John, part of the journalism's death rattle is putting ideology over integrity. Insttead of trying to heal the polarization of our society, the traditional publishing organizatons now work to polarize it even more. There was always bias in journalism, it's inevitable there always will be, but now it is pure activism.
Part of the reason I support you is that you tell stories everyone can support instead of only one particular ideological view point. Thank you for that...
Les Moonves, former head of CBS (accused of sexual harassment/assault and fired), admitted, years ago: "Trump is bad for America, but good for us." It sold "eyeballs," which sells ads. And 40 years ago the media focus shifted, from investing in providing accurate news to jacking up profits. Which basically shut down truth-telling media.
There are many, many good journalists doing their best to report honestly and factually. Unfortunately they don’t work for right wing media. People like John are well represented in “mainstream media” and they get a bad rap they don’t deserve.
From myriad pieces of reporting (by "mainstream"), given that their "journalists" are admittedly paid (well) to provide little but falsehoods, ethical journalists avoid "Fox-like" media like the plague.
Trump is not bad for America, he is bad for the international syndicate, that's why the Gladio infrastructure including the media is in all out attack mode.
It's easy to see why Bob...who owns the news corporations and where do their political alliances reside? It's always about fascism and oligarchy, and those dots always connect to the Swiss-British-Venetian International Syndicate. It truly is an information/ideological war built on layer after layer of lying, cheating and stealing for these people. That is why the news industry is dying, its full of pathological liars pushing an agenda that wants to end the Spirit of 1776.
agree. The right needs to learn to share a little more, the left needs to learn to be thankful for what they are given, but above all, social justice and fairness needs to be a cornerstone of the constitution.
The fact that I am about 20th in line to thank you on Thanksgiving Day says what it needs to. Always remember how much you are valued and appreciated by all of us. And thank you for the reminder that small gestures and acts of help to others is what keeps us human. Appreciate you-- always!
Mr. Canzano...today's piece was a grand slam home run! When someone asks you what you do for a living and you answer, "I'm a sportswriter," you're only half right. You're much more than just a sportswriter. Your columns are about much more than game scores, stats, wins and losses. They are about real people and the things they do that touch are lives. Thank you for taking the leap of faith to begin this endeavor and keep up the good work.
A lot of times I think the person making the kind gesture almost gets more out of it than the recipient. Sometimes poor choices are made, but a lot of the time it's a series of unfortunate circumstances. We don't know, so default to being kind. Something I need to remember myself when encountering homeless people during my bike rides to work. Which reminds me: so thankful to have a career, a roof over my head and a warm place to sleep, my family, and good friends. Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
JC - It is the small acts of kindness, often going unnoticed as they should, that keep us human and feed the soul. Thanks for the story. Maybe there should be a follow-up story on the pig!! I thought that would feed into the story line:)
I'm convinced that more kindness occurs than we hear about. A local grocery outlet here offered a Thanksgiving dinner package for $34.99. They had already received one donated package when I offered mine. Helping others is its own reward.
Thanks Norm. Happy Thanksgiving. For people who don't know... Norm was an institution in the newsoom as a writer and valuable source of information. He knew everything when I arrived in 2002.
One of the saddest things as an almost 65 year old, is the demise of the printed newspaper. I loved the paper in front of me eating cereal as a kid, and drinking coffee before heading to work. I guess I’m old school? :-)
Me too. (And reading the comics!) I dropped my paper subscription when USA Today bought the local - I had to buy the supplements, which I didn't care about at all.
I miss it, too, and there's a lot of reasons why newspapers died. John said it best here that they quit trying to win. The easy out is to blame left versus right or right versus left, that's too simplistic. They never figured out how to monetize the internet and they started off by giving away their product for free. When they started charging, people who took it for free didn't understand. It was a mess. I really miss reading good newspapers on a daily basis. That said this story by John was fantastic and there's a reason why he's doing so well with this sub stack.
You remember we were once minimally adversarial in the past. I have grown to respect you tremendously for taking your leap of faith. All of your readers acknowledge it, but don't understand it takes a person with integrity and honestly to get a one-on-one interview with the top sports character in the state in the middle of game week just before Thanksgiving. Keep up the good work!
You know the Beavs/PAC-12 situation always gets me down, but just when I get so frustrated I want to leave this mess, you pull me back in John! Heartwarming, great humans on this site. Love it, happy Thanksgiving to all, onward and upward!
John, thank you, you’ve got your head screwed on right and you challenge us to be great human beings. Love your columns
Happy Thanksgiving.
John, part of the journalism's death rattle is putting ideology over integrity. Insttead of trying to heal the polarization of our society, the traditional publishing organizatons now work to polarize it even more. There was always bias in journalism, it's inevitable there always will be, but now it is pure activism.
Part of the reason I support you is that you tell stories everyone can support instead of only one particular ideological view point. Thank you for that...
Perfectly said Bob.
Les Moonves, former head of CBS (accused of sexual harassment/assault and fired), admitted, years ago: "Trump is bad for America, but good for us." It sold "eyeballs," which sells ads. And 40 years ago the media focus shifted, from investing in providing accurate news to jacking up profits. Which basically shut down truth-telling media.
