Muffaraw Joe wrote:

    I will miss crazy Lou! Good luck Lou   

Lou is rumored to have shorted CJR-B a year ago at $12 and covered his position this week at $4, and will be wintering in Palm Springs
 

Lou, Sue Ann, Mark Steyn, John Bolton, Conrad Black. Oakley sure picks winners...

Chrisphen wrote:

Did he jump or was he pushed? Whatever the case, it'll be an improvement. He was an embarrassment.

He was pushed.  According to Lou's twitter, he was getting calls asking if it's true even before he was told by the powers that be.  They must have given the word to everyone in the building before notifying him.

Personally, I liked his approach.  He never pretended to be a "broadcaster".  Now we get to listen to broadcasters who pretend to have a clue of the business world.
 

Apparently, Levy appeared for free for 15 years until she accidentally learned that all the other regulars on Oakley were paid. https://twitter.com/BorkowskiNews/status/1044766599264186368?s=20

Sue Ann never told it like it was. During the Rob Ford era, despite her access, she was about the only city hall reporter who didn't break a story about Ford's drug use and misbehaviour. She was too busy competing with Warmington to be the Ford's family stenographer. With DoFo now in power there's even less need for this court apologist to get airtime.

Last edited by Hansa (September 26, 2018 9:33 am)

Whatever you think of Sue Ann Levy, it definitely sounds like they didn't handle her axing very professionally. Admittedly, this is pretty one-sided, but according to some of her Tweets, she found out from social media - not the powers-that-be at Corus. Love her or hate her, that's just wrong.  

If what she says is true, she likely deserved better after 15 years as a contributor there. It just doesn't speak well of Corus management. And I'm sure none of us would want to be treated this way.  

"I want to personally thank @troyreebglobal for the classy way I was treated today after 15+ yrs on the @johnoakleyshow. I loved that call from Nathan Smith 45 min, before my regular spot & after my axing had made social media. Very professional!
 
I also loved when Nathan Smith told me on the phone after 4 pm that he was waiting to hear from me. I guess I was supposed to phone him to ask if I was axed. Surreal. Rude. Classless.
 
I asked the PD why 4 weeks before the municipal election he would can the one person who knows the ins and outs of City Hall. Pregnant pause was the response.
 
So the new way of doing business on radio is to kick a contributor of 15 years to the curb, not even advise them in advance of today’s show and not pay them for 2 months. Shame on @am640." 

Looking at her Twitter feed, it sounds like she was definitely triggered. Poor sensitive snowflake, that Sue-Ann. 

Don't know if anybody else heard this on Wednesday, but there was a strange moment on Oakley's show when he introduced Rocco Rossi, the president of the Ontario Chamber of Commerce, to comment on the government reducing mandatory WSIB contributions for companies. 

"So Rocco," says Oakley, "you must be pleased that businesses will have to put less into this."

To which Rossi - who may not have any knowledge of what's gone on at the station over the past 24 hours - replies, "Yes, John. I'm a Happy Capitalist!"

This is followed by a semi-prolonged silence from the host, who finally simply responds, "Hmmm." 

The only word that fits is "awkward."

JBowm wrote:

Wow! Is this Angrea Whorewrath's second home or what?

 

No.

JBowm wrote:

Heaven help those with a conservative viewpoint 

If calling a woman a whore because you disagree with their politics is the essence of conservative thought then good riddance, sir.

Last edited by Chrisphen (September 28, 2018 10:08 am)

JBowm wrote:

Wow! Is this Angrea Whorewrath's second home or what?
Heaven help those with a conservative viewpoint.
 

Excellent job sir.

In one oh so brief post, you've encapsulated the deplorable rot that increasingly demonstrates what today's conservative has come to be. 

Truly sad.

It's a juvenile and misogynistic insult. Grow up.