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Earlier today Warren Kinsella pointed out that Steve Paikin’s The Agenda will be having a very interesting guest on their show. One who, without question, clearly promotes hatred for racial/ethnic minorities, the disabled, and the poor.
Scott Tribe has reiterated these concerns, and provides a sample letter for TVO.
Is that how your tax dollars should be spent?
More importantly, what is the responsibilty of publicly funded media when inviting guests that are clearly beyond the pale of reasonable discourse?
Law is Cool – Podcast #12
In my first podcast for Law is Cool, I had a conference call with Dr. Sam Trosow and a group of political bloggers about copyright and Bill C-61. They are concerned about the impact of the proposed legislation on creators and consumers of digital media. Special thanks to Omar Ha-Redeye and Scott Tribe for making this show possible.
The Panelists
- Dr. Sam Trosow is an Associate Professor at the University of Western Ontario, jointly appointed to the Faculty of Law and the Faculty of Information and Media Studies. He is also a co-author of Canadian Copyright: A Citizen’s Guide.
- Scott Tribe is the author of the blog Scott’s DiaTribes and an Administrator of the Progressive Bloggers community. Progressive Bloggers has come out against Bill C-61 and promoted the Fair Copyright for Canada Facebook group.
- John Klein is the Saskatchewan-based blogger behind Abandoned Stuff by Saskboy. An expert on tin foil hats, he was recently a member of the Bloggers team on CBC’s “Test the Nation”.
- Mike Park is a left libertarian blogger from Ottawa. His blog is called Rational Reasons.
