tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11066657.post7872083386889629893..comments2024-02-08T09:27:27.492-05:00Comments on Canadian Magazines: Provocation for the nation: Maclean's slammed for calling Quebec "most corrupt province"D. B. Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13959665689155236724noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11066657.post-19211252041515938902010-09-29T00:50:19.266-04:002010-09-29T00:50:19.266-04:00Really the predictable Whyte bashing is getting ti...Really the predictable Whyte bashing is getting tired. And a close reading of Maclean's over the past couple of years shows the magazine spares no sacred cows -- of any political stripe. To suggest Whyte and his crew are neo-con/Harperite/rightist/unCanadian (choose one ore more) stooges simply ignores what they're indeed putting on their pages.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11066657.post-40628599269940926832010-09-28T11:11:50.644-04:002010-09-28T11:11:50.644-04:00face it, Jean Charest on the cover would be a non-...face it, Jean Charest on the cover would be a non-dynamic and would rate very low on the point-of-purchase.<br />Maclean's did its job.<br /><br />Unfortunately those of us outside Quebec are unable to touch their distinctive culture's territory with a ten-foot pole for fear of seeming divisionist.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11066657.post-40240923256079548772010-09-27T15:15:06.407-04:002010-09-27T15:15:06.407-04:00"Mrs. Whyte" did not say that the strong..."Mrs. Whyte" did not say that the strong newsstand sales are evidence that Quebec is inarguably corrupt. Fascinating you read that into "her" comment, though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11066657.post-53047310042640935272010-09-27T13:58:36.996-04:002010-09-27T13:58:36.996-04:00Yes, you're quite right -- I did misspell Ken&...Yes, you're quite right -- I did misspell Ken's surname. And of course, as you so elegantly imply, a spelling error does render my admittedly ad hominem critique completely meritless. And, as you so cleverly observe, your claim that the newsstand sales were excellent is de facto evidence that the cover story was indeed brilliant, and that Quebec is inarguably the most corrupt place in Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11066657.post-55687924340724607772010-09-27T13:45:14.451-04:002010-09-27T13:45:14.451-04:00White? Whyte? By any spelling it means a smart tea...White? Whyte? By any spelling it means a smart team<br /><br />Point of view presented<br />Controversy follows <br />Sales increased<br />Brand name enhanced<br />Magazine medium validated<br /><br />BravoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11066657.post-34493697176148741652010-09-27T13:00:11.285-04:002010-09-27T13:00:11.285-04:00The best way to divide the country is doing exactl...The best way to divide the country is doing exactly what macleans has done with the cover, keep on the good work dude, here in quebec we agree 50% of what macleans is saying but putting le bonhome carnaval on the cover is weird since all of this mess right now is due to jean charest, also take notice that if there is so many commisions going around, is that journalists are doing their job by Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11066657.post-59654904733345603362010-09-27T09:52:59.949-04:002010-09-27T09:52:59.949-04:00That's Ken Whyte to you. Ihe issue sold out on...That's Ken Whyte to you. Ihe issue sold out on the newsstand? I think the man's not deserving of such derision, especially from someone who can't even spell his name properly.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11066657.post-67805834811832245572010-09-26T14:04:37.303-04:002010-09-26T14:04:37.303-04:00It's little Kenny White's tired modus oper...It's little Kenny White's tired modus operandi, nothing more. Nothing to see here, folks. Move along.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com