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Province Blogger Shares First Insights Into the Beijing Olympics
The Province's team has arrived in Beijing and Olympic reporter Damian Inwood is up and blogging. See his first post at theprovince.com/blogs.
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hippe_gal |
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Signal and Noise 08: Media Intercourse
A festival of sights, sounds and assorted electronic transmissons
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dan-froidevaux |
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This Just In: We're Awesome
Pat yourselves on the back, CBC news network.
Back in February, you found out you d been blocked by the Great Firewall of China. Harsh and unnec...
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Xander |
active:1 day 9 hours ago |
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Globe and Mail Named Vanoc's.... Paper
VANCOUVER (May 2, 2008) The Globe and Mail announced today that it has been named the Official National Newspaper by the Vancouver Organizing Comm...
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Junebug |
active:2 days 7 hours ago |
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Olympic Village deal demands disclosure
It's rare for Vancouver Mayor Sam Sullivan to issue a press release of importance. In the newsrooms, he's known as Spam Sullivan because of his...
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condohype |
active:1 week 1 day ago |
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Now that the market has collapsed…
There is no indication, at this point, of any kind of substantial decline in prices. Cameron Muir, BC Real Estate Association, July 4 2008 ...
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condohype |
active:2 weeks 3 days ago |
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“Yes, the boom cycle is definitely over”
In Metro Vancouver, The Vancouver Sun is the authority of truth. For better or for worse, their coverage of real estate sets the boundaries of the ev...
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condohype |
active:3 weeks 3 days ago |
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V6A: No condo for this postal code
The winds of change are upon us. CTV News hit hard last night with an explosive report on the Vancouver condo bust. The exclusive? The reveal that O...
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condohype |
active:3 weeks 6 days ago |
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Should Canadians be worried about Tories not taking questions?
It is ridiculous to see Harper defending the rights of reporters asking questions when he is prohibiting local media from asking. I have discu...
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Chinese in Vancouver |
active:6 weeks 3 days ago |
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Trust Me, I'm Famous (in Mediacheck)
In the topsy-turvy world of US politics, the paid-to-lie class is the most influential. ...
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TheTyee.ca |
active:7 weeks 1 day ago |
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Are we in a democracy?
After two weeks of missteps from candidates and several resignations were forced, Stephan Harper is stepping up control in communications. But is he g...
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Chinese in Vancouver |
active:8 weeks 6 hours ago |
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La Galleria, where blurry means cool
Nothing like a little motion blur to set the tone. Thanks heavens for Photoshop filters. Just look at these awesome urban professional people. Even...
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condohype |
active:8 weeks 2 days ago |
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bing bang and the burning ring of fire
Yesterday, they fired up the HADRON super collider in Switzerland. There had been some consternation that they might create a black hole that would sw...
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vancouver (un)real estate |
active:10 weeks 5 hours ago |
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Killer bear mauls Vancouver housing market
So much for a softening market Vancouver real estate is into full-fledged bear mode. The latest numbers from the industry tell it all. In ...
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condohype |
active:11 weeks 10 hours ago |
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Should I buy or should I rent?
The Labour Day weekend saw the Vancouver Sun attempt to redeem itself with articles admitting not all is well in the world of Vancouver real estate. ...
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condohype |
active:11 weeks 2 days ago |
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Westcoast Homes shocked by price drops, trauma counselors called in
It's unlikely any reasonable person has ever confused the Sun's Westcoast Homes as anything other than a shameless advertorial for developers. Still...
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condohype |
active:12 weeks 3 days ago |
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Hiccup, the new slang for correction
One of my favourite movies is Owning Mahowny. It's a Canadian movie starring the fantastic Philip Seymour Hoffman as a banker with a gambling problem...
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condohype |
active:12 weeks 6 days ago |
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Too tough on China?
A rare article reflecting on the attitude of the west upon China by a columnist at Washington Post (can't help to cross post the entire article here. ...
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Chinese in Vancouver |
active:13 weeks 5 days ago |
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Vote for Vancouver's best local blog
Wanna confirm your status as a sexy urban professional? You should cast a vote for Best Local Blog in the Georgia Straight's Best of Vancouver survey....
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condohype |
active:15 weeks 3 days ago |
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Pleasure seekers with no articulated philosophy
Were Eli content to let his 10-inch-when-erect gift from God merely lie in the sunshine at Wreck Beach, Judy Williams could relax. Pieta Woo...
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condohype |
active:15 weeks 6 days ago |
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Sexy? You must live in Yaletown
A professor once told me that most newspapers are only good for lining bird cages and wrapping fish heads. It's pretty cynical thinking but when a pa...
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condohype |
active:16 weeks 6 hours ago |
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An exchange of ideas
In the current scenario of changing market conditions the Westcoast Homes section isn't reading like it used to. I find it pales in comparison ...
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condohype |
active:17 weeks 1 day ago |
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The definitive correction and other bullshit
My apologies for the obscenity in the headline but after Bob Rennie's cussing on yesterday's Bill Good Show, I felt I had no choice but to pay homage ...
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condohype |
active:17 weeks 6 days ago |
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Zero down means zero house
Unless you've been sequestered in your condo's windowless flex room for the last 48 hours doing nothing but basking in the glow of your own self...
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condohype |
active:18 weeks 6 days ago |
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Naslund saves us from the buyers' market
For a hockey-mad town like Vancouver, Markus Naslund signing with the Rangers is legitimate front-page news. Still, I can't help but wonder what woul...
