tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post1122048101017516343..comments2024-03-28T22:02:16.520-04:00Comments on Politics and its Discontents: Star Readers Speak Out On CETALornehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-12162397092443178622016-11-02T08:46:28.653-04:002016-11-02T08:46:28.653-04:00I, too, have been struck by the absence of substan...I, too, have been struck by the absence of substantive coverage by the media on CETA, BM. After Wallonia's capitulation(?), news readers adopted a certain breathless quality in reporting on the trade deal's 'rescue,' with nary a reference to the investor state dispute settlement, as if it were of no consequence whatsoever. Lornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-21558340634126908522016-11-02T07:32:07.088-04:002016-11-02T07:32:07.088-04:00Most telling was the CBC reportage of the situatio...Most telling was the CBC reportage of the situation by apparent nitwits completely lacking in basic general knowledge. I had thought that reporters were supposed to be educated people, somewhat aware of the news and its ramifications considering their life's vocation. The bubbleheads at CBC disabused me of such notions completely. And relentlessly ambitious twits like Peter Armstrong espousing the business line are even worse.<br /><br />Apparently wandering around in an utter daze of ignorance is de rigeur for journalists these days, and parroting of government press handouts is the highest form of reportage the dimwits can envision of their idealistic selves.<br /><br />A travesty.<br /><br />BMAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com