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U.S. Blogger Breaches Canadian Publication Ban

Posted by timothy on from the how-you-like-them-apples dept.

nnet writes "The Toronto Sun is reporting that a U.S. blogger has been breaching a Canadian publication ban on AdScam. While The Sun hasn't given the URL for the blog itself, in fear of a contempt of court charge, this isn't the first time an American has breached a Canadian publication ban according to the article." The Sun story, though, does give a nice title for which to search, and this quickly yields the story in question.

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  1. Re:Bloggers as Journalists by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    And WHO exactly said bloggers wanted to be treated as journalists? Most bloggers are 15 years old emo kids telling the whole world what they ate in the morning...

  2. Re:The article... by AppyPappy · · Score: 0, Troll

    Canada is starting to resemble Orwell's 1984. There are all kinds of things you can't say there now. I thought they were supposed to be "liberal". Do they have the speakers in the streets yet?

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  3. I Thought This Blogger Looked Reputable... by TooMuchEspressoGuy · · Score: 0, Troll
    ...but then I noticed the advertisements on the side. One of them boasts of "the ultra Left-slanted stories on TV [and] in the newspapers. Another advertises a T-shirt featuring a photo of George W. Bush framed by the message "Take That Hippy - Four More Years." Yet another proclaims, "Iraq's chances of thriving are much better than most of the media would have us believe."

    As much as I would like to think that this guy is a gung-ho promoter of free speech, read in between the lines. He's a neocon, or at least a neocon sympathizer, which makes anything he says highly suspect.

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  4. A Marked Difference by Moggie68 · · Score: 0, Troll

    Judging by what I read from the blog and the comments, the Liberal Party in Canada and the Conservative Party in the US have relatively same operating principles with one marked difference: The Canadian party is in serious danger of losing its power and having to face charges for its crimes. The US party has no such worries.

  5. You sound like a leftist, and therefore suspect by HBI · · Score: 1, Troll

    Same logic, right?

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  6. Re:How could they shut him down? by bonch · · Score: 1, Troll

    The article isn't worded too clearly, but re-reading it, you can see it is referring to the webmaster of the Canadian news site that promoted the American blog.

  7. Re:At least an American did it in the US by Lehk228 · · Score: 0, Troll

    US gag orders apply to people who are in the courtroom, Canuckistani publication bans apply to everyone.

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  8. Hopefully, the jury won't be stupid by assassinator42 · · Score: 0, Troll

    I hope that the jury chosen for the sperate cases of these people wouldn't be stupid enough to only rely on what that blog says. The "Republican National Convention Offical Blogger" and "Blogs for Bush" images sure reveal his conservative, anti-liberal bias. The whole thing pretty much just says "Liberals are evil, elect conservatives".

  9. Re:CANADA IS NOT A FREE COUNTRY by Clover_Kicker · · Score: 0, Troll

    Love it or leave it, baby!!!!