National Post columnist Jonathan Kay appeared on Ezra Levant's 'show' to say why he thinks it's important to have Sun News Network on the Canadian television landscape. Fine. He details with an example of how he likes the fact that Sun does not consider itself as existing in an "echo chamber of elitists". Fair enough. However, a more apt description might be that the network lives in its own echo chamber. (Its dim-witted faithful certainly live in one.)The fun starts when Mr. Kay speaks with some respect for the Toronto Star's journalistic practices and criticizes Sun's lack of... "news". Beautiful. Watch Levant scramble after that; he looks more than a little taken aback. For some unknown reason the interview stops fairly abruptly. The amiable host wraps up by editorializing his already stated position and cuts Kay off from spewing any more "socialist/commie talk". Did the producer, or Levant himself, decide to kill the show because their guest did not read from the scriptures?
Thank you, Mr. Kay. You did Sun New's job for them.
Oh, the show!...
http://www.sunnewsnetwork.ca/video/featured/prime-time/867432237001/two-years-of-troublemaking/2310620206001
5 comments:
Well after George Stroumboulopoulos, I was wondering what your new favourite object of ridicule would be.
I guess I like train wrecks.
Sun TV's abandonment of principles is TV comedy gold:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/commentary/columnists/sun-tvs-abandonment-of-principles-is-tv-comedy-gold/article11584722/
I must admit: I have never watched more than about 5 minutes - once - of a Sun News broadcast. Therefore, I am recklessly assuming that is horrible, based on trusted sources. Although; I have also never been in an actual train wreck, yet I am reasonably certain that it would be horrible too.
Thanks for the link. Nobody can describe just how bad is Sun News. People tend to say, after sampling that channel, something along the lines of, "it's even worse than I thought it would be... you weren't kidding".
One friend of mine loves visiting Sun from time to time. He claims he feels better about himself after watching just a few minutes. (It certainly makes me feel smarter than I actually am.)
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