tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31415271.post7747874509216465476..comments2023-09-22T06:22:50.820-06:00Comments on Ken Chapman: As a Citizen - Who Can You Trust to Tell the Truth?kenchapmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11384045981190810115noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31415271.post-72084649465098074972011-01-04T11:38:12.303-07:002011-01-04T11:38:12.303-07:00Take a deep breath Graham, surely you haven't ...Take a deep breath Graham, surely you haven't run out of epithets yet.<br /><br />Belligerence and bullying doesn't lead to safety, only more and sustained aggravation and conflict. The disease of paranoia hasn't developed to the US level but many are working hard to change that.<br /><br />Islamophobia is alive and energized by the neocon Christian fundamentalists all well represented by Faux Noise and the Peladeau boys. The Christians got a 600 year start on the Muslims in efforts of their own to: "No one kills more Christians than Christians". <br />I will decline to "Thank God" for your rogues gallery. Instead I will give thanks for deliverance from such pious infidels.Douglas Taylornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31415271.post-43941514321471516482011-01-03T22:17:40.971-07:002011-01-03T22:17:40.971-07:00@Graham: I'm curious as to what you think of ...@Graham: I'm curious as to what you think of the current level of access to public information we see in Canada.Gary Reinschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13603753517619500912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31415271.post-81283517635769879042011-01-03T18:51:44.935-07:002011-01-03T18:51:44.935-07:00No finer example of wimpy, whining, leftist, anti-...No finer example of wimpy, whining, leftist, anti-Israeli, pro-Islam, anti-Conservative twaddle, Ken. Thanks for posting. You always want to know what the defeatist other third actually thinks, and I can count on you to promote it. <br /><br />Thank god for Bush, Fox news, Harper, and the new Fox news north. They keep our country safe while the rest promote rot within. <br /><br />Btw - for those who believe that Islam is pissed because of the west, just take a list of where these guys operate - and it isn't just against the west. No one kills more Muslims than Muslims:<br />http://www.thereligionofpeace.com/Graham Fletchernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31415271.post-71438000939027337282011-01-03T11:56:44.224-07:002011-01-03T11:56:44.224-07:00I tend to think we slid into this kind journalist ...I tend to think we slid into this kind journalist media malaise some time ago in Alberta as the Conservatives became more entrenched and embedded in their belief of their divine right to rule. Ralph did his bit for this style as his reign went on and on. Don't you remember the "wing nuts" phenomenon 10 years or so ago when he clearly articulated the phrase " if you aren't with us, you are against us". And with our Rupert Murdoch/Carl Rove of the north, Rod Love, the Tories have been successful in demonizing "your Liberal cousins" at any response to House challenges from the Opposition. <br />Our two major print media outlets of the Journal and Herald have been up and down in their adherence to this intimidation. I remember previous to Ralph (I think) when the Journal took an editorial position of being the "unofficial opposition" when it didn't think there was much alternative to the ruling party voice. That went away until the wing nut era. And then the Journal seemed to take a significant push for change in the last election. Alas with voter apathy and deliberate string pulling of the Elections Alberta operations by Mr. Ed's machine, the Journal was whipped and has since retreated to a large part. The Herald is clearly a darling of the downtown power elite that put and kept Ralph in the chips.<br /><br />I believe the Wikileaks phenomenon is a result of this decline of the media professional ethos as an attempt to find another outlet for truth and understanding. Perhaps we need such a movement in Alberta. Or an Al Jazeera bureau here.Douglas Taylornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31415271.post-28305966728466446912011-01-03T02:18:16.853-07:002011-01-03T02:18:16.853-07:00Great piece, and even more relevant in this provin...Great piece, and even more relevant in this province, where we have issues that need honest coverage, and media that (despite some solid reporters) run the gamut from tame to obsequious.Bill MacLoughlinhttp://billmacloughlin.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31415271.post-25245835434927921962011-01-02T22:50:23.549-07:002011-01-02T22:50:23.549-07:00Re: As A Citizen - Who Can you Trust: Thank you f...Re: As A Citizen - Who Can you Trust: Thank you for posting this, Ken. I do hope many, many people will see it, read it, and understand it, and that you're not merely "preaching to the choir". I get more and more frustrated with people. Thirty years ago I thought, well it's bound to get worse and people will wake up. But how much worse does it have to get?!? It's time for everyone to wake up and take notice.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31415271.post-10843028932300570032011-01-02T22:27:12.307-07:002011-01-02T22:27:12.307-07:00I've often said that a democracy doesn't d...I've often said that a democracy doesn't die with a crash or roar - it dies when its people become silent. The problem that those of us who realize that this is happening in both Canada & the US face - is in bringing vast numbers of our pe...ers to the realization that this is in many ways our own fault, through allowing ourselves (as a whole) to become so blatantly apathetic.<br /><br />I wonder in the case of the US (as described in that article), would redirecting the public's viewership/readership at other media sources still be enough to correct this problem; or, will it come to those who still know the difference invoking their second ammendment rights for their originally intended purpose?Gary Reinschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13603753517619500912noreply@blogger.com