{"id":17650,"date":"2010-10-16T16:12:25","date_gmt":"2010-10-16T20:12:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fryeblog.blog.lib.mcmaster.ca\/?p=17650"},"modified":"2010-10-16T16:12:25","modified_gmt":"2010-10-16T20:12:25","slug":"sun-tv-news-done","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/macblog.mcmaster.ca\/fryeblog\/2010\/10\/16\/sun-tv-news-done\/","title":{"rendered":"Sun TV News: Done"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/macblog.mcmaster.ca\/fryeblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2010\/10\/suntvnews.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17651\" src=\"http:\/\/macblog.mcmaster.ca\/fryeblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2010\/10\/suntvnews.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"211\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Sorry to be a little late to the party<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/communities.canada.com\/VANCOUVERSUN\/blogs\/communityofinterest\/archive\/2010\/10\/06\/fox-news-north-not-savour-the-victory.aspx\">Fox News North \u2013 Not: Savour the victory<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>By <a href=\"http:\/\/communities.canada.com\/VANCOUVERSUN\/members\/Murray-Dobbin\/default.aspx\">Murray Dobbin<\/a> 5 Oct 2010                                         <a href=\"http:\/\/communities.canada.com\/VANCOUVERSUN\/blogs\/communityofinterest\/default.aspx\">Vancouver Sun Community of Interest<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>It\u2019s quite a come down. From in-your-face arrogance to a total retreat in a  matter of a few months, the big money behind Quebecor\u2019s determination to set up  a Fox news North is now looking pretty humble.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>There\u2019s no doubt that part of this is overreach on the part of Pierre Karl  Peladeau and his junkyard-dog front man Kory Teneycke.\u00a0 But mostly it is a huge  victory for every Canadian who took time to write, email, phone or other wise  protest this grotesque plan to move Canadian political culture to the far right.  And a victory in particular for Avaaz the on-line social movement that flushed  Teneycke and his bully tactics into the open.<\/p>\n<p>We should all celebrate \u2013 maybe by donating to your favourite on-line  journal.<\/p>\n<p>Teneycke got a tad ahead of himself having come so recently from the PMO  where he was accustomed to having virtually dictatorial powers to use government  auhtority in Harper\u2019s interests.<\/p>\n<p>It turns out that the ability to bully a nation as a private corporate  citizen isn\u2019t quite so easy.<\/p>\n<p>Teneycke is now still licking his wounds and is hiding from public view  hoping that people \u2013 including those who might otherwise have employed him \u2013  will forget what an idiot he was and what a liability he would be to any public  project in the future.<\/p>\n<p>As for Peladeau his enormous wealth \u2013 he is a billionaire \u2013 hasn\u2019t prevented  him from being humbled by citizen action against his plan. Of course he can\u2019t  hide his arrogance. \u00a0He told reporters outside the Canadian Club in Ottawa that  his company, Sun Media would now withdraw a request for a special license that  would force cable companies to offer his station (now barely on the radar of any  audience) in at least some of their packages.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve decided to go with the policies of the CRTC,\u201d said a Quebecor  spokesman..<\/p>\n<p>Big of them \u2013 as if obeying the law of the land was optional for Daddy Big  Bucks.<\/p>\n<p>His statement indicated that they will simply ask for the ordinary license  which means cable companies can take his TV network or leave it.<\/p>\n<p>It put the lie to Peladeau\u2019s previous alarmist declaration by which he  attempted to pressure the CRTC. In August, he declared that failing to get his  favoured status would be a disaster: \u201cThis would be fatal to our business case \u2026  and would likely result in the cancellation of the Sun TV News project.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a sweet victory. Savour it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sorry to be a little late to the party Fox News North \u2013 Not: Savour the victory By Murray Dobbin 5 Oct 2010 Vancouver Sun Community of Interest It\u2019s quite a come down. 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