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martin dufresne
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posted 06 November 2008 12:55 PM
Hey, another female-putdown titled thread! I was starting to think something might have changed... Re this morning's show with Bob Macdonald, I HATE it when male journalists "take a poke" at female journalists on-air. It is self-interested harassment and a staple of Radio-Canada fare, both on radio and TV. On private radio, it is much worse, with predictable ribbing or elation about female co-hosts physical appearance. Shock-radio jock Gilles Proulx once asked a (Black) female co-host if her breasts were real or protheses. When star misogynist Pierre Bourgault was still alive, back in 2001, he wrote in a daily column that he would have punched radio host Christiane Charette if she had dared allude to his age as she was said to have done when she asked then-Premier Bernard Landry about his grand-children before a crucial election at the helm of the Parti québécois. Male broadcasters "blowing up" at female colleagues/underlings is common, though generally done off-air. Proulx also did that to a researcher before he was thankfully retired from Quebec airwaves. Most of the time, the harassment is more subtle. For instance, how often have you heard a male anchor "gently berate" a female weathercaster for announcing less-than-perfect weather? I think women in the media often giggle because it is unacceptable for them to respond in kind to a male harasser on air. They would be fired immediately. Males respond differently, e.g. raising their voice or speaking at length when challenged and wanting to restore their alpha male status. "Ted Baxter" lives, alas.[ 06 November 2008: Message edited by: martin dufresne ]
From: "Words Matter" (Mackinnon) | Registered: Dec 2005
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Tommy_Paine
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posted 06 November 2008 01:52 PM
quote: He should be on at least twice a week. Say tuesday thursday, not just when something like the collider are in vogue. It would also help eliminate the lack of critical thought. I have been watching a great number of BBC nature docs and History channel docs about ancient civs, I think if people knew more about history we would have less issues about religion.
I'm not sure. Discovery chanel does an hour long show every week day, "Daily Planet". Like other news broadcasts, when you take out the old rebroadcasted reports, there's really maybe only a solid twenty minutes, or less of science "news". It's not that there's a shortage of science news everyday. But maybe there's a shortage of science news that producers think will hold an audience. And yes, there's no shortage of documentaries these days, on the history chanel etc. When there were fewer, those who made them knew they were reaching an interested audience. There are many today that seem to me to be speaking to chanel surfers. [ 06 November 2008: Message edited by: Tommy_Paine ]
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Tommy_Paine
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posted 06 November 2008 05:39 PM
Yeah, no kidding eh?And what about the quality of the documentaries that are shown between these shows? I have to admit, I like the mix of real footage, computer graphics and eye witness accounts in "Battle 360" but the script and narration sounds like it's done by someone who worked for DC Comics in the 50's. Hoakey isn't the word. It's so cornball, it makes me laugh out loud. And, I've noticed that many documentaries on both the History chanel and Discovery have become tedious, with much repition after commercial breaks, and excessive padding with cute computer graphics. I've seen two hour documentaries that should have been just an hour-- or less. Uninterestingly enough, the History chanel got busted by the CRTC for running "CSI" wall to wall. I don't see how "NCIS" doesn't violate the terms of the History chanel mandate. Nice to be above the law, eh?
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remind
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posted 06 November 2008 05:59 PM
Did anyone else see the CBC documentary last week, or the week before, about GWB and his wanting Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's head brought to him? It was quite interesting actually, and put a lot of things into prespective. Way back when they first thought they had killed him, early in the war, they cut off the man's head, whom they had thought was Abu Musab al-Zarqawi and a guy actually carried the severed head, in a metal box on a military flight and took it to GWB, who had wanted to put it on his mantel. Kinda puts those other decapitations of westerners into perspective, eh? Retaliation perhaps? And talk about power drunk whacked out old day emperor shit on the part of GWB. God I hope he is charged with war crimes.
