RadioActive wrote:

The veteran Buds broadcaster went on Twitter/X to blame fans at the game for not giving enough "energy" to the team at Scotiabank Arena.

Many fans shot back that the team is too corporate and the tickets too expensive for an average noisemaking fan to attend.

"Very disappointing": Leafs announcer Joe Bowen calls out Toronto crowd

I do so enjoy the perpetual twilight of this magical thinking.
 

Accuracy? Or precision?

RadioActive wrote:

She publicly thanked P.D. Mike Bendixen for allowing her to come back to a regular radio gig,

This comes across as kinda creepy.
 

Saul wrote:

dieter wrote:

Walter wrote:

"Police believe it was a targeted shooting."  No guff.  Somebody pulled a gun, aimed, and fired.  What shooting isn't 'targeted'?  Can't stand 'cop-speak'.

I gently disagree on this one. Calling it a targeted shooting makes it different from the person being an innocent bystander or the victim of mistaken identity.

It was still targeted. Just that the target was mistaken. Sometimes police jargon seems awkward, but in some cases it's actually quite precise. I don't think it's unreasonable even for police communications personnel to stick to the police version. The journalist's skill is in translating the somewhat obscure into plain language while maintaining accuracy. Same with science-speak, or legal-speak, or technician-speak, etc...
 

Who could forget "known to police"? That's another meaning-free duckspeak trope that needs to die.
 

I know that science communicators are having an increasingly difficult time in communicating science as humanity continues its regression to medievalism and beyond, but can they stop prefacing every response to questions with "That's a great question..."? 

No. Every question is not great. Many are terrible. Gracing slow schoolchildren with such praise for their attempts at learning is fine, but not for grown adults. 

It would be much more appropriate to respond with "Interesting question, Rob..."

As I recall, 680's daily programming at the time was little more than holding a microphone up to a TV tuned to CNN.

He never should have had the opportunity to kill Ron and Nicole. He should have been in jail for being a wife beater shithead.

The only suitable tribute is this Norm MacDonald montage. Enjoy.

It will be a memorable occassion.




 

I recall metal band SUNN O)))'s recent release 'Life Metal' prominently featured an 'AAA' designation (on the record only).

Edit - on a related note, record enthusiasts may be aware of a company called Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab, which is known for releasing high-quality (and expensive) editions of noteworthy albums. It turns out their record releases aren't quite as analogue as their audiophile nerd consumers were led to believe.

Walter wrote:

While defending Trudeau and his hated carbon tax increase this morning, John Moore said "No one can deny that the carbon tax works".  It does?  How so?  What evidence is there that taking more money out of Canadians' pockets does anything to fight 'pollution'?  He also parroted the official party line that people get more back in rebates than they pay out, which is utter bunk when everything is taken into account.  Is he auditioning for a job with the Grits when he moves on from hosting a sinking radio show?

No, Moore's on the right track. There are some in the news crying like little bitches about this. They shouldn't be entertained.
 

On a slightly different tack, how would you deal with a known abuser as an employer or a co-worker? The Corpse permitted an embarrassing amount of latitude with Ghomeshi, but I suspect it's less of an outlier than it should have been for media overall. 

He's too busy steering The Boat.

Probable quotes from the company's foremen:
"Measure twice! Then cut once! Your mother taught me that!"
"You call that a weld? I'll show you a weld!"

Hansa wrote:

It is rather miraculous that TVO has survived both Harris and Ford relatively unscathed. I guess Bill Davis' role in founding it helps and also without TVO provincial politicians (especially cabinet ministers) would get a lot less exposure

Also helps that their flagship newsman has good relations with some of the unsavoury types currently in charge.
 

RadioActive wrote:

The descriptions remind me of the infamous SCTV episode when the USSR took over the satellite and forced Melonville residents to watch Russian television. That was hilarious. I doubt, however, that the real thing would be.

"Uzbeks drank my battery fluid?!?" remains my go-to pickup line.