July 2008
39 posts
Want to run pretty much the whole shebang other... →
We’re hiring a Senior Director, Digital Programming (sic). You’ll also run the Bold homepage!
‘Intelligence’ to be aired in Mexico →
Just not in Spanish – apparently (despite Spanish title given in news item)
Movie on Antarctic to become series on Antarctic →
Yes, but a series for whom? Take a wild guess. (Cf. Tibet)
Can anybody put me in touch with the producers of...
“‘So I’ve been fortunate in having the CBC. I’ve been fortunate in having the...”
– “Suzuki still swift,” Eye Weekly
Archivism →
I am reading the entire archives of the Tea Makers by Alphonse Ouimet, easily my third full reading thereof.
Again: Nothing will change.
Obviously nouvelle Tea Makers isn't what you the...
It is, however, the Tea Makers I am able to give you. This is already Plan B and there isn’t a Plan C.
Nothing will change.
CBC Flashpoints itself →
Now we’re selling our shit to ABC. First ever! (With lots of qualifiers)
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Who’s calling CBC the Canadian Broadcasting...
Creative Loafing
Wikileaks (we made it!)
An American in Canada whose spousal unit works Customs at Pearson
Here’s what happens when Google indexes CBCR3’s...
Test track title goes here. Understanding the New 10 Your … … Playlists Quality (128k) Almost there…! LOADING TRACK INFORMATION…
Which broadcaster is showing ‘Undercover in... →
Which one isn’t?
Depetroglyphed! →
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Fake Ouimet inspiration Fake Steve on why he quit →
Because the gaunt appearance of the possibly-terminally-ill Steve Jobs disturbed him
Spam of the day
Papa et maman sont en lock out, Papa et maman sont en lock out Papa et maman sont en lock out lock out CBC Radio Canada. kmel lock wmv, kmel lock wmv Anyways heres another clip of the same cat still rippin it at the same event http www
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The latest from Five Feet of Fury: Strombo to... →
The former Web designers of ‘Zed’ (Ununu) →
CBC has a ‘pop culture blog’? →
“You don’t have permission to access /arts/media/blogs/ on this server”
– – CBC Arts blogs
This just in: Sloan refused several requests for...
Nope: They did
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Haddock free to pitch ‘Intelligence’ somewhere... →
I.e. again, not the Corpse and not Fox
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CBC classical ratings flatline or increase... →
CBC [sic] and Janet’s boob not fined by FCC →
No shit, Sherlock
“A report… about CBS’s plans to import television shows from other...”
– (Times correction)
‘On the Facebook’: DAMN! I miss "Drop The Beat" &... →
[See later post]
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Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Logo and TV... →
Blast du passé
Anybody tape ‘Pulp Fiction’ from CBC Saturday...
If so, get in touch, please (fakeouimet AT Gmail)
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“I hope Yvon Pedneault finds himself a good situation in which to continue his...”
– Yvon Pedneault Fired by RDS | Bleacher Report
“A Canadian television pioneer, he was a field producer for the Queen’s...”
– Francis Coleman, CBC producer (Tumblr will not allow me to notate his birth and death years)
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Five feet of blurry
A post entitled CBC employees really need customer-relations training notes that:
Yesterday Michael Coren slagged Omar Khadr… Coren got this E-mail in response:
You were kidding, right? No matter. That material is about as funny as a good old-fashioned waterboarding joke. Disgraceful.
– Richard Goddard [with E-mail and phone numbers]
How stupid do you have to be to slag a taxpayer –...
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Alternative Girlfriend’s notable CBC posts
Amateur copyright analysis of Hockey Night in Canada theme-song contest (see also: mine)
Spinning (i.e., prevaricating about) the actual chronology of events in CBC’s losing the rights to the Hockey Night in Canada theme
Lengthy inventory of recent CBC fuckups
“[P]lanning staff convinced the developer to shift the building west and build a...”
– The breathtaking transformation of downtown west
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“My hope is… the CBC has merely crafted a report to discourage the CRTC...”
– (Saila)
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Who’s calling CBC the Canadian Broadcasting...
Valleywag (then again, Owen Thomas is a perfect example of a bitchy queen who barely lifts a finger to get his facts right; at least Nick Douglas is merely bitchy)
A fan of documentaries, who claims Doc Zone has an RSS (not per se; it’s generic to documentaries [RSS])
The Discovery Network via a blogger
A guy on a bike who calls it “the Canadian equivalent of NPR” (our problem in a...
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The Tea Makers: Under new management →
It begins
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Jonathan Torrens’ one-off musical talk show →
Sadly deplorable
