Did Calgary Herald Disappear Editorial Re Ezra Levant?

It looked like it might be mildly Ezra-critical:

But now, not two hours after it appeared, all you get is a 404 error.  Someone send in their army of lawyers?

Standing Up To Enbridge

Not the Calgary Herald, who pulled their own story on the "Myhaircares" hoax within hours of posting it. Nevertheless, there's still a good account here. Contrast that with this:
And to cheer you up after this display of gutlessness from the truth-tellers in the MSM, here's the hoax video. The Yes Men do this kind of thing really, really well.

PS. My bad. Holly points out in the comments that the story can still be found here.

Your Daily Nazi: Pro-Nazi Bias At The Calgary Herald?

Harry Abrams weighs in on the Bill White Case:

Dear Editor,

Re: Death threats cannot be protected speech, December 14,


Whereas I appreciate the point that the commenter wishes to make, namely that speech calling for violence is abusive; this article abrogates the basic ethics of journalism by quoting a defendant's assertion given at a human rights hearingthat has never been settled.

Here is the phrase: "...the defence suggested Warman--a former CHRC employee--was among those who would post provocative messages to the site using fake identities, in the hope of entrapping other site users..."

Even though described as the "defendant's suggestion at hearing" this kind of quote causes the[...] newspaper to side in an as yet unsettled legal dispute. I certainly hope that the newspaper doesn't interfere with or make pronouncements on other legal proceedings in the same way.

I think Harry might have got the newspaper in question wrong, which is why the quick edit above. But otherwise he catches what is at the minimum some exceedingly shoddy reporting out of...you guessed it...CanWest.

Just for clarity, here's an expanded version of the quote he mentions:

During a CHRC tribunal considering the activities of Canadian website operator Marc Lemire, the defence suggested Warman--a former CHRC employee-- was among those who would post provocative messages to the site using fake identities, in the hope of entrapping other site users.

Forty More Years! Calgary Herald Bungles Election Poll Report!

Progressive Conservatives (49%) Hold Huge Lead Over Liberals (28%), NDP (14%), Wildrose Alliance (5%) and Greens (4%)

Only Three-in-Ten (28%) Voters Feel Good About Their Choice
Progressive Conservative Support Also Most Firm

Call this one over.

Most interesting thing is that it looks like the Calgary Herald messed-up:

An Ipsos Reid survey of 804 Albertans, conducted for Global TV, found 39 per cent of respondents across the province support the Progressive Conservatives, compared to 22 per cent for the Liberals and 11 per cent for the NDP.

It is clearly the same poll, taken over the same time-frame (Feb. 14 to Feb 17) with the same number of respondents. Ah but who cares? CanWest has never been about decent journalism.

Update: Josh in the comments has figured out the reason for the discrepancy. CanWest still sucks, but for independent reasons.