Journalists to the barricades. (Ear To The Ground).For decades journalists and politicians have agonized ag·o·nize v. ag·o·nized, ag·o·niz·ing, ag·o·niz·es v.intr. 1. To suffer extreme pain or great anguish. 2. To make a great effort; struggle. v.tr. over the growing corporate control of the news media. Media baron after media baron came and went and the freedom of the media remained unchallenged. Then finally it happened. Israel Asper, owner of CanWest Global, the country's largest media conglomerate with television stations and newspapers galore, started sending out canned editorials with instructions that all his papers must use them and that local editors were not to criticize crit·i·cize v. crit·i·cized, crit·i·ciz·ing, crit·i·ciz·es v.tr. 1. To find fault with: criticized the decision as unrealistic. See Usage Note at critique. them in print. Then the publisher of The Ottawa Citizen The Ottawa Citizen (established 1845) is an English-language daily newspaper owned by CanWest Global in Ottawa, Canada. According to the Canadian Newspaper Association, the paper has a circulation of 141,540. , CanWest's daily in the national capital, was fired for printing a stinging criticism of Asper's friend, Prime Minister Chretien, and supporting it with an editorial. The response from the public was electrifying e·lec·tri·fy tr.v. e·lec·tri·fied, e·lec·tri·fy·ing, e·lec·tri·fies 1. To produce electric charge on or in (a conductor). 2. a. . Reporters withheld their by-lines, opposition MPs demanded a public inquiry, the letters-to-the-editor pages filled up with criticism and hundreds of Citizen readers cancelled their subscriptions. Henry F Heald n. 1. A heddle. in Canada |
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