Jay Baxter wrote:

...How far can you ride having been an assistant to a certain disaster of a mayor?
...

Apparently into a position as Editor-in Chief of Sun News despite no journalism experience. But that didn't last, for some reason.
 

I was actually interested in the guests in this "special", but agreed that the hosting was terrible for the sheer number of gaffes and I started to cringe. I'd been impressed with Jason Agnew and, last night, Dave Kaufman out of Montreal, hosting live programming between midnight and 4:00 am ET.

Worst moment for me was at 45 minutes past the hour when he thanked some guests for being with him, apparently dismissed them, and introducing some names that would appear on the other side of news/traffic. I wondered why they were doing this at a 45 minute point when they had basically been working in half hour chunks. He rather sheepishly admitted on the other side of this small break that he'd read the wrong portion "of the sheet" and the guests in fact were still with him for another 15 minutes. Awkward. For the guest experts, the host, and us as the listener.
 

I found it strange that when I tuned in to 1010 from 10a to 11a, Dr. Clayton Greenway was fielding phone in calls about the virus and mainly how long it lives on certain surfaces and how sanitize them.   It's a show about  pet medicine!     He's really good, the show is informative and though he's a Vet and not an MD, his knowledge is better than most, but it was just weird once I understood what the callers were asking about.   It wasn't about Fluffy!

potentiometer wrote:

...also applies to Program Directors. 

Brand Manager, I'll have you know. 

 

I remember Christie Blatchford tearing Towhey apart on air over his days with Rob Ford. It made for good radio. 

g121 wrote:

Suffered through another Newstalk 1010 round table this morning where Mark Towhey continued to dim the level of discussion.  Does he indeed "tie an onion to his belt"? 

Memo to Mike Bendixen, Newstalk 1010 Program Director:
Fire this clown.  John Moore is the best your station has to offer.  Tarnishing Moore's show with the presence of Mark Towhey is an abomination.  If you must, at least isolate Towhey & Agar to their own "The Dim Yell of the Clouds" show.

"Mark Towhey is an abomination."  A slight exaggeration don't you think g121?  Generally I prefer Towhey over Agar but I do understand why they are on.  Newstalk 1010 wants some balance and also a  conservative perspective to counter John Moore and others to the centre left.  I tend to be conservative in some areas and often don't agree with Towhey and almost never agree with Agar.  Jerry does make some good points occasionally, but then tends to say something stupid or exaggerates to ruin his whole argument. I loved the time that John Tory challenged Jerry to run for office if government was so bad and terrible.  John told him it was easy to take pot shots and have all the answers from the sidelines. 

Mark's weekend shows are sometimes interesting, but as a listener I go in realizing that I likely won't agree with him on various topics.  Generally I find Towhey a little more balanced than Roy Green who is more biased and tends to leave out certain facts in his opinions. However, I find those on the left do the exact same thing.

g121 wrote:

*sigh* suffered through another Newstalk 1010 round table this morning with Mark Towhey & Shelley Carroll.

It's one thing to present a different point of view which one may or may not agree with.

.. BUT .. 

Why does Towhey need to support his view by being rude, belligerent, mocking & obnoxious?

If one can't discuss in civilized manner, get the heck off the dial.  Even if your viewpoint has merit, if you are being an ass, you lose.

Exactly what audience do these loud mouthed boors appeal to?

John Moore is superb.  Dave Trafford is an excellent fill-in.  The likes of a Towhey drag the show to a gutter brawl.

We get it already

You don’t like Towhey. Why not just change the channel when he comes on?

I thought that was a great panel. Better than some of the circle jerk ones that have been on recently