To be honest, I can't tell Korean, Japanese or Chinese apart. They are all Asian to me. Which reminds me of an old possibly Don Rickles joke about the Jews sinking the Titanic. The punchline, Greenberg, Goldberg, Iceberg. They're all the same to me.

Well there is precedent for this

Back in 2019 Canada's Prime Minister twice referred to the nation of Japan as China

That's twice in a single day

And one of his gaffes occurred with the Prime Minister of Japan sitting at his side

Did our Prime Minister apolgize and fall on his samuri sword over his mistakes?

Not him brother

He made jokes about it

Something about sushi and chinese food

So I guess the South Koreans can just fuck off






















  

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Perfectly happy to delete my last post in the interest of keeping the peace here RA. Perhaps Fester might be persuaded to remove his little sh#t-nugget as well?

RadioActive wrote:

How does this evolve into another political discussion? Can we stop this bomb before it before it goes off further? Thanks. 

Look in the mirror RA.  Other than giving you another reason to slam CBC Olympic coverage, you actually wonder how this turned into "another" political discussion???  Please...

RadioActive wrote:

It was a story about a CBC mistake and something that should not have happened. So anything the CBC does that's wrong is OK? I did not make a big deal about it, simply linked to the article so others could read it.

If someone is jumping to conclusions on this, I don't think it's me. 

Linking this means you did make a big deal about it.  And then wondering why the thread went political??  This is a pattern that you try to show CBC in a negative light.  In fact over the years I have noticed that you tend to do this about most Canadian broadcasters and programming. 

paterson1 wrote:

RadioActive wrote:

It was a story about a CBC mistake and something that should not have happened. So anything the CBC does that's wrong is OK? I did not make a big deal about it, simply linked to the article so others could read it.

If someone is jumping to conclusions on this, I don't think it's me. 

Linking this means you did make a big deal about it.  And then wondering why the thread went political??  This is a pattern that you try to show CBC in a negative light.  In fact over the years I have noticed that you tend to do this about most Canadian broadcasters and programming. 

I make no secret of the fact I'm not a huge fan of a publicly supported broadcaster at taxpayers' expense, regardless of which country it is. But I do still listen occasionally to the CBC and enjoy some of their shows.

I don't know why you think I have a chip on my shoulder about them or why you seem to believe that they're above criticism. But I will say with all those resources, they should deliver better value for the money they get. 

As for coming down on other Canadian stations, I have no idea what you're talking about. I listen primarily to Toronto stations every day. If they make a mistake, I call them on it, just as I would any American outlet. Just as I did in this case with a high profile event showing on the CBC. If they do something great, I note that, too. I have, for example, stated here many times that I think Gem is an excellent service and far better than its over-the-air parent network. But I guess you missed that. 

In fact, I think most of the stations I listen to do a pretty good job considering the state of the industry. 

I'm not sure where you're getting this idea that I hate Canadian broadcasters. but since I'm the one best suited to tell you what I think and what I mean, you have an incorrect impression on this. What I dislike is a lot of CRTC edicts that force them to do abide by certain rules, but that's not the stations' fault. It's the Commission's. And believe me, they are certainly not above criticism. 

Well your answer is over the top and exaggerated as usual.  Nobody said that the CBC or CRTC is beyond criticism. So you trying to frame my comments like that is misleading and incorrect. Also didn't say you "hate" Canadian broadcasters.  I was pointing out that you continually try to put CBC in a negative light with your posts.  And whenever anything about Bell, Corus, Rogers comes up, again always wallow in the negative.  I have been critical of all of them too, but if they do something right (and they do) it should be also highlighted, and not ignored.

RadioActive wrote:

I left that thread up for almost a full year, despite getting massive complaints about it from members who legitimately asked, "what does this have to do with radio & TV in Southern Ontario and Western New York?"
I honestly could not come up with an answer. The fact that there are dozens if not thousands of places to discuss political issues on the web doesn't seem to have fazed supporters of that thread, but it certainly perturbed many others.
In the end, I shut it down because it was not only not appropriate for this forum, but it was becoming a huge headache for the sheer volume of issues people had with it. It was not an easy decision and I still think about it to this day. But I did what I thought was best for SOWNY and I'm sorry if you feel that was the wrong decision.
It was a damned-if-you-damned-if-you-don't no-win situation but it was one that had to be made one way or another. I'm truly sorry if you think it was the wrong one.

You're correct, to a very strong degree, that the thread is not directly about radio or TV in SOWNY. But given that just about all talk stations basically talk politics - and in some cases taking a decidedly partisan stand - and that today's media environment and our world at large is highly politically charged, politics are inevitable here. Certainly as relevant as which rock star has ceased coming down for breakfast. Rock stars get airplay and politics gets discussed on the airwaves. The 'Washington' thread functioned superbly as a release valve. And anyone who didn't want to read about politics simply didn't have to open the thread and read it. It's as simple as not tuning in to CFRB if I don't want to hear what Jerry Agar or Jim Richards thinks. It was a simple and rather fantastic solution, and I think political interference on other channels was considerably lower while it was active! Certainly, you could tell political posters where to go! As for your views or comments about CBC, private broadcasters, etc, or Paterson1's, I'm not at all fussed. It's totally what should be expected here. Nice if we can keep it civil, no worse than happily entertaining if we can't. I think by and large you do a decent job moderating, and also putting topics up for discussion. This is a lively and active board.

Seems like this was only a story in South Korea.  And rightly so.  Surprised that it was even brought up on SOWNY.  Mistakes happen all the time and CBC did the right thing in acknowledging the mistake.

I remember about 20 years ago Kitchener hosted an international skating event that was covered by ABC sports.  They made it sound like the competition was in Toronto. In and out of commercials during the competition ABC would show the skyline of Toronto.  I do recall them referring to Kitchener a few times but then saying it was a suburb of Toronto, close to downtown.