Categories: In the News

When News Organizations Go Unstaffed

[Dave Edwards from Big Story

IM’d me to point this out] The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, still

in the throes of its employee lockout (a tentative agreement was signed

yesterday), has been making do with other employees filling in for news

writers, and it’s showing:

A screenshot of the CBC story on the film based on

Edward R. “Morrow”. The highlighting is mine. Click the picture to go

to its web page.

It’s sad when a news organization gets the names of its heroes wrong. The gentleman in question is actually Edward R. Murrow.

Never heard of the man? Don’t feel bad; apparently the folks currently

running the CBC haven’t either. He’s notable for his reporting in World

War II (especially the then-shocking way he covered the liberation of Buchenwald) and his instrumental role in taking down Senator McCarthy (who, in these debased times, is being held up as a hero by some total wingnuts). You might want to see his Wikipedia entry.

Joey deVilla

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  • I'm underwhelmed by the efforts of CBC managers. Couldn't tell if the locked out journalists covered this story on their news site. They've temporarily removed all the news stories to make way for hockey....

    "I'm not sure of that

    But I'm sure of one thing

    Her spelling's atrocious"

    --Sloan, "Underwhelmed" (funny how that showed up two posts above this....)

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