Comments on: Not A Special Member Of The Club

By: BC Blue

BC Blue — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 22:14:06 +0000

Kady

As to sounding a little whiny…now that you have finished sorting through the 3,000 pages of the detainee testimony will you now find some time to look at Climategate?

I heard you say on Power and Politics that you wanted a Canadian connection and would “welcome” any information but were too busy with the Afghan file. Love to fill you in on both…

By: Kady O'Malley

Kady O'Malley — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 16:06:40 +0000

With respect, if you didn’t intend your words to be read as a whiny kvetch against the “elite little club” of which you specifically mention me as a member, you might want to edit your post to make it clear that you do, in fact, understand that it is the House — not the gallery, not me, not Aaron Wherry — that forbids the distribution of the blues outside parliamentary offices. Oh, and for the record, it isn’t just the gallery that receives the blues; they’re available on the parliamentary intranet, and sent to MPs’ offices as well. I agree that, given the fact that House proceedings are broadcast (and webcast) live, it’s a redundant and unnecessary restriction, but neither I nor the gallery can do anything about it. Take it up with the board of internal economy.

By: Adrian MacNair

Adrian MacNair — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 03:22:04 +0000

CWTF,

I never said I consider myself a journalist. But it’s a worthy occupation to pursue.

By: Adrian MacNair

Adrian MacNair — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 18:55:59 +0000

Who’s blaming the media? I was clearly blaming Parliament.

By: Issachar

Issachar — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 16:29:00 +0000

That’s a good point Kady. You can’t blame the media this.

There really is no excuse for the government here. It’s simple inertia that they haven’t done anything about the archaic system here. The media has no real incentive to insist on a change and indeed it wasn’t even that realistic until recently.

But now it is. And things should change.

By: Ti-Guy

Ti-Guy — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 13:18:02 +0000

They’re breeding them really dumb and paranoid these days, aren’t they?

By: CWTF

CWTF — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 11:45:04 +0000

They don’t like the idea of losing their elite access to us rabble.
Yeah – having the PM vetting questions ahead of time so that he can get a script writer to shape the answers is so much better…
And I’m sure you enjoy all the commercial and think that advertisers are much more truthful than anyone else…

So I guess by rabble you mean the Conservative fluffers that are in a love-feist with the PM…right?

As for the YouTube stunt, well, O’Malley seems to understand the issue, and I’m sure she would have written the same thing if Iggy had pulled something similar…

Oh and Adrian (that’s the official name now, right?), since when to you consider yourself a “journalist’? I mean you are basically just another Conservative fanboy spewing Harper talking points…

By: Kady O'Malley

Kady O'Malley — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 05:06:03 +0000

Actually, no, I don’t write up my reports using the blues. In fact, I very rarely report on Question Period, although I do occasionally liveblog the post QP scrums. I do, however, agree that the blues should be made available to all; it is, of course, the House, not the gallery, that controls the distribution, so I’m not sure why you seem to be blaming the media for this anachronism.

By: Adrian MacNair

Adrian MacNair — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:26:22 +0000

Well, exactly…

By: Issachar

Issachar — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:11:52 +0000

An e-mail list?

Is there any conceivable reason it shouldn’t just be simply posted online and an RSS feed made available as soon as possible? (And if it’s been e-mailed out, it’s definitely possible to post it.)

I mean if we’re going to use technology, e-mail isn’t the best fit for general distribution.