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condohype |
active:19 weeks 3 days ago |
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Hong Kong reporter denied entry to Beijing, travel docs confiscated
(caption: Headline of today's Apple Daily reads Beijing betrays Olympic promise ) Everyone in the Hong Kong media business knows that Apple Daily r...
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Chinese in Vancouver |
active:19 weeks 6 days ago |
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Real estate coverage takes a shift
Now you can bet your granite countertop the real estate industry wasn't happy to see B.C. housing sales slow bursting across the cover, above the fold...
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condohype |
active:22 weeks 1 day ago |
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Global BC and the moment of truth
If you caught last night's Global BC News Hour, you may have witnessed a turning point in mainstream media coverage of Vancouver real estate.If you mi...
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condohype |
active:24 weeks 6 hours ago |
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Fake Sun lawsuit
These articles are posted here to support my friend Thekla Lit and her friends. :) ------- Jewish Independent - An organization called the Seriou...
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Chinese in Vancouver |
active:25 weeks 1 day ago |
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Gordon Campbell's Free Ride
Harvey Oberfeld has a blog called Keeping it Real and he thinks that the BC media have been much too easy on Mr Campbell.He is a retired journal...
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Stephen Rees's blog |
active:25 weeks 2 days ago |
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Indian soaps go mainstream on China TV
During my May trip to Xian, China has impressed me on a lot of daily small things. One of them was a TV soap opera. It's a Indian TV soap aired on ...
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Chinese in Vancouver |
active:25 weeks 4 days ago |
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Indian TV goes mainstream on China's channels
One of the small things that China has impressed me during my May trip to Xian was a TV soap opera. It's a Indian TV soap aired on the mainstream C...
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Chinese in Vancouver |
active:25 weeks 4 days ago |
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The global confession
With the Vancouver media so consumed with local real estate coverage, you'd think it was in the news everywhere in the world. Scan the headlines outs...
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condohype |
active:26 weeks 2 days ago |
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The chickens are coming home to Zoost
For all my complaints about the Sun, I love that they have a place for David Baines. Baines is a relentless pitbull of a reporter. If you're in busi...
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condohype |
active:27 weeks 2 days ago |
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On media, myths and realities
This post is probably the most academic I've ever attempted so apologies in advance there will be no laughs. (Well, unless you find my attempt at ...
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condohype |
active:29 weeks 3 days ago |
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China blamed for master-minding patriotic protests
The Times of India published an editorial title Counter View: Chinese have a right to protest . Quite interesting.....Although the protests may be st...
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Chinese in Vancouver |
active:30 weeks 2 days ago |
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Mind it: it's propaganda from BOTH sides
Daily Kos wrote an in-depth investigation into how the US and Tibetans might have successfully hammered out a propaganda. Please read the article in f...
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Chinese in Vancouver |
active:30 weeks 2 days ago |
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Gazette: Western media unfair to China
Montreal Gazette - Thousands of Chinese found they were able to access the BBC News website for the first time last week after years of strict censors...
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Chinese in Vancouver |
active:30 weeks 6 days ago |
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Former German chancellor concerns about Western misconceptions
Xinhua - Former German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt and a leading German expert have voiced their concern over many westerners' misconceptions regarding ...
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Chinese in Vancouver |
active:31 weeks 1 day ago |
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PR disaster, for whom?
On the Olympic torch run disruption, people are saying there is a public relations disaster, but the question is for whom?That's a very good question ...
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Chinese in Vancouver |
active:31 weeks 1 day ago |
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Have the media missed the real Tibet story?
Here's an interesting column written by a best-selling author and journalist, published in an Australian newspaper. After written an article against t...
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Chinese in Vancouver |
active:31 weeks 2 days ago |
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fool on the hill
the pope already wrote about Garth Turner's new book: Greater Fool - the troubled future of real estate, and there is a blog that goes with it. He did...
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vancouver (un)real estate |
active:32 weeks 1 day ago |
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More on media bias
I was invited by the BBC last week to take part in its World Service's programme World Have Your Say on the topic of western media bias towards Tibe...
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Chinese in Vancouver |
active:33 weeks 12 hours ago |
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CTV, TorStar blasted for biased reporting on Tibet issue
CIV - Canada's CTV and the Toronto Star are the latest members of the western media to give twisted, biased reporting on the Tibet issue.On March 24, ...
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Chinese in Vancouver |
active:33 weeks 4 days ago |
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MPs, reporters poles apart on journalism fairness: study
Canadian Media Research Consortium release - Members of Parliament and the journalists who report on them agree on the importance of accuracy, balance...
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Chinese in Vancouver |
active:49 weeks 6 days ago |
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The worst jobs for the 21st century
Oh no, journalists among one of them.... :(((-----Forbes - Health care, education and financial services--if you're looking for work in the coming dec...
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Chinese in Vancouver |
active:1 year 4 days ago |
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Tories make nice with the media as election nears
As we get closer to an election, we are beginning to see a shift in the Tories' communication strategy.Probably inspired by the PM's satisfaction of t...
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Chinese in Vancouver |
active:1 year 1 week ago |
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Tories make nice with media as election nears
As we get closer to an election, we are beginning to see a shift in the Tories' communication strategy.Probably inspired by the PM's satisfaction of t...
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Chinese in Vancouver |
active:1 year 1 week ago |
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Airplanes, Automobiles & Emissions
Ever wonder why the media ceaselessly singles out the airline industry as a global warming pariah when it accounts for just 2% of worldwide emissions?...
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Conscious Earth |
active:1 year 5 weeks ago |
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Mainstream Media Blog Check
Blog vs mainstream media (msm) blogs, can they co-exist? Of course they can but often times at meetups and in general discussions with other persons-o...
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