September 2010
2 posts
CBC News - British Columbia - CBC reconsiders... →
The CBC is considering a new policy whereby people commenting on news stories must use their real names, a corporation spokesman has said in response to complaints from an MP… [A] newspaper editorial page [could be] a possible model. “People have to sign their real name, and the newspapers, for example, will check and verify the identity of the person,” said Keay.
Of...
August 2010
2 posts
“the most over-rated Stanley Cup winning goalie in the entire league last...”
– TERID commenting on this National Post column, a syndication of popular hockey humour blog Down Goes Brown. Apparently, the sarcastic tone, nonsensical “facts,” and blatant lies didn’t break through the vast shield of knowledge built up over “the 50 years involved in...
“I would like to hear from some Chinese fellows. I would like to know their frame...”
– If you’re familiar with Chinese culture, Immig would like to talk to you about the state of BC Lower Mainland House Prices.
June 2010
2 posts
“I found out after buying No name Pickles and Relish from Superstore that they...”
– Commenter MikeNike is driven to physical sickness by the thought of eating pickles made in India, also he seems to have problems reading labels.
March 2010
1 post
“How typically Canadian to be down on the success of others. I hope Tofino is...”
– Commenter “anonymous” insists that people should DIE if he can’t get a cup of Tim Hortons while vacationing in Tofino.
November 2009
2 posts
“CRIMESTUDENT: You are sadly misinformed about the drug issue, but you are not...”
– Aptly named commenter, ancientclown, schools commenter crimestudent on why marijuana good and government/police bad. It would be prudent at this juncture to not let newspapers have comment sections.
Homicides in Metro Vancouver and Fraser Valley in 2009 - British Columbia - CBC.ca
“An act of God destroys the businesses before an act of Gord Campbell and BC...”
– Majnoun W’Hakim magically/amazingly/stupendously links the Broadway and Main fires to the HST tax. BRAVO!
October 2009
3 posts
1 tag
“I would like to know what the weight (after it landed and deflated) and...”
– Trosendal demands FACTS about Balloon Boy. FACTS, dammit!
“I love Stella’s! And that girl in the photo is REALLY attractive! Probably the...”
– James bringing his IRL creepiness to web 2.0 via the Westender’s review of Stella’s on Cambie.
“Top Ten reasons Nobody trusts the Left-Wing media anymore.
10. MSNBC’s...”
– CBC Commenter AndyN1331 on some story about Letterman helping the cops nab some guy who was trying to extort him by making his affair public.
August 2009
2 posts
“Smerg66: “When will the CBC get an editor that understands grammar and...”
– Comment battle between: Smerg66 vs Willys Jeep
Michael Jackson cannot be burried until the Comment Grammar Nazis finish copy editing cbc.ca.
Newspapers should not have comments
alwayscapitalize:
attentionindustry:
somethingchanged:
This amazing WSJ article that everyone’s talking about, A Manifesto for Slow Communications, has only three comments - all pretty lame ones. People are discussing it on their blogs, via Twitter, in real life. But the three comments sit there wrongly representing the success of the article, newspaper readers’ engagement, the WSJ’s...
July 2009
1 post
“when are you going to start giving proper credit for the photo you use on your...”
– stu from July 2nd’s Morning Brew on Beyond Robson.
The response from author Sean Orr?
“Thanks for your concern, however they were my own images.”
June 2009
3 posts
“And another note…
Unmanned machines…Isn’t this how the world...”
– Paperface is the first to warn us that border patrol drone planes might wage war on humanity.
“Vancouver fascinates me the way that feces fascinates a dog”
– VVAguy realizes he likes poop (?) after reading this article on the Golden Ears Bridge.
“Concerning this Nas fellow, I am not familiar with his “art” but...”
– Rossjames, who freely admits he knows nothing about Nas, thinks it’s important the world knows his opinion on Nas (who he knows nothing about) after reading this article on a canceled gig in St John’s.
May 2009
1 post
“Talk about throwing away good money…spend it on something worthwhile...”
– CBC Commenter Angus58 on the possible relocation of the Phoenix Coyotes to Hamilton… because, as we all know, there’s no way a losing NHL hockey team could make money in Southern Ontario.
“Moron got “pwned”!!!!!!
It’s the Smac-down in...”
– Commeneter SueCacocoa delights that:
McDonald’s robber gets fried, not fries, with his order
Quoth the CBC story:
“A man who attempted to rob a McDonald’s restaurant in Surrey, B.C., didn’t get fries with his order, but he did get fried when a worker doused him with a...
April 2009
10 posts
“Travelling into Mexico at any time can be a very hazardous experience. I’m...”
– BCHimself doesn’t want to be cute nor does he want to consult a map to figure out the geography of North vs South America. He just wants to freak out about this Swine Flu article.
“I do not share Miss California’s line of thought, but I applaud her for...”
– Dem in response to the Province blog post “Perez Hilton Get Owned By Miss California”. Apparently, being truthful to yourself and having an unquestioning belief in the dogma of your church are the same thing.
Respect her belief that pedophilia is central to the gay lifestyle.
“No sympathy on this end.
They should have stopped booking Mexican trips after...”
– RoccoPaps decides he couldn’t care less that a Canadian travel agentcy which operated for nearly 40 years, generated 100’s of millions of dollars in revenue, and employed lots of people coast to coast went under because, unrelated to anything, a couple of Canadian tourists got into...
CBC: Quebec dad sued by daughter after grounding... →
alphalemon:
From the comments: It will now be impossible to discipline your child without threat of legal action. This will lead to a Lord of the Flies styled society of psychopathic children, breast fed in swimming pools, in which parents will be grounded or fined for taking the remote without written consent.
