The CBC strike (and to a lesser degree the Telus strike) have been somewhat radicalized by Blogs. This excites me to no end, because it is people, albeit highly media-savvy people, wrestling their media out of the hands of the corporations. In the past, people like me would have had to rely on news filtered through more corporate media. It is interesting listening to the perspectives from the people that are directly affected, without heavy editing.
The workers haven't stopped doing what they love to do, just because they can't get into the studios anymore. They are the CBC and so are we.
http://www.cbcunplugged.com/
http://thetyee.ca/News/2005/08/22/CBCUnplugged/
http://radio.blogware.com
-Lots of CBC blogs here.
Studio Zero streaming broadcast (I hate the term "Podcast")
Joe Keithley and East Van's own Geoff Berner play live on the pickets.
An interesting note on BBC's union not really liking the fact their wireservice is being pressed into scabbing.
and the whole thing deserved a mention on my favorite: Metafilter
plus there is a couple great CBC employee blogs I think deserve mention that haven't been mentioned in these sourcest: http://slushpile.blogspot.com http://cannedclams.blogspot.com -keep your chins up!
as Deb said in her Blog- just wait till hockey season for the fur to start flying.
More on Telus later- my father-in-law expects they'll be out for the rest of the year.
Never been to Spain.
Wednesday, August 24, 2005
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