Page One of Tuesday’s Journal
I was struck by a tweet from Karel Mayrand just now in which he posted the front page of Tuesday’s Journal with this observation: “Cette une du JdeMontreal une déclaration de guerre à Val_Plante et à la transition écologique. Les grandes villes se transforment. Nous ne sommes plus en 1960. La ville ne se résume plus aux autos et au déneigement des rues. Le JDM est-il devenu un organe partisan?”
I think the answer is yes.
Jack 14:08 on 2019-11-05 Permalink
I have written ad nauseam about this. I asked once why Projet Montreal simply says to Quebecor and their affiliates, that they are a media outlet that works against our collective good and they’ll no longer speak to them. Look at that cover today…..Look at the demographics in Montreal , J de M is a 450 newspaper, it speaks to one ethnicity and one lifestyle, look at the ads.
You dont need them to win, look how much fire Ferrandez took . Yet his plurality went up each election, by 2017 he won 66%…make Quebecor an issue. They aren’t as strong as they think they are, a case in point was their full court press for the Bloc last election, Trudeau beat them with pretty much the same coverage Mayor Plante is getting.
Chris 17:43 on 2019-11-05 Permalink
News at 11: right wing media doesn’t like left wing politician.
MarcG 17:52 on 2019-11-05 Permalink
Where can I find me some left wing media?
Chris 18:01 on 2019-11-05 Permalink
MarcG, there’s this thing called the internet, all kinds of stuff on there! 🙂 You might start with https://www.democracynow.org.
MarcG 18:03 on 2019-11-05 Permalink
Big fan of that program. I was suggesting that all big media is right wing by nature.
Chris 18:09 on 2019-11-05 Permalink
I know what you were suggesting. 🙂 Even if true, what of it? It’s still pretty banal that right wing media doesn’t like left wing politicians.
qatzelok 18:52 on 2019-11-05 Permalink
I don’t know about righ wing, but all big media is pro-car.
What choice do they have, cars are their biggest source of bribes (advertising money).
Even if Quebecor secretly loves Ms. Plante, they have to put on a Punch and Judy show (Cars and Ferrandez show) to keep their advertisers interested in their rag.
Dhomas 20:45 on 2019-11-05 Permalink
The question I have is why are we so beholden to the Almighty car in Quebec. We no longer have any major car manufacturers operating in Quebec. You would think at the very least we would try to push for electric vehicles as this would put money in the coffers of Hydro-Quebec (though we would still have these kinds of articles lamenting the state of the roads and snow removal).
The tide may be turning on that with the recent news from Volvo: https://europe.autonews.com/retail/volvos-polestar-brand-picks-montreal-first-north-american-store. We’ll see.
But I guess no EV manufacturers are paying for advertising. Tesla doesn’t advertise, and other car manufacturers would rather sell you an ICE vehicle as their margins are higher on those. I guess I answered my own question…
Still frustrating, though.
Kate 20:52 on 2019-11-05 Permalink
If we think media is losing its power, we’re wrong. Shortly after posting this, I had to take a short taxi ride, and the street was constricted by some cones at one corner. The cabbie started to inveigh against Plante and Projet, saying she had lied about mobility, look at all the cones, the construction on Ste-Catherine and McGill College, the Turcot, she lied! He totally parroted the Quebecor line against the mayor.
I pointed out that the Ste-Catherine stuff dated from Coderre, the McGill College dig was due to the REM and the Turcot was a provincial project, not the city’s. He steamrollered me with a line about how, as a cabbie, he knew the promises about mobility were a big fat lie!
It got kind of heated for a few minutes.