SportingNews.com - NHL - Newspapers give cold shoulder to Stanley Cup

Seeded on Sat Jun 2, 2007 7:32 PM EDT (CNET News.com)

Of the 21 U.S. markets that have NHL teams, only nine were represented for any of the first three games. That includes local coverage in the Los Angeles area. The Daily News of New York covered the entire series, while The New York Times sent a reporter only to the opener.

media, us, nhl, newspapers, stanley-cup

globeandmail.com: Brunt: The song is over in Music City USA

Seeded on Wed May 23, 2007 11:48 PM EDT (The Globe and Mail)

Well, looks like the the Waterloo Predators may be getting ready to take the ice. Is any one surprised that hockey failed in the heart of the south, especially under the stewardship of that money-grubbing fool, Craig Leopold?

canada, sports, hockey, winnipeg, nashville, jim-balsillie, southern-ontario, wateloo

globeandmail.com: Police pose as reporter to arrest protester

Seeded on Tue May 22, 2007 12:23 PM EDT (The Globe and Mail)

So here's an ethical conundrum. Do you support a police officer who poses as a journalist to set up a meeting with a suspect? That's just what a Vancouver cop did to flush our and anti-poverty activist recently.

olympics, police, journalism, ethics, world-news, vancouver, print-media, anti-poverty

Influx of Al Qaeda, money into Pakistan is seen

Seeded on Sun May 20, 2007 12:29 PM EDT (The L.A. Times)

No worries...Pakistan is a US ally, right? Right...

pakistan, bin-laden, united-states, world-news, al-qaeda

Tories have the book on political wrangling

Seeded on Sun May 20, 2007 8:49 AM EDT (Canada.com)

Canadian politics takes a turn toward the surreal, as the Tories appear to be working from a guide that attempts to make legislative gridlock a partisan weapon.

conservative-party, world-news, stephen-harper, parliament-hill, conservative-mps, tory-mps

TheStar.com - Canadians don't care for Sicko

Seeded on Sun May 20, 2007 7:51 AM EDT (Toronto Star)

Canadian journalists at Cannes react badly to what they see as wild distortions about the quality of Canadian healthcare in Michael Moore's new movie.

entertainment, canada, healthcare, michael-moore