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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. 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.
    --
    "Destroy science and religion. Science would re-emerge exactly the same; but not religion." - Penn Jillette, paraphrased
  3. 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!

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

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

  5. 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?

  6. 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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    We are all just people.