It's the close of the G20. After a month of media distractions about security budgets and fake lakes and riot anticipation and thugs in black and burning cop cars and all the rest, are you perhaps needing to remind yourself of what the hell it is that the G20/G8 does and why it's important and why all these people are out on the streets anyway?? If you don't know the answer to any of these it's because mainstream media has failed us. It's because Harper's gamble- that holding the G20 in the heart of the city would cause enough of a media circus to distract us from the real issues- is paying off. Don't take the bait.
http://toronto.mediacoop.ca/story/why-are-they-protesting/3843
I am so disgusted with the CBC's coverage of all of this- so many collected quotes about the "thugs" and "hooligans," none about the illegal house raids, the random arrests and deplorable detention centre conditions. Of all the online mainstream media, national post has been the only one even remotely on point is the national post (?!?!). And I think it's because they're really pissed that their staff got arrested.
A humble thanks to all the folks at the Toronto Media Co-op for their sacrifice to give us the other side of the story.
http://toronto.mediacoop.ca/story/why-are-they-protesting/3843
I am so disgusted with the CBC's coverage of all of this- so many collected quotes about the "thugs" and "hooligans," none about the illegal house raids, the random arrests and deplorable detention centre conditions. Of all the online mainstream media, national post has been the only one even remotely on point is the national post (?!?!). And I think it's because they're really pissed that their staff got arrested.
A humble thanks to all the folks at the Toronto Media Co-op for their sacrifice to give us the other side of the story.
