Summer weekend dog days of news are settling in nicely. Several items about artists, places where they work and live: three artists to discover; an artist’s house in Rosemont; artists’ working spaces. CTV writes about something called the Montreal Art Centre and Museum, first time I’ve heard of it.
While the MMFA presents a selection of Roman sculpture till mid‑July, the Pointe‑à‑Callière museum is doing ancient Greece this summer, with 400 objects on display till March next year.
Police are seeking Christopher Watts, 66, a man with a long history of sex crimes described as “unlawfully at large” and as un incorrigible délinquant sexuel.
Adding this later in case I ever look back on this story: Watts was arrested in Ontario on Thursday, June 11.
I find it circus that the Radio-Canada version gives very little information while the English versions provide more info, ie. the nature of his crimes involving the death of a 13yo girl. Radio-Canada also only converted his metric weight to imperial but doesn’t bother with his height (he’s 6’1). Is it because he’s less likely to seek out francophone victims because he’s from Ontario?
It’s hard to say. It’s probably a safe guess that some editorial choices are made with subconscious assumptions. Since this fugitive has an anglo name and is described as possibly being in Montreal or somewhere else in Canada, it might be felt that he’s more likely to be spotted by other anglos, or in association with anglos.
Or maybe the Radio‑Canada news editor flinched from too much detail about Watts’s sordid past?
Part of my purpose in starting this blog was noticing how different news sources covered and emphasized different stories. There are sometimes notable differences in general between anglo and franco media – obvious ones like the death of certain people being a much bigger deal on one side than the other, but other items, like the one Meezly notes here.
Rad-Can and CBC are really distinct operations – not just different versions of the same editorial philosophy, etc.
I know – it’s a very distinct difference in outlook. I’m glad we have both.
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