Nearly as shocking as Toronto police chief Bill Blair’s press conference last week were the results of a poll which suggested that Mayor Rob Ford’s approval ratings had gone…up? Yes—from 39 percent to 44 percent, according to a poll conducted by Forum Research a few hours after Blair’s press conference. This counterintuitive bump has been… Continue reading Rob Ford’s poll numbers and the convenient narrative
‘It’s real, and Ford is in it’: did the Star spike the football?
“We do not have a vendetta against Mayor Ford,” Toronto Star editor-in-chief Michael Cooke told the Ontario Press Council in September. “We simply don’t.” Does Cooke’s boss know that? On page two of Friday’s Star, publisher John Cruickshank high-stepped into the end zone, taking shots at the mayor, his brother and the “Ford acolytes” who… Continue reading ‘It’s real, and Ford is in it’: did the Star spike the football?
Don’t let words get in the way of commentary
“Pedroia…makes the play…throw home, two out, over to third, it gets away, Allen Craaaiiiig…is gonna come to the plate, here’s the throooowwww, he IS-” Well, what is he? In the brief and excruciating interval between Allen Craig reaching home base at the end of game three of the World Series and the obstruction call becoming… Continue reading Don’t let words get in the way of commentary
Controlling the answers—and the questions
In the acid trip that is Yellow Submarine, The Beatles stumble upon Jeremy Hillary Boob, PhD—the “nowhere man.” One of the first things Jeremy says is, “Ad hoc, ad loc and quid pro quo! So little time, so much to know!” Prime Minister Stephen Harper, a well-known Beatles fan, must have been watching this at… Continue reading Controlling the answers—and the questions
Friday Funny: CBC ombudsman answers the question we’ve all been waiting for
CBC ombudsman, Esther Enkin, posted the results of her investigation into a complaint against a column in which Neil Macdonald likened Republicans unto Miley Cyrus. The 1,300-word (!) review is worth a read, but for those of you who need to know in a rush, here’s the important part: “It is true the word describes… Continue reading Friday Funny: CBC ombudsman answers the question we’ve all been waiting for
