggest audience. You probably know that for an electoral candidate, a TV ad is a better bang for your buck albeit the airtime is much more expensive than radio.<br /><br />Even though that airtime is bought, mainstream TV outlets are often molded by the dictates of their ownership. This can lead to <a href="http://eagle.gmu.edu/newsroom/780/" rel="nofollow">manipulation.</a><br /><br />As for <a href="http://adage.com/mediaworks/article?article_id=139133" rel="nofollow">Twitter,</a> it makes me <a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10378741-2.html" rel="nofollow">jitter.</a>lyricalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02405152724476514152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post-233516656463280362009-10-27T02:39:25.013-04:002009-10-27T02:39:25.013-04:00Why would he watch Canwest global, Rogers or read ...Why would he watch Canwest global, Rogers or read the Sun stuff? They're all bought and paid for, and what they're talking about tonight came from his talking points this morning. That's what it's like to have the new bottomless Can-Debt card. Fully covered by taxpayers, invested in the next crop of five-year olds who'll be paying for it and Harper's other sins until they hit middle age. Any day's a good day for a fly-down to Fox if he wants to bask in his own reflective glow...rockfishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02835472375196889875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post-9074191194310055752009-10-26T16:27:48.002-04:002009-10-26T16:27:48.002-04:00Like I said sir I'm not sure if he listens or ...Like I said sir I'm not sure if he listens or not to Canadian news. But it sounds a little bit when hockey players say that they don't read the papers,cause they don't want to see whats written about them.<br /><br />But when you're the PM you become the news.For the majority of Canadians their days are from 8 am to 5pm and weekends and holidays off. He probably has countless meetings across the country and no doubt knows more what is going on in the country more so than some watching news. That's my opinion and I'm sticking to it;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post-44229165719065327262009-10-26T15:49:43.160-04:002009-10-26T15:49:43.160-04:00My point is about the diversity of news that he...My point is about the diversity of news that he's exposed to.<br /><br />I'm sure he gets the clipping package, and I'm sure his staff briefs him on the news of the day. But there are filters on each, and the topics are going to be narrowly confined to national political news that (his staff thinks) he needs to know... Read more. And while good staff wouldn't do this, it would be unsurprising if they didn't bring up stories he wouldn't like.<br /><br />He has an obligation to break out of the bubble and get news from as many sources as possible, and be exposed to as many voices as possible. To learn that he is deliberately walling himself off is concerning.Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14971310821484459106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post-86061845045024893682009-10-26T13:29:15.279-04:002009-10-26T13:29:15.279-04:00Maybe he watches US news hoping he'll see hims...Maybe he watches US news hoping he'll see himself on a broadcast. After all, why does he invest Canadian taxpayers' money to appear on TV news shows?<br /><br />But I'm with you and Harper: I don't watch Canadian news - but I don't watch US news either. I prefer newspapers and magazines and the web.Loraine Lamontagnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12512459284158685617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post-86123292450221955082009-10-26T13:23:53.876-04:002009-10-26T13:23:53.876-04:00Good blog post. The PM, regardless of Party affil...Good blog post. The PM, regardless of Party affiliation, should not be getting his/her news from the media. I want my PM getting the news from internal government sources that are, hopefully, more accurate, and sans spin, than the MSM.Reidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00601342147663575029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post-26563307983333760152009-10-26T12:20:15.397-04:002009-10-26T12:20:15.397-04:00I don't know if Mr.Harper really doesn't w...I don't know if Mr.Harper really doesn't watch Canadian news. But I'm sure that he knows more what is going in our country than you and I watching the news on a nightly base.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com