From the lemon: I remember being disciplined when I was a teenager. I was kinda...
“Nice try Vancouver sun….lol…nice try”
– “Ummm yeah” calls shenanigans on the Vancouver Sun’s breaking news (seriously, check out this header graphic) on building permits and fuzzy logic implying the construction boom is back on.
Actually, I agree with this guy.
“Great Show !!!! definately top of the concerts I have ever been to and I...”
– (: taking to the comment boards at The StarPhoenix to share their thoughts on the Nickelback show. I know this blog tends to skew towards commenters with hate-filled or politically incorrect views, but this person is clearly just an idiot.
“It’s an unfortunate reality that most civil servants are imbeciles who...”
– charles_dickin_awesome showing an astounding amount of empathy for Jiverly Wong, the gunman in who murdered a dozen people at a community center in Binghamton, N.Y.
“It’s about time we in the civilized world wake up and prepare for war....”
– Captain Earl fears the kids with their wikpedias and their complicated shoes aren’t ready for the impending apocalypse after reading this story about a Canadian breaking Saudi laws.
“none of them they don’t belong, what a joke, I’m not sure if their...”
– Meatis1 overlooking that it’s the Hockey Hall of Fame, not the Men’s Hockey Hall of Fame, when commenting on the CBC’s poll asking who the first female inductee should be. (The real answer is obviously Cassie Campbell)
March 2009
20 posts
“Is it just me? Or does this remind you of that movie banning dancing & rock...”
– thepitz drawing parallels between student cellphone use in high schools and the movie Footloose.
“I say cutting these jobs is a step in the right direction. Next we have to close...”
– Tired of the “powers that be” controlling Mother Corp, Chucky87 responds to CBC’s cutting of 800 jobs.
“Same sex marriage is protected under the charter. Couples who swing is also...”
– In commenting on an NP podcast about polygamy being on trial in Bountiful, BC, Raepo manages to compare same-sex marriage to the holocaust and use the word idjitt!
“Personally I think he was convicted of being rich.”
– Matt. W responds to an editorial in the National Post wherein Conrad Black defends Ann Coulter, lambasts left-leaning columnist John Moore and tirelessly reminds his audience of his unjust imprisonment for defrauding Hollinger investors. Black’s best line is “People should be judged by...
“Maybe he shouldn’t have gone insane in the airport. Last time I checked...”
– Mrbundhoo extracts the salient point from this story about officer testimonies in the Robert Dziekanski taser death inquiry.
“Wow, if all this supposed prostitution was taking place, why no arrests. Right I...”
– After reading the CBC’s article on questionable activity at the Fox Theatre in Vancouver, Oldowleye let everyone know how she feels about prostitution.
“I am amazed when I read comments on various news articles, not just this one....”
– Winnipeg Woman just reached a state of comment zen after reading this cbc.ca article about a Police shooting in Vancouver.
“Fox News is noted for it’s red neck views and has trashed Canada many...”
– SouthOntBoy commenting on this article about Fox News mocking the Canadian Forces.
He’s right you know, it takes courage to call your TV provider and cancel a channel (or just not watch a channel). Probably the exact same kind of courage it takes to serve in the Canadian Forces, right?
“Every kid should be taken on a tour of the DTE. If the “zoo...”
– The amusingly self-styled Spongebob’s pal, commenting on CBC’s story about a group of First Nations youth from Saskatchewan touring Vancouver’s downtown eastside. If “Sale a Vee” doesn’t make you chuckle inside, you have no soul.
“Any bets the bureaucrats that made this decision are recent immigrants from...”
– ralphgumdrop commenting on this cbc.ca article about Canadian flags being made in China.
Interesting to note that this dude is obsessive about immigration to Canada and drops the “1000 more immigrants arrived on our shores today…” comment on 3 other cbc articles. He may be...
“Actually dummy, smokers cost society far less than you health freaks. Smokers...”
– uncle hammy arguing the right thing to do is to kill yourself pre-maturely through smoking to be less of a burden on tax payers… in response to this cbc.ca article on smoking fines.
“Only in Canuckistan do we spend three BILLION to restrict firearm useage by duck...”
– From Jeet regarding this article
“The people who claim that pot causes less problems that alcohol need to just...”
– Rain Couver describes the very real dangers of pot in response to the outpouring of support for it’s decriminalization after the ‘Compassion’ club pot ring was busted
“That settles it.
I’m never gonna sleep with the pope.”
– Scott from North Bay regarding this article: http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/03/18/pope-africa.html?ref=rss”
“I am not Religious guy, I think religion is very much a scourge on this Earth....”
– Max1964 commenting on this story about minister of state for science and technology, Gary Goodyear.
“Comment 1:
“Kathy, no need to hate Gordon so much just because he stole your...”
– Ok… Comment 1 might be grounds for why newspapers SHOULD allow comments. Either way, both were in response to a Vancouver Sun article about Infrastructure Funding.
“Hate crime victims” it would seem enjoy special priviliges! The lives of people...”
– Anonymous Comment on a Vancouver Sun article about a 62 year old man getting seriously assulted on Davie Street.
The spelling mistakes make the comment extra awesome.
(via blownspeakers)
“If you can’t even go to a show without drinking, then you have a problem.”
– Commenter Specimen Yarp on a story about serving booze at Broadway shows.
“elisabeth must share a bit of this guilt ..how can she let this happen so long...”
– commenter sirknight on the daughter that Jozef Fritzl kept enslaved and repeatedly abused over the course of 24 years.
“Drug money + real estate = Vancouver. If you like living next to international...”
– commenter TeddyBear_Will_Hug_U apparently commenting on a cbc.ca article about a Vancouver condo developer reducing pre-sale prices.