Royalty? No. It was a PRIVATE event but anyone who wanted to spend $125+HST on a ticket could go. If you so desperately wanted to see it, why didn't you just watch it on Rogers Television?
I have a question for Charles. Why do you think you are better than me? Why do you think you are entitled to enter into events for free when the rest of the public has to pay? This is a prime example and last weekend at the winterfest is another prime example.
Do you think you are better than the rest of the public and that you deserve special treatment?
Just because you have a blog site, like thousands of other people in Canada and even millions around the world, it doesn't mean you have special journalism previlages like the main stream media.
Stop asking for freebees you sound like a big moocher. My advise is yes try to get in to report but if you are forced to pay to get in accept that and stop trying to make an issue about it. You are just like me, regular public that has to pay. Yes even if you are on social assistance you are regular public. Yes even if you are NB's biggest blogger you are just regular public.
10:40am: How about listing all of the OTHER sponsors? The TJ wasn't the sole sponsor of the event. Nothing like trying to twist the facts to make something out of nothing.
It was a business-oriented event. Most of the attendees were business people who bought entire tables. It was really only a schmoozing event with Graham as a guest speaker. Believe me, it was really boring and nothing newsworthy was said, so I don't understand the sulking about not getting in. It would have not have been the time nor place to harass politicians and businesspeople who were trying to enjoy themselves at a private ticketed event.
I have a question for the media. Why do you think you are better than the rest of us? Why do you think you are entitled to cover events for nothing? Why do you think you should get exclusive rights to press conferences when all you do is change around all the words and only tell part of the story with some spin?
Why do you think you should be allowed to enter public events for nothing just because Mr. Irving gave you a piece of paper that says press?
Why do you rich people think you are better than us? Why do you get to meet and shake hands with policy makers just because you can afford $125 for the privelege? Why is a state of address for an entire province entitled to more tax dollars than the huge amount that New Brunswickers already pay?
Why can't the Premier simply tape an address and make it available at the website, or just talk to the camera.
The squeeky wheel gets the grease. There's no reason why the poor should be restricted from seeing the Premier at a state of the province address, and there's no reason why the poor shouldnt' be allowed into winterfest. Good for you Charles for shaking the cage.
2:56pm: If you want to whine, how about whining to the Fredericton Chamber of Commerce? They were the ones who held the event.
Let me guess, you think that there should never be private meetings, never be private events, that business people should not be allowed to network, that everyone should be able to go everywhere and talk to everyone whenever they feel like? If so, you really are delusional.
"I have a question for the media. Why do you think you are better than the rest of us? Why do you think you are entitled to cover events for nothing? Why do you think you should get exclusive rights to press conferences when all you do is change around all the words and only tell part of the story with some spin?"
me·di·a1 /ˈmidiə/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[mee-dee-uh] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation –noun 1. a pl. of medium. 2. (usually used with a plural verb) the means of communication, as radio and television, newspapers, and magazines, that reach or influence people widely: The media are covering the speech tonight.
Well, we cover the events because it's our jobs. The fact they are called "press" conferences should be your first clue. While I agree some media will spin stories the way they want, it doesn't happen all the time.
"Why do you think you should be allowed to enter public events for nothing just because Mr. Irving gave you a piece of paper that says press?"
If it's a public event...doesn't that usually mean anyone can get in?
Most of the times we're not there to enjoy the event. If you've ever seen media at work, you'd know we're not going down the ice slides or running through the snow maze at winterfest. We're interviewing, recording video, or taking photographs of people enjoying the event. You think just anybody can do that? Most journalists, camera persons, and photographers go to school to learn their craft and work their asses off to get full time work. If Charles really wanted to be a journalist, something tells me there is some program he could tap into to pay for his schooling, be it one for those on welfare, acadian, or who have adhd.
Last time I checked, the Irvings didn't own the CBC, Global, CTV, or most of the radio stations.
"Why do you rich people think you are better than us? Why do you get to meet and shake hands with policy makers just because you can afford $125 for the privelege? Why is a state of address for an entire province entitled to more tax dollars than the huge amount that New Brunswickers already pay?
"Why can't the Premier simply tape an address and make it available at the website, or just talk to the camera."
So you want just to be given what he says and take it as it is? You don't want any analysis or questioning of it?
"The squeeky wheel gets the grease. There's no reason why the poor should be restricted from seeing the Premier at a state of the province address, and there's no reason why the poor shouldnt' be allowed into winterfest."
Maybe if you can't pay your should volunteer? That way you'd get in for free. Oh wait, but then you'd have to do work, so you wouldn't get to enjoy it would you?
11:43pm: Kudos for your response. We'll never see him volunteering at any of these events because he'd be too busy trying to take photographs instead of the assigned volunteering duties and after a few minutes he'd be "fired" as a volunteer. Volunteers at events like that need to be cleanly dressed, behave appropriately and not get in the way. Don't expect him to address any of your points. He conveniently ignores any serious questions in any of these blogs - the only time he posts in the comments is to call people idiots, cowards or bigots.
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Royalty? No. It was a PRIVATE event but anyone who wanted to spend $125+HST on a ticket could go. If you so desperately wanted to see it, why didn't you just watch it on Rogers Television?
gee a $1.25 + HST sounds kind of pricey just to hear Shawn speak.
