Bill McIntyre

U.S. media suppressing Zimbabwe-style electioneering

If I was a citizen of the United States, which I am not, I would be posing some hardball questions to the mainstream U.S. media (MSM) and demanding unequivocal, and most of all, truthful answers.

Pathetic election tactics celebrates society’s dark side

What is it about today’s politics that spawn only the worst possible behavior in people? Along with the rest of you, I too have been watching events unfold during the current elections in the U.S. and Canada. So far, it seems to me, the dark side is winning.

Just how much stupidity can one world tolerate?

“Life is hard. It’s harder if you’re stupid.” - JOHN WAYNE Is stupid the new smart? Is dumb the new wise? Is oblivious the new aware? I am prompted to pose these simple questions in light of current events as witnessed through the probing lenses of television cameras and the scribblings of the popular print media, not to mention the prolific news sources found on the Internet and the overcrowded field occupied by far too many bloggers all jostling elbow-to-elbow for my rapidly diminishing attention span. Have you noticed over the past decade or so how television, movies, magazines and newspapers glorify the antics of really stupid people? I think the movie Dumb and Dumber opened the floodgates to this trend.

Creating a new set of victims will harm native support in Canada

The threat to private land posed by native land claims is the elephant in the room neither governments nor the courts want to talk about. Supported by a bevy of lawyers and encouraged by governments too timid to stand up to them, a growing assault against privately-owned land is now well underway in this country.

Media campaign to silence global warming skeptics failing

Step right up folks and get your tickets to the greatest scam on Earth as we pay homage to those much-maligned scientists, geologists, climate researchers and marginalized Global Warming Skeptics the world over who refuse to be silenced by the skeptiphobics who would still the voices of reason.

How Mainstream Media Can Regain Lost Trust

The North American mainstream media has a credibility problem and I think I have stumbled upon the means to help them regain the trust of their readers, listeners and viewers. And best of all, they do not have to change a thing they are doing now.

Green Propaganda Machine Overheating

It had to happen sooner or later. Canadian, and I assume American, beer drinkers are being blamed for, you guess it, global warming. But, unlike the belching cows issue (remember that one?), it is not for the reason you might at first think.

Will the Real Uncle Sam, Please Stand Up?

I wish someone could explain to me just what is happening in America? Sitting here north of the 49th parallel, in my mind’s eye I look south over the mostly invisible border to the United States with a sense of unease and at times foreboding.

Descent into Gong Show Journalism

After spending far too many years in obscure newsrooms across the country, I can now take some comfort in sitting back on my aging haunches and ponder the state of the industry I once so enthusiastically embraced and defended.