The Roman Republic lasted for almost 500 years.. but I agree, mainstream media, as a vital organ of democracy, is sadly often not objective, and reporters often don't bother establishing the facts. In today's media opinion seems to override fact.. SAD as Trump would say.
I'm with you on that... everything is relative. The media are limited by time, space and the all important sound bite. Years ago, before the internet and social media, I worked briefly as a reporter for the Saskatoon Star Phoenix newspaper. One day the news editor, my boss, stormed out of his office and shouted "YOU'RE NOT WRITING FOR THE (profanity deleted) ECONOMIST!".. he told me to keep it simple.. as if I'm writing for a simple 12 year old... one thought per sentence.. no big words.. But back in the day objectivism was everything.. We were expected to report the facts, and anything that even approximated an opinion was ruthlessly edited out.
Respectfully, I think it could also be argued that MSM is also reinforcing your beliefs. I have not seen one article highlighting the 'good' that is happening at this protest (now that could just be me simply not seeing the articles). Yet I have seen many different views from people that are there and sharing their experiences. We are all guilty of confirmation bias for sure.
I stand corrected ... but in the end, and it did end, it became an empire.
Yes, but he's still got great hair.
Sorry loaders...have to disagree...it's not a minority anymore...there is a reason this is gaining traction on a local, provincial, and now world level. I don't remember there being a vote about shut downs, locks down, and mandatory vaccines? Did they put that out to a vote and I missed it before implementing it?
How do you know that? You said it yourself ... they're silent !!! That leads to the impression "they" haven't given an opinion either way.
It's been a long time since that happened. MPs and MPPs vote the party line, i.e. what the party leader tells them to vote, not what their constituents need or want, and they've been doing that for quite some time now. It's disappointing
A recent (2 days ago) Leger survey indicated that approx 2/3 of Canadians opposed the protest taking place in Ottawa. The survey found that 65% of the respondents thought=the trucker convoy was “ a small minority of Canadians thinking only of themselves and not the thousands of Canadians who are suffering through delayed surgeries and postponed treatments due to the surging pandemic”. 57% of respondents indicated that they thought the convoy was not about vaccine mandates, but “ an opportunity for right wing supremacist groups to rally and voice their frustrations about society”. Just over half of those responding indicated they found the convoy in Ottawa “scary” and reminded them of the January 6 attack on the US capital. By silent, I mean, as you already know Michael, not blowing air horns, not causing the disruption of schools and public transit and screaming for the dissolution of the duly elected government. You know, regular folks not enamoured with this pseudo “call to arms”. As for your elected officials. If you are unhappy with them, change them at election time or better yet, offer up yourself as a candidate. If this protest has the kind of widespread support that so many claim it has, there should be no shortage of new MPs in Ottawa and new MPPs in Toronto to champion your cause.How do you know that? You said it yourself ... they're silent !!! That leads to the impression "they" haven't given an opinion either way.
It's been a long time since that happened. MPs and MPPs vote the party line, i.e. what the party leader tells them to vote, not what their constituents need or want, and they've been doing that for quite some time now. It's disappointing
The mandate that vaccination is mandatory in certain circumstances is just that - a mandate under the quarantine act. It is not a law, decided by parliament and set before the senate. So vaccines isn't the rule of law.
