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On the DEWLine 2.0: Dwight Williams ([personal profile] dewline) wrote2010-02-07 01:19 pm

37 Years of Ottawa News History? GONE.

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/ottawa/story/2010/02/07/ctv-fire.html

If this fire at CJOH was deliberate, a planned event, for whatever "reason"?

I will call it disgusting.

In fact, the reluctance to make backups of everything on file? Disgusting in and of itself for cultural reasons alone.

[identity profile] fajrdrako.livejournal.com 2010-02-07 06:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Sounds to me as if this gives CBC a monopoly. I hope they are making backups.

[identity profile] dewline.livejournal.com 2010-02-07 07:50 pm (UTC)(link)
If they have the budgetary room, yes!

As it is...

http://www.insidethecbc.com/history-one-tape-at-a-time/

[identity profile] fajrdrako.livejournal.com 2010-02-07 08:01 pm (UTC)(link)
A job for volunteers?

[identity profile] dewline.livejournal.com 2010-02-07 08:03 pm (UTC)(link)
My personal suggestion/opinion: talk to both CBC and the Canadian Media Guild. Make sure you have like-minded friends with you.

[identity profile] fajrdrako.livejournal.com 2010-02-08 03:15 am (UTC)(link)
I wasn't volunteering, but it's something I think should be done.

[identity profile] radargrrl.livejournal.com 2010-02-07 08:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Did Max Creepy Keeping go down with the ship?

[identity profile] dewline.livejournal.com 2010-02-07 08:22 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't think so...

[identity profile] duncanmac.livejournal.com 2010-02-08 01:19 am (UTC)(link)
Sigh. What a sad loss. :-(

Maybe I'm just suspicious, but I reckon it to be a convenient loss ... for somebody.

[identity profile] fajrdrako.livejournal.com 2010-02-08 03:15 am (UTC)(link)
Why would it be convenient? For anyone?

[identity profile] dewline.livejournal.com 2010-02-08 01:46 pm (UTC)(link)
I know - rather, have heard via second- and third-hand sources - that there's been arguments between CJOH and CTV HQ over how much of a newsroom there actually ought to be in Ottawa over the years. I'd still second [livejournal.com profile] fajrdrako's question, though.