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Journalism is hard, just ask Tracy KibbleHere is a hopefully still ongoing exchange between the Editor of the Georgina Advocate, Tracy Kibble, and I. This is the e-mail I sent to get the conversation started: Have you been following the ball ban story coming out of Toronto, Tracy? Here is today's journal entry, entitled 'Give me balls or give me death' http://keswickpinhead.deviantart.com/journal/Give-me-balls-or-give-me-death-269485172 I find it fascinating how some media deal with officials who overstep their authority in OTHER parts of Canada. This brave approach is sadly lacking here in Keswick. Your silence emboldens criminals in positions of power. Saying nothing ensures there will be more corruption in Georgina. "You can take our balls but you can't take our freedom" - Student at Earl Beatty School "Just go the other fucking way" - "Constable" David Flood, explaining why Canada's Charter of Rights and Privileges are merely an option for York law enforcement officers. "Question questionable aut
Suppression GroundworkI received an e-mail from Yorkregion.com, the people that never reported about the police lawlessness when I was tortured and slandered by local "law enforcement". ******************************************* Mr. Wilkins, Your comments have again been reported as offensive. Please keep future comments relevant to the story at hand and refrain from personal attacks. Failure to do so will result in you being banned from commenting on yorkregion.com Jeff Bower Managing Editor - Digital and Multimedia Content Yorkregion.com ******************************************* This was my reply comment, that Jeff Bower has yet to respond to: Which comment, Jeff? Was it the comment about the comment that Joe made? How is one offensive but the other not? It seems like a double standard and a further attempt to stifle freedom of speech to me. Perhaps you could enlighten me as to how "Butt chafes" is less offensive that "chafed Butt". Is it OK for your employee to make this co
Letters from the EditorI mentioned my concern about the literacy of the journalists at yorkregion.com in these journal entries.Here is an e-mail from Georgina Advocate editor Tracy Kibble, explaining to me their view on correctly conveying collective nouns: *************************************** Mr. Wilkins, We are familiar with the grammatical rules regarding collective nouns. As well, we follow Canadian Press Style, which asserts: Collective nouns (groups of people and things) take a singular verb unless the individuals are to be emphasized. In this case, York Regional Police, in reference to the organization, is singular. Yes, 'thank goodness, the police are coming', is plural. BTW, our editors and writers - rather than simply rely on public school grammar lessons for guidance in writing and copy editing - have journalism degrees or diplomas from post-secondary institutions. The Advocate editor Tracy Kibble *****************************
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