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iverglas

(38,549 posts)
16. thank you, Spazito
Thu Jan 12, 2012, 04:25 PM
Jan 2012

I'd been about to go running off to check the on-screen program guide to see whether I should be jumping for joy!

We had FoxNews during its initial free preview -- which was supposed to be two months and somehow dragged on for months and months. I always wondered whether they actually got approval for that. I guess they finally managed to sign up enough people for the cable companies to afford it. Although I wouldn't be surprised if FoxNews pays the distributors to carry it.

Have you watched SunTV at all? Worse than one would expect from the source of the Sun papers even. No page 3 "girl", though. Their website is dreadful.

http://www.sunnewsnetwork.ca/

I think I watched 10 minutes of Ezra Levant once. There's someone who should stick to not trying to talk extemporaneously. I went and researched, on line, the story he was talking about: a lesbian couple insulted and assaulted in a comedy club by a comic and bar employees. Oddly, it wasn't at all the way he had described it ...

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About Ezra Levant

Hailed as "Canada's no.1 defender of free speech," best-selling author, lawyer, blogger and general trouble-maker, Calgary's Ezra Levant is one of Canada's best-known conservative pundits. A veteran journalist, Ezra covered national politics, the Supreme Court and the Middle East for the National Post and founded the Western Standard magazine, the only Canadian media outlet to publish the Danish cartoons of Mohammed. His best-selling books include Shakedown: How Our Government is Undermining Democracy in the Name of Human Rights and Ethical Oil: The Case for Canada's Oil Sands. His non-televised rants appear at ezralevant.com


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Canada has a law prohibiting lying on broadcast news? Wow.... Little Star Jan 2012 #1
Fox News has managed to destroy democracy with out firing a shot. southernyankeebelle Jan 2012 #12
there was a similar law in the US until Go Vols Jan 2012 #14
The story was from last March! DeathToTheOil Jan 2012 #2
Fox news is no better than Goebbels propaganda machine quinnox Jan 2012 #3
another link handmade34 Jan 2012 #4
Fox News(in the US) wouldn't Survive such a High Standard fascisthunter Jan 2012 #5
I sure wish they were BANNED here in Mexico! Hulk Jan 2012 #6
From Wikipedia pintobean Jan 2012 #7
Not surprising that Videotron doesn't carry it onenote Jan 2012 #17
Looks like the blogger got this story way wrong RZM Jan 2012 #8
The link posted in the OP DeathToTheOil Jan 2012 #13
Yep. And the information reported was wrong then, too. onenote Jan 2012 #26
Yet, it remains on the Greatest Page. MilesColtrane Jan 2012 #36
Q: Which FOX News broadcast got them banned in Canada? KansDem Jan 2012 #9
I hope this is the beginning of a trend. lpbk2713 Jan 2012 #10
Sadly, they are not banned from here, we can still get it... Spazito Jan 2012 #11
thank you, Spazito iverglas Jan 2012 #16
LOL, I had the same reaction when I read the header... Spazito Jan 2012 #22
That's what I thought, too ... polly7 Jan 2012 #21
Yes, it is there on the listing but only accessible if you pay an additional... Spazito Jan 2012 #24
on Rogers Ontario it is definitely "pay" iverglas Jan 2012 #25
Hmmm polly7 Jan 2012 #28
Fox yes, FoxNews no? iverglas Jan 2012 #29
No, you're right - same thing here laundry_queen Jan 2012 #35
Does anyone care that that this is old and largely false information? onenote Jan 2012 #15
This story, albeit wrong, re Fox is regarding a CRTC decision... Spazito Jan 2012 #18
and thank you too iverglas Jan 2012 #19
I doubt it pintobean Jan 2012 #20
No, and unfortunately, it is a pattern here at DU. Fire, Ready, Aim. (nt) SlimJimmy Jan 2012 #23
If it were me pintobean Jan 2012 #27
That would be a good idea. (nt) SlimJimmy Jan 2012 #30
K & R Scurrilous Jan 2012 #31
even though it's old and debunked? ;) n/t iverglas Jan 2012 #32
2 articles from March 2 2011 on same topic DeathToTheOil Jan 2012 #33
Kick! sarcasmo Jan 2012 #34
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