RadioActive wrote:

RadioActive wrote:

One of the big objections to "online courses" is that not all students have the ability to see the programs over the web. Perhaps...TVO could be used to send televised lessons to certain grades. Most everyone has a TV and the ability to receive the channel. 

That could take some of the heat off until schools are back in business. Either way, it's an interesting idea and if this goes on for a lot longer, maybe worth considering.

And besides, it would be worth it just to hear a mother say, "Hey Bobby, stop doing your homework and come over here and watch TV!"

Looks like that's exactly what they plan to do. Great minds think alike and small minds run in the same gutter, as Alfred E. Newman once so sagely noted. 

Ford government to lean on TVO amid school closures

I hope it works out,  because sadly I doubt that the schools (or anything else for that matter) will be returning to normal times after the 2 week period.
 

This is much more than just the rapidly shrinking newspaper industry. All traditional media, which have not been performing very well anyway, will not be the same on the other side when this health crisis is over.  This is ;not all bad however, since the pandemic is also showing the weakness of new media which is full of both good and misleading and incorrect information.  People don't necessarily have the time or the patience to sift through the BS and what is real.  With very few exceptions in my opinion,  it is better to stick with traditional media right now including skinny daily newspapers. 

Talk about art imitating life. NBC has decided not to show the next new episode of "New Amsterdam," despite the fact the season has already been cut short by production interruptions caused by the coronavirus. The reason? The scheduled plot was about a flu pandemic that forces the fictional hospital to set up tents in the parking lot, as a flood of patients overwhelms the health care institution. 

As it turns out, that's exactly what's happening in many New York City hospitals this week, as COVID-19 leaves doctors and medical experts desperately trying to cope with a flood of ill people, as The Big Apple becomes the epicentre of the epidemic. So out of an abundance of sensitivity, the show has been pulled. 

Considering how long ago this thing was filmed, the timing is simply incredible. There's no word if it will ever be shown. 

This isn't the first time NBC has decided to pull an episode of a popular series because the subject hit home. "Law & Order: SVU" had a show ready to air in 2016, right after the U.S. election. It was about an American presidential candidate accused of making unwanted sexual advances on several women and was considered too close to Trump for comfort. 

To my knowledge, the episode, called "Unstoppable," has still never aired.

New Amsterdam Pulls Flu Pandemic Episode, Further Shortening Season: 'The World Needs Less Fiction Right Now, And More Facts'

The coronavirus scare has led to the shortening of a GTA morning show. Raw Mike Richards, who does AM drive on Sauga 960, used to start his shift at 6 AM, but now signs on every morning an hour later instead. There was no real reason given for the change, beyond the virus, although it's my understanding the program is produced off site, so I'm not sure how that would affect it. No word on what fills the 6-7 hour. 

The site also displays a warning to listeners the first time you visit, which seems to indicate that all of its shows are now being done remotely.

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How unusual is the coronavirus situation? So bizarre that an iconoclast like Larry David of Seinfeld and Curb Your Enthusiasm fame, was actually talked into doing at "stay at home" PSA. If you're as fan of his, it's pretty, pretty good and exactly what you'd expect from the curmudgeonly comedian.

You can see it here.