tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7180592942896724433.post9103002001284403851..comments2023-12-13T05:02:37.426-05:00Comments on Pushed to the Left and Loving It: You Don't Have to be Left-Leaning to Want to Protect Canadian JobsEmily Deehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08354341672810615468noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7180592942896724433.post-32619233640926274152010-10-27T15:22:58.792-04:002010-10-27T15:22:58.792-04:00It's very sad KayIt's very sad KayEmily Deehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08354341672810615468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7180592942896724433.post-34037770575998435192010-10-27T13:51:38.683-04:002010-10-27T13:51:38.683-04:00I growl and grind my teeth (grind my dentures does...I growl and grind my teeth (grind my dentures doesn't sound quite right) when I think of old papers like the Globe and Mail descending into the depths of partisanism like this.<br />When I started in the newspaper business in the 60s, there were rules for good writing and one of them was "be impartial"! Oh, sure, one Vancouver paper could be identified as "Liberal" and the other as "Conservative" but not in their news stories.<br />Reporters had to be impartial. Editorials could reflect the opinions of the writer, and columnists could pretty much say whatever they wanted. But reporters had to stick to the facts and not inject their opinions, which, if found in a story, were immediately crossed out by copy-editors on the city desk.<br />Even words like "pretty" and "handsome" were pencilled out of cutlines (photo captions) if the deskman thought the writer was trying to influence the public or, worse still, the subject of the photo.<br />Political affiliation could be mentioned only to identify someone's job or candidacy: "Liberal MP" or "Conservative candidate" or "secretary of the downtown Green Party headquarters", not that we had a Green party in those days, so let's say "Social Credit party headquarters"!!<br />But those were the rules. Reporters had to report, not discuss, elaborate, speculate, or, heaven forbid, fudge.Kay L. Davieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09966266404058177742noreply@blogger.com