Here is another piece of news that makes you question whether free-press actually has the degree of freedom that it claims.
Hal Turner, a notorious shock-jock Internet radio talk-show host was arrested in June of 2009 for issuing speech advocating the death of three Federal Court judges on his blog.
He wrote, “Let me be the first to say this plainly: These judges deserve to be killed. Their blood will replenish the tree of liberty. A small price to pay to assure freedom for millions.”
The incredible Hollywood twist, however, came during the …

Two high school teachers from Churchill High School in Winnipeg were taped putting on a lapdance show that would make Elizabeth Berkeley jealous during a school rally, before hundreds of high school kids in the school gymnasium. Like all good lapdances, there was a modest amount of ass-to-face, crotch-to-face, ass-to-crotch, face-to-crotch action with a hint of spankings. Brilliant.

The clip was posted on YouTube titled “Two Teachers One Chair” (hehe, nice). It is not known whether the teachers were aware of the filming, but with hundreds of pubescent …

The release of Canadian freelance journalist Amanda Lindhout has brought a sense of relief to her friends and family and Canadians across the nation. After 15 months in captivity in Somalia by their kidnappers, Ms. Lindhout, along with her fellow colleague, Australian photographer, Nigel Brennan, will be home for Christmas.
The scenario, however, is much more bleak for Canadian journalist Beverly Giesecrecht. Not only does she lack the family support base, she seems to have lost the support the from the majority of Canadians.
That is because the 53 year-old West Vancouverite …

Those of you who watch Canadian television may have recently been bombarded by ads that call for you to “Stop TV Tax”. It has been a successful campaign, utilizing one of the most instinctively dreaded words – taxes.
Regrettably, the “Stop the TV Tax” campaign is really nothing about taxes. Ridiculous as it may sound, the money accrued under this ‘TV Tax’, if approved, goes to the pockets of the same corporate giants who are leading this Anti-TV-Tax campaign – Rogers, Bell, Cogeco, and the cable companies. It …

Jonathan Krohn, 13-year old author of self-published book “Define Conservatism” had been propelled to prominence by the mainstream media from his 2-minute speech at CPAC (Conservative Policital Action Conference), in which he was met with nothing less than a standing ovation from an auditorium full of staunch American conservatives.
While many were quick to lash at his immaturity and inexperience, few managed to poke holes in his model. Krohn managed to exemplify, in laymen’s terms, the complexities of Conservative ideology, by sifting them into four core principles:

respect for the Constitution
respect …

The tears from mourning the death of Lion King’s “Mufasa” were real. Once the show was over, however, we would snap back to reality, and “Mufasa” and his family no longer warranted our mourning. That is the value of entertainment; its ability to take us for an emotional roller coaster. Yet, no matter how intense the ride, the sensations are only temporary. We react to the circumstances of the characters while the stories make you feel and wonder at the safety of our own bubbles. …

If American icon “Joe-the-Plumber” (also known as Samuel Wurzelbacher) is representative of average Americans, America is in trouble.
Joe was in Israel, covering the Israel-Gaza conflict for an Internet news media website, Pajamas TV. Contrary to Pajamas TV’s mission to “report on examples of media bias and deception”, however, Joe advocated that “media should be abolished from reporting.”
Here is the full quote at one of his interviews:
“Now everyone’s got an opinion and wants to…down soldiers. You know, American soldiers or Israeli soldiers…I think media should be abolished from, uh, you …

I couldn’t help but watch this video over and over.

The hilarious video conceals a lot of questions.
Where did the journalist learn how to throw like that!?
If you’ve thrown a shoe before, you know it’s not easy. (Don’t ask me when I’ve thrown one.) The weight of a shoe is awkwardly distributed and it is challenging to get a good grip. To maximize accuracy, one would toss it laterally, like a football. The journalist whipped the shoe by flinging it from the back, while maintaining perfect accuracy on both …

Talking heads, columnists, and bloggers have gone wild on analyzing whether Ralph Nader’s “Uncle Tom” comment was justified. I do not want to feed in to this insane media frenzy and become one of the mere thousands who felt the need to comment on it. Please watch the interview here:

No, this is not about Ralph Nader. This is about Fox News anchor Shepard Smith.
The interview was nothing less of character assassination. In introducing Mr. Nader, Smith labeled him as the “spoiler of the close 2000 contest”. …

[Note: This is a parody of a column written by columnist Heather Mallick. You can find it here.]
I assume Heather Mallick wrote her patronizing opinion piece on American Republican Vice President nominee Sarah Palin in order to manipulate Republican support amongst her supposed ‘thoughtful’ fan-base readers. With childish name-calling and a vacant thesis, she had instead highlighted her un-professionalism, lack of journalistic integrity and her incapacity to critically analyze the political scene.
So why do it?
It’s possible that Mrs. Mallick was simply feeling sexually inferior to the much more …