Comments on: CBC, Facebook and the battle over abortion http://www.reportr.net/2007/05/29/cbc-facebook-and-the-battle-over-abortion/ This blog on media, society and technology is run by Professor Alfred Hermida, an award-winning online news pioneer, digital media scholar and journalism educator. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:28:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Tom S http://www.reportr.net/2007/05/29/cbc-facebook-and-the-battle-over-abortion/comment-page-1/#comment-76 Tom S Sat, 05 Apr 2008 22:07:07 +0000 http://reportr.net/2007/05/29/cbc-facebook-and-the-battle-over-abortion/#comment-76 Sign the petition to save the CBC Radio Orchestra: <a href="http://www.savecbcorchestra.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.savecbcorchestra.com</a> In 3 days since the April 1st launch, over 5000 visitors have signed the petition. Sign the petition, leave a comment, view the entire petition. Thanks, Tom S Sign the petition to save the CBC Radio Orchestra:
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]]> By: How pro-life groups hijacked a Facebook experiment « reportr.net http://www.reportr.net/2007/05/29/cbc-facebook-and-the-battle-over-abortion/comment-page-1/#comment-75 How pro-life groups hijacked a Facebook experiment « reportr.net Mon, 18 Jun 2007 21:40:13 +0000 http://reportr.net/2007/05/29/cbc-facebook-and-the-battle-over-abortion/#comment-75 [...] were signs that this was going to happen just days after the Great Canadian Wishlist was [...] [...] were signs that this was going to happen just days after the Great Canadian Wishlist was [...]

]]> By: senators in six. http://www.reportr.net/2007/05/29/cbc-facebook-and-the-battle-over-abortion/comment-page-1/#comment-74 senators in six. Tue, 29 May 2007 20:35:04 +0000 http://reportr.net/2007/05/29/cbc-facebook-and-the-battle-over-abortion/#comment-74 The problem with democracy and "engaging" the population has always been the wish of the Citizen to use their democratic rights to choose. Pun intended. If CBC wants to know what's on the minds of the Canadian public, how can it limit either the focus or the participants? And how is it possible to "hijack" an open forum? This country, according to every Opinion Poll on the topic, breaks down into thirds: a third want abortion as is, a third want a ban and a third want some limits. Why should this "forum" be any different? The problem with democracy and “engaging” the population has always been the wish of the Citizen to use their democratic rights to choose. Pun intended. If CBC wants to know what’s on the minds of the Canadian public, how can it limit either the focus or the participants? And how is it possible to “hijack” an open forum? This country, according to every Opinion Poll on the topic, breaks down into thirds: a third want abortion as is, a third want a ban and a third want some limits. Why should this “forum” be any different?

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