All in Writing and journalism
There’s a constant in communications – emotion beats facts ten times out of ten. In other words, if you are arguing facts and the other side is arguing emotion, you will not win. There’s that. Then there is social media, which, for too many people means no measure of restraint or decency.
Were they sitting around strategizing about how to best handle this major story and someone said “I know, we’ll close down the local supper hour news shows that our viewers are familiar with, and give them a show coordinated out of Toronto instead”?
While it (de Adder’s Trump cartoon) wasn’t the trigger for his contract being cancelled, details that have surfaced since have exposed a bigger picture of Brunswick News. And it’s not a pretty one.
It is important social commentary, and the Irving papers will be all the poorer for depriving their readers of it. If Brunswick News was looking to give readers one more reason to cancel their subscriptions, this decision could be it.
it is a tough time for journalism, but kudos for those on the front lines doing the best they can in a difficult situation, and oftentimes, excelling anyway
We pretty much know American politicians aren't really going to do anything about gun violence in the U.S. so here's sometghing the media can do to force their hand.
