Mixed Messages

Photo taken just after midnight on Friday by Jonathan Goldsbie. The "For Renovations" part of the sign has since been torn off. You know what's annoying? When the media overexposes a story while at the same time openly asking, "Is the media giving ____ too much coverage?" The Daily Show reams the cable news networks for that all the time. And yet, we have some sympathy. Maybe it's a cry for help. Maybe it's a way for the anchors to get something off their consciences in a way that won't get them fired. Certainly the Happy Seven incident has received way too much coverage. Or, more accurately, coverage that is far too prominent in their respective news outlets. It was the top story on the CityNews website for a day and a half. It led off their 6:00 newscast Wednesday and likely several ones subsequent to that. CBC Toronto had... [read full story]                    

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