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thorin_bane
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posted 06 November 2008 08:45 PM
quote: Originally posted by martin dufresne: Hey, another female-putdown titled thread! I was starting to think something might have changed... Re this morning's show with Bob Macdonald, I HATE it when male journalists "take a poke" at female journalists on-air. It is self-interested harassment and a staple of Radio-Canada fare, both on radio and TV. On private radio, it is much worse, with predictable ribbing or elation about female co-hosts physical appearance. Shock-radio jock Gilles Proulx once asked a (Black) female co-host if her breasts were real or protheses. When star misogynist Pierre Bourgault was still alive, back in 2001, he wrote in a daily column that he would have punched radio host Christiane Charette if she had dared allude to his age as she was said to have done when she asked then-Premier Bernard Landry about his grand-children before a crucial election at the helm of the Parti québécois. Male broadcasters "blowing up" at female colleagues/underlings is common, though generally done off-air. Proulx also did that to a researcher before he was thankfully retired from Quebec airwaves. Most of the time, the harassment is more subtle. For instance, how often have you heard a male anchor "gently berate" a female weathercaster for announcing less-than-perfect weather? I think women in the media often giggle because it is unacceptable for them to respond in kind to a male harasser on air. They would be fired immediately. Males respond differently, e.g. raising their voice or speaking at length when challenged and wanting to restore their alpha male status. "Ted Baxter" lives, alas.[ 06 November 2008: Message edited by: martin dufresne ]
Seriously GIVE IT A REST. Did you notice I like Andrea Ratuski is that because I am against Rex Murphy? Your more womanly than thou shit is grating even for some of the females on this board. Nothing I said was sexist. It was an observation. Same as the Olbermann thread. I could have said michelle was an anti-semite for not liking his delivery as much as you calling me a misogynist. Cleary michelle isn't anti-semetic and neither am I a woman hater you git. I like wendy mesly far more than pete mansbridge does that mean I hate bald men? BTW she said he took a poke, I didn't see it. I think she made a science assumption that he GIGGLED at. I think she took the GIGGLE as a poke. [ 06 November 2008: Message edited by: thorin_bane ]
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thorin_bane
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posted 06 November 2008 08:57 PM
quote: Originally posted by Toby Fourre:
Interesting that. I like Evan Solomon and I like Carol MacNeil but I don't like them together. Frankly, I don't like the dual anchor setup that CBC uses on news shows. And I don't like the friendly banter that is supposed to make us all comfortable. This stuff detracts from the object which is to present the news.
Exactly my point. News was serious at one time not so much anymore. Infotainment is the key now. Like the others pointed out, even docs these days are a lot of filler. I do love those cut-away sectionals though. Guess that is because of those popular science/mechanics I used to read as a kid. I have been watching engineering an empire from the library(our library has a lot of DVD, right now I am watching 'The Man Who Would Be King') so it covers a little history and a some science. While I do know that daily planet is on everyday there are a few problems with that. I don't have cable or dish(anymore) so I can't watch that at all. A lot of people don't put that on but do watch the news. The news is taken as serious, while daily planet is way more about presenting it as fun(lots of fluff little substance back when I use to watch). Which I do like but some don't. So If it was presented on the news it might be viewed as more factual. Course when they have bob on it last all of 5 minutes anyways. It just seams his appearances are getting pretty far apart.
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Papal Bull
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posted 06 November 2008 08:58 PM
quote: Originally posted by thorin_bane: more than pete mansbridge does that mean I hate bald men?
Yes, and you probably prefer MacLean over Cherry. edit:: I am a bad Canadian. Oh, double post? I will leave that snafu up there for the ages. Hopefully it will be used against me one day... Either way, Tommy_Paine, if you will, I feel your _Paine. I haven't been able to watch History Channel or Discovery Channel too much recently. As much as I like Frontiers of Construction, I can only watch it 3 times a week for so many years. I like my documentaries really full of boring information and droning, stereotypical narrators. Although I can always enjoy a more interesting approach to narration. I actively seek out those documentaries that introduce you to a really neat topic, like one on the Hittites. I watched that a few years ago and was struck with a "damn, that was a culture that should have ruled the world" sort of thought. I like those. I admit, they do dramatize and take a little too much liberty, but at least the corniness is well done! The 3D reconstructions of the city were very interesting, as were the costumes. It sort of encourages me to segue into talking about "Engineering an Empire" but that is a whole other topic. I spend entirely too much time watching documentaries, particularly the likes of Future is Wild or Swimming With Sea Monsters. As for newscasting and such, I used to watch a lot, but the CBC lately has been really grating, particularly when combined with a free subscription to both the Toronto Sun and MacLeans. Sure, the latter has finally been transferred to a few choice subscriptions...the Sun remains. Needless to say, I get enough crappy news coverage. The last thing I want is to turn on CTV or CityTV coverage. I live my life in a blissful void of excessive television news. Although I have a penchant for watching BBC and CBC newsworld when in a pinch for needing some information bombardment. Oh, and FOX News. I love it for 20 minutes, then turn off the TV. Excellent and entertaining demotivator. [ 06 November 2008: Message edited by: Papal Bull ] [ 06 November 2008: Message edited by: Papal Bull ]
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