Posts Tagged ‘ cp24 ’

Weekend of weekends (part 4)

Posted on July 9th, 2010 2 Comments

…continued from previous part.

One of the most iconic images of the G20 riots a couple of weeks ago was the that of the burning police car. You know the one:

g20, riots, fire, police car, cruiser, queen street west, toronto, city, life

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Didn’t even include the token black guy

Posted on May 23rd, 2010 3 Comments

skyline, sunset, harbourfront, lakeshore, lake ontario, waterfront, toronto, city, life

How do you make the Toronto mayoral race interesting?

Well, I dunno if I have a definitive answer to that, but there’s a bunch of stuff you can do to prevent it from being less relevant.

I mean, the first televised debate earlier this week on local all-news CP24 was mangled pretty good. Judging by the reaction from the few remaining media outlets not owned by Rogers Communications, I wasn’t the only one underwhelmed by the ADD spectacle. This was made more acute by the fact CP24 is owned by Citytv which is owned by CTVglobemedia, a Rogers joint. I wouldn’t be surprised if Rogers already owns a controlling interest in Toronto City Life. Monopolistic issues aside, none of these organizations is exactly new to this type of thing, so their combined wisdom really should’ve produced something a bit more substantial.

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