Introduced by Jamie Irving and 'sponsored' by the Telegraph Journal. Nuff said.
I have a question for Charles. Why do you think you are better than me? Why do you think you are entitled to enter into events for free when the rest of the public has to pay? This is a prime example and last weekend at the winterfest is another prime example.
Do you think you are better than the rest of the public and that you deserve special treatment?
Just because you have a blog site, like thousands of other people in Canada and even millions around the world, it doesn't mean you have special journalism previlages like the main stream media.
Stop asking for freebees you sound like a big moocher. My advise is yes try to get in to report but if you are forced to pay to get in accept that and stop trying to make an issue about it. You are just like me, regular public that has to pay. Yes even if you are on social assistance you are regular public. Yes even if you are NB's biggest blogger you are just regular public.
It included a meal and lots of wine so the cost wasn't just for watching the speech.
10:40am: How about listing all of the OTHER sponsors? The TJ wasn't the sole sponsor of the event. Nothing like trying to twist the facts to make something out of nothing.
It was a business-oriented event. Most of the attendees were business people who bought entire tables. It was really only a schmoozing event with Graham as a guest speaker. Believe me, it was really boring and nothing newsworthy was said, so I don't understand the sulking about not getting in. It would have not have been the time nor place to harass politicians and businesspeople who were trying to enjoy themselves at a private ticketed event.
I have a question for the media. Why do you think you are better than the rest of us? Why do you think you are entitled to cover events for nothing? Why do you think you should get exclusive rights to press conferences when all you do is change around all the words and only tell part of the story with some spin?
Why do you think you should be allowed to enter public events for nothing just because Mr. Irving gave you a piece of paper that says press?
Why do you rich people think you are better than us? Why do you get to meet and shake hands with policy makers just because you can afford $125 for the privelege? Why is a state of address for an entire province entitled to more tax dollars than the huge amount that New Brunswickers already pay?
Why can't the Premier simply tape an address and make it available at the website, or just talk to the camera.
The squeeky wheel gets the grease. There's no reason why the poor should be restricted from seeing the Premier at a state of the province address, and there's no reason why the poor shouldnt' be allowed into winterfest. Good for you Charles for shaking the cage.
Oh right, its because you ask for it!
2:56pm: If you want to whine, how about whining to the Fredericton Chamber of Commerce? They were the ones who held the event.
Let me guess, you think that there should never be private meetings, never be private events, that business people should not be allowed to network, that everyone should be able to go everywhere and talk to everyone whenever they feel like? If so, you really are delusional.
"I have a question for the media. Why do you think you are better than the rest of us? Why do you think you are entitled to cover events for nothing? Why do you think you should get exclusive rights to press conferences when all you do is change around all the words and only tell part of the story with some spin?"
me·di·a1 /ˈmidiə/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[mee-dee-uh] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun
1. a pl. of medium.
2. (usually used with a plural verb) the means of communication, as radio and television, newspapers, and magazines, that reach or influence people widely: The media are covering the speech tonight.
Well, we cover the events because it's our jobs. The fact they are called "press" conferences should be your first clue. While I agree some media will spin stories the way they want, it doesn't happen all the time.
"Why do you think you should be allowed to enter public events for nothing just because Mr. Irving gave you a piece of paper that says press?"
If it's a public event...doesn't that usually mean anyone can get in?
Most of the times we're not there to enjoy the event. If you've ever seen media at work, you'd know we're not going down the ice slides or running through the snow maze at winterfest. We're interviewing, recording video, or taking photographs of people enjoying the event. You think just anybody can do that? Most journalists, camera persons, and photographers go to school to learn their craft and work their asses off to get full time work. If Charles really wanted to be a journalist, something tells me there is some program he could tap into to pay for his schooling, be it one for those on welfare, acadian, or who have adhd.
Last time I checked, the Irvings didn't own the CBC, Global, CTV, or most of the radio stations.
"Why do you rich people think you are better than us? Why do you get to meet and shake hands with policy makers just because you can afford $125 for the privelege? Why is a state of address for an entire province entitled to more tax dollars than the huge amount that New Brunswickers already pay?
"Why can't the Premier simply tape an address and make it available at the website, or just talk to the camera."
So you want just to be given what he says and take it as it is? You don't want any analysis or questioning of it?
"The squeeky wheel gets the grease. There's no reason why the poor should be restricted from seeing the Premier at a state of the province address, and there's no reason why the poor shouldnt' be allowed into winterfest."
Maybe if you can't pay your should volunteer? That way you'd get in for free. Oh wait, but then you'd have to do work, so you wouldn't get to enjoy it would you?
11:43pm: Kudos for your response. We'll never see him volunteering at any of these events because he'd be too busy trying to take photographs instead of the assigned volunteering duties and after a few minutes he'd be "fired" as a volunteer. Volunteers at events like that need to be cleanly dressed, behave appropriately and not get in the way. Don't expect him to address any of your points. He conveniently ignores any serious questions in any of these blogs - the only time he posts in the comments is to call people idiots, cowards or bigots.
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