I knew it.
I knew if I sat inside on that one nice weekend that summer would end early.
Time to head to MEC and grab some fall cycling gear so I can feel like I didn’t let my bike sit there, again.
The good news (for all of us) is that, outside of oil and gas, we appear to be finding new ways to fill the provincial government’s piggy bank. The bad news is we’re just drinking and gambling to do that.
At least we have plan B?
Airport land contamination ‘minor’ (Any side of the City Centre Airport debate you’re on, this is a good news.)
Power-line rally offered glimpse of next election (Still on the Stelmach no-show.)
Empower people to revive democracy
Alberta to announce website to track employer safety records (If there’s a lot of information on the site this could be a fantastic tool.)
St. Albert parents ante up for full-day kindergarten
Three more cat killings in Edmonton bring mutilation total to eight
Noodle chain sprouts a franchise plan
Edmonton Food Bank does OK at Eskimos game (They did VERY ok.)
Edmonton book festival shuns literary for ‘real life’
Scott gets misty over his love affair with Edmonton (McKeen’s winding down his City Hall column with a few non-City Hall bits and bites.)
Mentoring African youth will help them adjust to life in Canada
Young Edmonton researcher honoured
$10 million winning Lotto Max ticket sold in Edmonton (Time to check your ticket. Perhaps this will be the best Monday ever.)
Alberta: spirit to achieve, rooms to rent
Could be worse: at least you’re going somewhere (Could this be our future if Don Koziak gets us all into cars?)
Elevated levels of toxins found in Athabasca River
Gambling on Edmonton’s voter apathy (I’d bet on Mandel.)
Khabibulin found guilty on three charges
8,600 attend Rock the River at Telus Field (Rewritten news release? They certainly weren’t taking the photos.)
Twilight Afterhours Club wants to reopen (Just as the Iron Horse has new restrictions placed on it.)
Edmonton police seek beating death witnesses
Celebrity tweet brings notoriety to Edmonton (I think the mayor needs a sense of humour, it’s all publicity. And CTV needs to show something they’re willing to spend this much time talking about. Otherwise aren’t viewers sitting there asking the TV “What did she do? What’s so bad?” Way to respect your audience.)
Grand opening (A new park for kids.)
I had to be reminded, since we haven’t done seinfeils as much this year, that the Lady Gaga picture from Rexall Place should be in our seinfeil hall of fame: http://twitpic.com/2ixeqy
Sorry CTV, but I found this way funnier than the sign:
“CTV Edmonton has decided not to show the picture in question because some viewers may find doing so both unnecessary and offensive.”
CTV seriously had a 2 and a half minute long segment about that tweet? Seriously? And they wouldn’t even show the image because showing a WORD might be too offensive? Ridiculous. And pretty damn insulting to the audience, if you ask me.
Also, I guarantee Edmonton is NOT gaining notoriety because of a dirty joke “typo.”
I’ll spot them doing the story. (Though, you’re not the first I’ve talked to today that questions it even being a story.) But then, they make it pointless by not showing what all the hub is about.
They don’t even link to it on their website (though CTV is like most of Edmonton’s news sites and doesn’t link out in stories).
It’s not only insulting to the audience, you make them wonder why they’re watching, and you embarrass yourself because you’ve done a story on something you won’t tell them about which makes no sense to me at all.
This, vaguely, reminds me of a story worked on here in Edmonton. There were threats written on a wall at MacEwan and our newsroom discussed whether or not we mention what was written. We ended up including that because, otherwise, you weren’t letting people decide what they thought about the message.
We’ll all have to remember to write and call CTV about “offensive” material when they show bikini-clad starlets like Lady Gaga. Think of the children!
I don’t necessarily think they shouldn’t have run the story (though I, personally, feel that it’s a non-issue and isn’t newsworthy). I am, however, questioning the fact that they spend 2:30 on it.
In TV news, that’s a reasonably long segment, one that feels far too long given the story in question and especially since they don’t actually show the image (though, to be fair, they strongly imply what the “vulgar word” was; I imagine that most people can figure it out from the context they provide).
The fact that they consulted a “social media expert” is also hilarious to me. I wonder if Walter actually took them seriously, or if he just figured that appearing in the segment was a nice free plug for his business.
Cunt is not vulger! Cunt is an awesome word that is ten thousand times better and more powerful than vagina.
That’s only the beginning of my rant on that issue.
I kinda want to hear more.
Read Cunt by Inga Muscio. Life changing. http://www.ingalagringa.com/cunt/