Page added on April 14, 2007
An important piece of internationally significant news drops down through the cracks of Canada’s media
On March 30th, I noticed that both CBC and CP (Canadian Press, which is Canada’s own version of the Associated Press), were not running stories about the GAO report. I emailed both organizations asking why they were missing out on one of the biggest stories of the year. CBC still has yet to respond. On the other hand, CP got back to me on April 4th, when John Valorzi, replied, writing
On March 30th, I noticed that both CBC and CP (Canadian Press, which is Canada’s own version of the Associated Press), were not running stories about the GAO report. I emailed both organizations asking why they were missing out on one of the biggest stories of the year. CBC still has yet to respond. On the other hand, CP got back to me on April 4th, when John Valorzi, replied, writing,
“Dan, thanks for your note on the GAO report. CP did not have this story because it was not covered by the Associated Press, the service we would rely on for coverage of developments in Congress. I have mentioned this to the AP business desk and asked that these types of stories that impact continental energy policy should be covered and relayed to us for distribution in Canada. Rgds.”
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