Randy Richmond meet John Miller
“I don’t think there’s really any question about your “journalistic ability”, is there?” Mark Steyn
Randy, you wrote a crappy, one sided article selectively quoting Kathy and you got called on it. You have tried to excuse your selective quotation by citing “space considerations” despite having plenty of space to quote Farber and the Lying Jackal at length notwithstanding their irrelevance to the story you were writing. Now you think it might be clever to confront Mark Steyn.
You might want to ask Ryerson Professor John Miller how his confrontation with Mark went.
But, please, keep pushing. You’ll learn a lot and keep us hugely entertained.
March 16th, 2009 at 9:04 am
Richmond hasn’t realized the game is over; he can’t generate some attention for himself and meanwhile remain in charge by writing another one sided piece. And the concept of Steyn being nervous about this light weight (the London Free Press?) is hilarious.
March 16th, 2009 at 9:14 am
Come on, Jay. There are some things that are indeed indefensible. You’ve probably followed every one of Warren’s links by now, only a few of which were picked up by Richmond, so that you know that the bigotry in question was not cited out of context.
What are you afraid of? Lord knows, Kathy lurves being a bigot. Why try to help her have her cake and eat it too?
March 16th, 2009 at 9:45 am
I just wonder who is gonna bite who?
http://photobucket.com/images/kinsella-warman/
March 16th, 2009 at 1:26 pm
From Freeps editor Paul Berton’s blog: “I can only assume (again) that we’re doing our jobs well…” – http://tinyurl.com/d8w6a5
Bwahahahahahaha…He’s a real legend in his own mind.
March 16th, 2009 at 1:43 pm
I just posted the following to the Freep’s Editor’s blog comments. Wonder if they’ll publish it.
“You certainly did have an obligation to report on an event in your community. and good for you for doing it.
But why would you go to Toronto to two notorious Shaidle haters for comment? Was there no one in London with an opinion?
This is lazy, knee jerk, reporting and it is little wonder Mark Steyn is mocking your “reporter”. Especially after your reporter’s earlier Warman tongue bath.
If you report the news and leave the opinion to the columnists you’ll find your paper lasts a bit longer.”
March 16th, 2009 at 1:47 pm
Speaking of the journalism doctor, his blog has been pretty quiet, but he did have a post in January advocating—guess what—-more government intervention to ensure the “quality and diversity” of Canadian information. Yeah, right.
He writes:
“Allowing private broadcasters a free hand to police themselves is a bad idea in the best of times.
In today’s era of media concentration—in Toronto alone, three daily newspapers have owners that also operate television stations—it’s a recipe for the shrinkage and homogenization of news.
That’s why journalists should strongly challenge an application by CanWest Global to get the CRTC to drop certain conditions from the network’s license. In 2001, the commission required Global and other networks to guarantee they would maintain separate and independent news management and presentation structures. In other words, decision-making on what to cover and how to cover it would not be shared between a TV station and a newspaper with the same owner.
You can’t blame the network for wanting this clause replaced. Their move comes because the CRTC last year endorsed a Journalistic Independence Code put forward by the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council, the industry’s private, self-regulatory organization. That code has similar-sounding language, requiring every broadcaster to “ensure the independence and separation of its news managment from that of any affiliated newspaper.” But it guarantees only “separate and distinct” management structures and editorial boards, not news-gathering resources.
And instead of possibly losing their license for violating this, CanWest Global is hoping to persuade the CRTC to let it refer any complaints to the rather bureaucratic Journalistic Independence Panel mentioned in the broadcast standards Code.
This is a big step backwards from the CRTC’s goal of assuring the diversity and quality of information available to Canadians.
March 16th, 2009 at 6:49 pm
“But why would you go to Toronto to two notorious Shaidle haters for comment? Was there no one in London with an opinion?”
Seems to me that the story I read quoted Mr. Farber and Mr. Kinsella. Jay, whether you like it or not or whether you agree or disagree with them, Farber and Kinsella are acknowledged experts on racism and hate crime. Both have written numerous books and articles on the subject. Farber has appeared as an expert witness in judicial cases dealing with racism matters in Courts across the country. Asking for their opinion seems fappropriate.
For a counter point I guess the LFP could have gone to Ernst Zundel or Marc Lemire, maybe even Tomasz Winnicki (an actual resident of London…google him for his background) all of whom would have , Im sure been very supportive of Ms. Shaidle’s views and her freedom to post wahtever she wants.
March 16th, 2009 at 7:21 pm
Or the industrious Randy could have gone to London resident Salim Mansur who happens to be sharing a stage with Kathy and, hey, from the name is probably not of the tribe of Ezra…whatever. This is about free speech and the nitwits at the CJC and their now “resigned” Jackal would not know the meaning of the word.
By the way Yonathan – why don’t you man up and post under your real name. At this point people could be forgiven for thinking you are Mordechai in a funny hat.
March 16th, 2009 at 7:55 pm
whether you like it or not or whether you agree or disagree with them, Farber and Kinsella are acknowledged experts…
Acknowledged by whom, please? A citation would be helpful, and a great substitute for hysterical allegation.
March 17th, 2009 at 3:18 am
Dawg, anyone who cannot see the differences between real bigotry and Kathy’s mischievous violations of Political Correctness is too silly to deserve any attention. (And the people who dishonestly pretend those differences do not exist are too vile to deserve any attention.)
Of course, Kathy’s bluntness comes largely from her working-class background (see also: Burchill, July), meaning that those trying to censor her are practicing a form of class warfare. In this day and age, the boomer lefties are The Man, even more arrogant and corrupt than the Establishment they once railed against.
(Obligatory internet meme: these days “You’re the Man, Dawg”.)
March 17th, 2009 at 3:36 am
1. “Funny hat” is that your smarmy reference to a Yarmelkah (Jewish skull cap)?
2. dcardno asks who considers Farber and Kinsella experts; check out Canada’s “Who’s Who”, wikipedia and other such sources.
March 17th, 2009 at 4:09 am
Richmond’s personal axe grinding and the hatchet job he did on Shaidle are just indicators of why pulp fiction news is failing.
I can get this kind of debased prejudiced opinion anywhere, why should I pay for it just because it’s packaged as “news” and the hack scribbler dressed as a professional “journalist”.
Meh.
March 22nd, 2009 at 6:31 am
Jay,
After Steyn’s fellatial coverage of the trial of his friend and benefactor Conrad Black, he’s hardly in the position to accuse anyone of bias. The guy writes a fine obit and he’s pretty sharp on the history of the America popular song, but when it comes to hard news, Steyn’s a propagandist, not a journalist.