Monday 5 April 2010

CP free? Not!

This week's Sun Media CP-free week a TSF tipster told us about last week apparently does not include the Toronto Sun.

Today's print edition was not CP free. It took a mere five pages to find a CP story and it was one of the hot news stories of the day, with considerable radio and TV play: "Parole Board pardons pedophile coach."

And talk about being petty.

The lead for the online torontosun.com story reads (TSF italics):

OTTAWA - Graham James, the junior coach convicted of sexually abusing his players in a case that rocked the hockey world from house leagues to the NHL, has been pardoned by the National Parole Board, The Canadian Press has learned.

Our print edition reads:

OTTAWA - Graham James, the junior coach convicted of sexually abusing his players in a case that rocked the hockey world from house leagues to the NHL, has been pardoned by the National Parole Board, io s has been learned (sic).

It appears in their haste to downplay CP in CP's exclusive story, editors dropped "The Canadian Press" from the lead and botched the replacement wording.

"The Canadian Press" is mentioned in the third paragraph and "CP" a couple of times, plus "The Canadian Press" credit at the end of the story.

Moving on, there is a Jennifer Ditchburn CP story on Steve Tilley's Page 10 WebPage: Canuck biz falls behind online.

Plus a sports CP story on Page S21: Troops toppled.

So no CP free Sun today. Perhaps the edict applies only to the non-tabloids in the chain.

BTW: All five Daily Dish items on Page 47 have "WENN" credits.

Who dat?

5 comments:

  1. WENN.com is a website that provides celebrity news. I think Canoe uses them.

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  2. Some experiment, one wonders what the QMI brainchild is going to fill the pages with once they no longer have access to CP-AP. QMI=FAIL

    Here's the round up from out west, Edmonton, Calgary and Winnipeg. All were very thin papers so the amount of CP-AP content is surprising.

    Edmonton Sun
    P1-AP Photo Main Art - Tiger Woods
    P5-CP Story - Graham James (CP not omitted from the lede)
    P7-AP Story - Tiger Woods
    P18-AP Story - Afghanistan (complete with typo "Associted Press")
    P18-AP Photo - Afghanistan
    P28-CP Story - Whistler Snowboarder Dead
    P34-AP Story - Mexico Earthquake
    P63-CP Story - Arctic Oil Spills
    P63-AP Story - Iceland Volcanic Eruption
    S2-CP Story - U-18/OHL Story
    S4-AP Photo - Tiger Woods
    S5-AP Story - Tiger Woods
    S5-AP Story - Tseng LPGA
    S5-AP Story - PGA Anthony Kim
    S5-AP Photo - PGA Anthony Kim
    S7-AP Photo - Duke NCAA
    S8-AP Story - MLB Opening Day
    S10-CP Story - World Curling
    S10-AP Story - Tennis Roddick
    S10-AP Story - F1 Racing
    S10-AP Photo - F1 Racing
    S14-AP Photo - NHL Detroit
    S16-AP Story - Boxing Hopkins/Jones

    Calgary Sun
    P1-AP Photo Main Art - NHL Calgary-Chicago
    P3-CP Story - Graham James (CP omitted from the lede)
    P6-CP Story - Tiger Woods
    P6-AP Photo - Tiger Woods
    P6-AP Story - Elin Woods
    P10-AP Story - Afghanistan (complete with typo "Associted Press")
    P10-AP Photo - Afghanistan
    P12-CP Story - Whistler Snowboarder Dead
    P12-CP Story - Child Steer Rider Injured
    P16-AP Photo - Pope
    P18-AP Story - Mexico Earthquake
    P32-AP Story - Box Office Earns
    S1-AP Photo Main Art - NHL Calgary-Chicago
    S2-AP Photo - NHL Calgary-Chicago
    S6-AP Photo - NHL Detroit
    S7-CP Story - World Curling
    S10-AP Story - NFL McNabb Trade
    S11-AP Photo - Tiger Woods
    S13-AP Photo - F1 Racing
    S16-AP Story - MLB Opening Day

    Winnipeg Sun
    P1-AP Photo - NCAA Butler Dog/Mascot
    P5-CP Story - MP Shelly Glover
    P14-AP Story - Afghanistan (complete with typo "Associted Press")
    P14-AP Photo - Afghanistan
    P18-CP Story - Military Spending
    P21-AP Story - Box Office Earns
    S1-CP Story - Graham James (CP not omitted from the lede)
    S1-CP Photo - Graham James
    S2-CP Story - Graham James
    S5-AP Photo - Duke NCAA
    S6-AP Story - MLB Opening Day
    S8-CP Story - Joannie Rochette
    S12-AP Story - Real Madrid Soccer
    S12-AP Photo - Real Madrid Soccer
    S14-AP Photo - PGA Cda Golfer
    S14-AP Story - PGA Anthony Kim
    S14-AP Story - Tseng LPGA
    S15-AP Photo - Tiger Woods
    S17-AP Photo - Tiger Woods
    S19-AP Photo - NHL Philadelphia-Detroit

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  3. There's access to more Reuters content to counter the AP content...

    And then there's The Sports Network for U.S. sports, which no one seems to know who is writing it as there are no bylines, it just looks like another QMI rip off with no quotes.

    Let the hilarity continue.

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  4. A lot of Sports Network stuff is written like QMI content, just the company byline. Not all have a reporter-specific byline.

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  5. No "rules" were broken. From a QMI missive:

    BROADSHEET PAPERS will be CP-free as of Sunday-for-Monday editions. TAB PAPERS will be CP-free as of Monday-for-Tuesday editions.

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