I quit reading the Globe and Mail because I
couldn't stand the obsequious puff pieces on Stephen Harper written by
John Ibbitson anymore, and I couldn't manage the condescending and
ignorant (to say nothing for plagiarized) work of Margaret Wente, and I
couldn't stand the erection of the pay wall, and, in general, I felt as
though the Globe was commenting on the world and its doings like a well
sheltered downtown condo dweller peeing round fancy their fancy curtains into the busy street below.
So, observing that a bunch of writers had jumped ship from the Globe and gone to the National Post, I decided to take up the Post and see if I could live with it. Yes the National Post is extremely right-wing and also elitist, but I can live with that sort of thing as long as the people writing are thoughtful about their positions; as long as I feel like they are trying to start conversations as opposed to simply spewing mindless and unconsidered propaganda (e.g., Ibbitson).
Maybe I was being overly optimistic. Anyhow, any hope I had went out the window when the National Post handed a typewriter back to Conrad Black and began publishing his ill-considered opt-ed pieces again. Black is so insufferably pompous and biased that I am not even able to make it through his articles for the sake of humour. Not only this, but (unlike most stories, which remain on the front page for a single day) the Post insists on letting each of Black's missives linger at the head of their webpage for days upon days, irritating me every time I open their website.
I don't know where else to turn; the CBC I suppose...but I also get bothered by their folksy patriotism. Bah.
So, observing that a bunch of writers had jumped ship from the Globe and gone to the National Post, I decided to take up the Post and see if I could live with it. Yes the National Post is extremely right-wing and also elitist, but I can live with that sort of thing as long as the people writing are thoughtful about their positions; as long as I feel like they are trying to start conversations as opposed to simply spewing mindless and unconsidered propaganda (e.g., Ibbitson).
Maybe I was being overly optimistic. Anyhow, any hope I had went out the window when the National Post handed a typewriter back to Conrad Black and began publishing his ill-considered opt-ed pieces again. Black is so insufferably pompous and biased that I am not even able to make it through his articles for the sake of humour. Not only this, but (unlike most stories, which remain on the front page for a single day) the Post insists on letting each of Black's missives linger at the head of their webpage for days upon days, irritating me every time I open their website.
I don't know where else to turn; the CBC I suppose...but I also get bothered by their folksy patriotism. Bah.
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