Jason Hayes has posted the latest Red Ensign at Musing. This is getting to be quite a big job and he's done a very fine roundup. So head on over- and bring your friends.
The Red Ensign group are conservative and libertarian Canadian bloggers who are united in their desire to see Canada return to the larger and more muscular stance it had on the world stage until about the mid 20th Century. It was about then that mostly Liberal governments introduced 'peacekeeping' and 'multilateralism', and began the gutting of our military, to the point that our disaster relief team has no independent air lift capability and were sloooow off the ground in getting to Asia for Tsunami relief. In short, the Ensign is worth supporting!
Makes room for CanWest to join the majors
Kudos to CanWest for calling a terrorist a terrorist . Many, including The Last Amazon , will be happy to hear it. Reuters is among the worst of the major western news services, where I would also place the BBC and the CBC.
Unsurprisingly, Reuters is not happy about the changes CanWest made to Reuters wire stories:
Our editorial policy is that we don't use emotive words when labeling someone," said David A. Schlesinger, Reuters' global managing editor. "Any paper can change copy and do whatever they want. But if a paper wants to change our copy that way, we would be more comfortable if they remove the byline." Mr. Schlesinger said he was concerned that changes like those made at CanWest could lead to "confusion" about what Reuters is reporting and possibly endanger its reporters in volatile areas or situations. "My goal is to protect ...
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