Archive for the ‘Propaganda’ Category

Stephen Colbert and Dick’s Move: Controversy Surrounding Access to Olympic Facilities

The 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver will be a special event for Canada, as it is an opportunity to win a gold medal at home for the first time ever. Canada has hosted the Olympic games twice before (once in Montreal and then in Calgary), but we’ve been shutout in the gold medal standings.
VANOC, the [...]

‘Stop the TV Tax’ Debate Spins Out of Consumer Control

Scene from 30 Rock:
Liz Lemon: I really enjoyed watching MTV Canada with you.
Gavin Volure (played by Steve Martin): They can’t seem to get anything right up there, can they?
By now I think most people have heard of the Stop the TV Tax movement. We have seen the corny TV ads. Here’s the set-up:It’s in typical [...]