[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.
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Excellent use of the blink tag.
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....)