So up until a few weeks ago I read Rex Murphy sporadically at best. Then the other week he published this questionable piece on climate change (in short: regionalism should trump action) which was neither inspired or thoughtful. Wondering if the previous week had been an outlier I read him again this weekend and was [...]
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Rex Murphy: Sarah Palin’s Strong Bond
Let’s Turn up the heat on Rex Murphy’s flawed logic
In his regular column the other week Rex Murphy published a piece entitled Don’t turn up the heat on the West, which also had the great sub title: By making Western provinces pay for adventures in global warming policy we will be playing with Confederation. For a man that regularly rails against the lack of [...]
Newspapers, the auto industry and climate change
So here’s an interesting fact: In 2004, according to the Canadian Newspaper Association, advertising revenue in Canadian newspapers was $2.6 billion. Of the top 30 advertisers in Canadian papers, 15 were car dealerships or auto manufacturers. Car ads represented fully 54 percent of those top-30 revenues, totalling $549 million. So, when Rex Murphy or Margaret [...]
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