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Locked-Out Journalists Turn To Podcasting

Posted by Zonk on from the staying-on-the-air-anyway dept.

An anonymous reader writes "An Interesting Canadian Press article is up on the Macleans website discussing locked out union journalists podcasting to stay on the air. The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation locked out 5,500 unionized employees Aug. 15 over a contract dispute. Most of those walking the picket line are radio, TV and internet journalists and technicians. In the last few days, they've been cranking out podcasts - locked out folks in Fredericton, New Brunswick; Regina, Saskatchewan; Vancouver, British Columbia and other cities have all participated. Some have 'real news', music and interviews. Others are more propaganda-like. A whole batch of them are at www.cbcunplugged.com."

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  1. Two drink minimum by FatRatBastard · · Score: 5, Funny

    Some have 'real news', music and interviews. Others are more propaganda-like.

    So basically it's no different than your normal CBC broadcast.

    [rim shot]

    Thank you.. I'll be here all week.

  2. CPB? by Snoolas · · Score: 2, Funny

    Am I the only one who mistaked this for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting?
    This podcast made possible by listeners like you. Thank You!

    1. Re:CPB? by hungrygrue · · Score: 3, Funny

      Yes, in fact I believe you may be the first person to have ever "mistaked".

  3. Procrasting by ZeroExistenZ · · Score: 2, Funny

    am I the only one who read "Locked-Out Journalists Turn To Procrasting"

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  4. Hmm by Dirtside · · Score: 5, Funny
    An Interesting Canadian Press article
    Ah yes, the Interesting Canadian Press. Much preferable to the Staid Tedious Canadian Press.
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  5. My spoon is too big. by ichigo+2.0 · · Score: 3, Funny

    1. Create a mp3
    2. Put it on a website
    3. ???
    4. Postcast podpod castpost castpod!

  6. unionized? by Yonatanz · · Score: 5, Funny
    The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation locked out 5,500 unionized employees

    Good thing too, you don't want those un-ionized employees going about stealing everybody's ions.

    I wonder where they were locked though... In a Faraday cage, maybe?

    1. Re:unionized? by wasted+time · · Score: 2, Funny

      I believe they've been locked out of the cage. Which only means one thing - they're now on the loose!

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  7. Re:Charged Issue by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Un-ionized? Yeah, that' the last thing you'd want in journalism... neutrality.

  8. Ionized Journalists by Original+Replica · · Score: 3, Funny

    Working in tandem with the un-ionized journalists they will canada the first plasma screen visable from space. But they still won't have anything to say.

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  9. Three Cheers for Labor Strife! by dskoll · · Score: 2, Funny

    When the NHL players were locked out, we got to see decent movies every Saturday night.

    Now that the CBC reporters are locked out, the quality of CBC programming has improved immensely.

    I love it!