Christie Blatchford weighs in on this debacle. I think the Globe and Mail should be ashamed at how they treated the judge on this. Seriously ashamed and Blatchford was right to take her employer to task.
Remember, the media spins everything, try not to react without understanding the full context. Good advice I need to remember to follow to :)
Showing posts with label Manufacturing Scandal. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Manufacturing Scandal. Show all posts
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Thursday, July 9, 2009
Rest in Peace Wafergate
So, does "wafergate" as some media outlets and bloggers call it have any legs? Is this faux scandal dominating conversations around both the boardroom table and the kitchen table? Or is this a complete tempest in a teapot?
In my opinion this story is a complete and utter waste of time. The media outlets, bloggers, and others looking to make this a wedge issue or spin it for partisan game need to give their heads a shake.
There is no story here! Warren Kinsella, a prominent though massively partisan blogger is once again throwing out insults and trying to spin this this into a story. The sad thing is, I used to read WK as he had some insightful stuff to say. But that was when he was on the outside looking in, and not that he is back in the war room he is a venomous little troll.
In his latest posting WK proudly hosts the video that "proves" Stephen Harper didn't consume the host, or at least that's what he thinks.
As Michael Geist has written tonight on his top-ranked blog, Radio-Canada - a fully-funded agency of the Harper government, last time I checked - has gone after YouTube for hosting the now-infamous clip I and others posted two days ago. Before it was yanked, that little YouTube video was seen by more than 50,000 people around the globe - which may explain why Rad-Can was pressured to get it off the Internet. (CP and the Star have a segment of the video posted by "Kramet1" here.)
But, in pushing to censor the video, the Harper Cons have drawn yet more attention to Harper's mistake, one that many Catholics consider sacreligious - and, moreover, revealed themselves to be in the full-on (but ineffective) damage-control mode.
Anyway. Here's the video again. I will keep posting it, over and over, until they give up.
You could call me, ahem, a willing host for this one.
Not only is WK desperately trying to manufacture outrage and create a story, WK is also trying to lay the foundation of a conspiracy theory. What is going though his head?
This "controversy" has been laid to rest. The priest has come on record saying that the Prime Minister did consume the host.
The priest who delivered the homily at the funeral mass of former governor-general Romeo LeBlanc said Stephen Harper behaved properly when he took part in the communion service last week.
“The Prime Minister did consume the host; he did not put it in his pocket,” said Father Arthur Bourgeois, who had been a friend of Mr. LeBlanc for 30 years.
Oh, and WK feel free to keep posting the video, since it has been proven the Prime Minister did consume the host you will just keep looking like the petty little hack that you have become.
Thankfully, at least some of the LibLoggers are seeing this "scandal" for what it is. Hattip to you RedTory!
In my opinion this story is a complete and utter waste of time. The media outlets, bloggers, and others looking to make this a wedge issue or spin it for partisan game need to give their heads a shake.
There is no story here! Warren Kinsella, a prominent though massively partisan blogger is once again throwing out insults and trying to spin this this into a story. The sad thing is, I used to read WK as he had some insightful stuff to say. But that was when he was on the outside looking in, and not that he is back in the war room he is a venomous little troll.
In his latest posting WK proudly hosts the video that "proves" Stephen Harper didn't consume the host, or at least that's what he thinks.
As Michael Geist has written tonight on his top-ranked blog, Radio-Canada - a fully-funded agency of the Harper government, last time I checked - has gone after YouTube for hosting the now-infamous clip I and others posted two days ago. Before it was yanked, that little YouTube video was seen by more than 50,000 people around the globe - which may explain why Rad-Can was pressured to get it off the Internet. (CP and the Star have a segment of the video posted by "Kramet1" here.)
But, in pushing to censor the video, the Harper Cons have drawn yet more attention to Harper's mistake, one that many Catholics consider sacreligious - and, moreover, revealed themselves to be in the full-on (but ineffective) damage-control mode.
Anyway. Here's the video again. I will keep posting it, over and over, until they give up.
You could call me, ahem, a willing host for this one.
Not only is WK desperately trying to manufacture outrage and create a story, WK is also trying to lay the foundation of a conspiracy theory. What is going though his head?
This "controversy" has been laid to rest. The priest has come on record saying that the Prime Minister did consume the host.
The priest who delivered the homily at the funeral mass of former governor-general Romeo LeBlanc said Stephen Harper behaved properly when he took part in the communion service last week.
“The Prime Minister did consume the host; he did not put it in his pocket,” said Father Arthur Bourgeois, who had been a friend of Mr. LeBlanc for 30 years.
Oh, and WK feel free to keep posting the video, since it has been proven the Prime Minister did consume the host you will just keep looking like the petty little hack that you have become.
Thankfully, at least some of the LibLoggers are seeing this "scandal" for what it is. Hattip to you RedTory!
Sunday, September 21, 2008
Manufacturing Scandal
Senior cabinet minister Peter MacKay approved a $16,800 hospitality bill for a group of civil servants in an apparent bending of government rules, a newly disclosed document shows.
Pardon moi?
This is not balanced reporting.
The $16,800 hospitality tab — large, even by Ottawa's standards — was to buy lunches for 400 Passport Canada employees who were working weekends to cope with a crush of passport applications last year.
$16,800 / 400 / 3 = $14. 14 dollars per person, per meal. This seems entirely reasonable to me.
It went to civil servants working on their weekends, not to some ministers or political staffers.
As an aside, when employees working for me work late or on weekends, I pay their meal expenses. And they can spend up to 20 dollars for their meal. 14 dollars with taxes seems entirely reasonable to me.
I figure this is the least we can do when they are giving up their family time.
Let's all be reasonable here.
Pardon moi?
This is not balanced reporting.
The $16,800 hospitality tab — large, even by Ottawa's standards — was to buy lunches for 400 Passport Canada employees who were working weekends to cope with a crush of passport applications last year.
$16,800 / 400 / 3 = $14. 14 dollars per person, per meal. This seems entirely reasonable to me.
It went to civil servants working on their weekends, not to some ministers or political staffers.
As an aside, when employees working for me work late or on weekends, I pay their meal expenses. And they can spend up to 20 dollars for their meal. 14 dollars with taxes seems entirely reasonable to me.
I figure this is the least we can do when they are giving up their family time.
Let's all be reasonable here.
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