msm Stories - The Copper & Blue
Ales Hemsky, Ryan Whitney And Preferential Media Treatment
One of the finest yearly traditions in Northern Alberta is the turning of the fanbase. Each year management sours on a player, notifies the media of their sour disposition, and allows nature to take it's course. The Edmonton media takes up it's role as Oilers valet and begins to question the...
Setting Up The Play
Setting up the play. Iginla handles this with an amazing amount of patience and decency. I'm not sure what she was getting at, she obviously had something in her head about making a play and just went into complete brain lock when the words came out of her mouth. I've been tipped off that the...
Ryan Whitney's Injury And The Edmonton Media
Silence is golden But my eyes still see. Silence is golden (golden) But my eyes still see. --"Silence Is Golden", The Four Seasons Ryan Whitney returned to the lineup on November 25th after four weeks of rest and rehab for a knee injury suffered against Vancouver on October 25th. From his first...
12 flavors of stupid?
When I read Down Goes Brown's tweet regarding an MSM column that he characterized as "twelve different flavors of stupid," of course I immediately sought it out. DGB is uniquely hilarious and has earned its stupid-detecting credentials many times over. I think it's a sign of just how much stupid is...
A Musing on Writing and Blogging - Part 1
Picture courtesy of Wikimedia Commons - author unknown You know, I started writing this article over two years ago. Stopped and started many a time because: 1. there were thoughts I couldn't complete and/or2. it didn't seem topical anymore heh... There is a lot of discussion, on occasion,...
Newspapers vs. Blogs
David Staples over at Cult of Hockey makes reference today to a John MacKinnon article about the differing roles of the mainstream media and that of blogs. Both articles are interesting reads, as is the article that John MacKinnon refers to over at the Globe & Mail. Frankly, though, I think both of...
Tambellini: A Composite Picture
Steve Tambellini was hired as the Oilers GM yesterday, and despite 17 years of hockey management experience, is a bit of an unknown, both in terms of who he is and what exactly he'll be doing. I thought I might help remedy that by looking to what's been written about him in the MSM today.Joanne...
Oilers Shunning Blog Coverage of Team
Another blogger roundup prior to gametime at the gates of Rexall Place in Edmonton. "Lowe lied, blogs died!" was heard echoing through the downtown area.In a fascinating and rather disturbing turn, the Oilers, in classic holier-than-thou fashion, have apparently banned a local blogger from the...
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