There are many, many good journalists doing their best to report honestly and factually. Unfortunately they don’t work for right wing media. People like John are well represented in “mainstream media” and they get a bad rap they don’t deserve.
From myriad pieces of reporting (by "mainstream"), given that their "journalists" are admittedly paid (well) to provide little but falsehoods, ethical journalists avoid "Fox-like" media like the plague.
Trump is not bad for America, he is bad for the international syndicate, that's why the Gladio infrastructure including the media is in all out attack mode.
Wow. (Where's the tin foil, Honey?)
Keep sleepin bro, whole world out there you nothing about.
That's your opinion. Have a Happy Thanksgiving.
It's easy to see why Bob...who owns the news corporations and where do their political alliances reside? It's always about fascism and oligarchy, and those dots always connect to the Swiss-British-Venetian International Syndicate. It truly is an information/ideological war built on layer after layer of lying, cheating and stealing for these people. That is why the news industry is dying, its full of pathological liars pushing an agenda that wants to end the Spirit of 1776.
Thing is Ben,, it's also true from the right side as well. We need less polarizatiion and more willingess to talk with each other.
agree. The right needs to learn to share a little more, the left needs to learn to be thankful for what they are given, but above all, social justice and fairness needs to be a cornerstone of the constitution.
Very true, Bob, and very well put.
The fact that I am about 20th in line to thank you on Thanksgiving Day says what it needs to. Always remember how much you are valued and appreciated by all of us. And thank you for the reminder that small gestures and acts of help to others is what keeps us human. Appreciate you-- always!
Thanks Ed.
I subscribed for the insider information on sports. I keep coming back for the stories.
Thank you John
Mr. Canzano...today's piece was a grand slam home run! When someone asks you what you do for a living and you answer, "I'm a sportswriter," you're only half right. You're much more than just a sportswriter. Your columns are about much more than game scores, stats, wins and losses. They are about real people and the things they do that touch are lives. Thank you for taking the leap of faith to begin this endeavor and keep up the good work.
Thank you Tom
A small act of kindness can make a huge difference in someone's life. Make a habit of sprinkling kindness wherever you go.
Yes indeed Emily♥️
A lot of times I think the person making the kind gesture almost gets more out of it than the recipient. Sometimes poor choices are made, but a lot of the time it's a series of unfortunate circumstances. We don't know, so default to being kind. Something I need to remember myself when encountering homeless people during my bike rides to work. Which reminds me: so thankful to have a career, a roof over my head and a warm place to sleep, my family, and good friends. Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
JC - It is the small acts of kindness, often going unnoticed as they should, that keep us human and feed the soul. Thanks for the story. Maybe there should be a follow-up story on the pig!! I thought that would feed into the story line:)
He had a 250-pound pig in his car. Who knew?
There HAS to be a follow-up story there...once he hopefully gets back on his feet.
Skip and BTW, my nickname is also Skip, this is too good to allow to pass.
Firstly, why should "small acts of kindness" go unnoticed? There is nothing wrong with gratitude.
The pig probably, eventually did "feed" into the story, on someone's table.
Beautiful stories. Thank you John and thank you for your columns. I always look forward to them.
Appreciate this, Ken.
His Holiness the Dalai Lama “be kind whenever possible. Kindness is always possible.”
I'm convinced that more kindness occurs than we hear about. A local grocery outlet here offered a Thanksgiving dinner package for $34.99. They had already received one donated package when I offered mine. Helping others is its own reward.
All of it. Especially this: “The business strategy had shifted to trying to die slowly.”
Bingo.
To all here: Blessed, grateful and fulfilling Thanksgiving day.
Thanks Norm. Happy Thanksgiving. For people who don't know... Norm was an institution in the newsoom as a writer and valuable source of information. He knew everything when I arrived in 2002.
One of the saddest things as an almost 65 year old, is the demise of the printed newspaper. I loved the paper in front of me eating cereal as a kid, and drinking coffee before heading to work. I guess I’m old school? :-)
Me too. (And reading the comics!) I dropped my paper subscription when USA Today bought the local - I had to buy the supplements, which I didn't care about at all.
I miss it, too, and there's a lot of reasons why newspapers died. John said it best here that they quit trying to win. The easy out is to blame left versus right or right versus left, that's too simplistic. They never figured out how to monetize the internet and they started off by giving away their product for free. When they started charging, people who took it for free didn't understand. It was a mess. I really miss reading good newspapers on a daily basis. That said this story by John was fantastic and there's a reason why he's doing so well with this sub stack.
Welcome to the club, amigo.
You remember we were once minimally adversarial in the past. I have grown to respect you tremendously for taking your leap of faith. All of your readers acknowledge it, but don't understand it takes a person with integrity and honestly to get a one-on-one interview with the top sports character in the state in the middle of game week just before Thanksgiving. Keep up the good work!
"Minimally adversarial" must mean we had a lot we agreed on. Best to you Steve.
Be Blessed today, my friends
Beaver Women play Vandy at 5pm today on ESPN+...Go Beavs!
Scott Rueck is a very good coach.
One of the very best and a true BEAVER BELIEVER!
Looks like its Alabama Asst. Head Coach Shephard
https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/oregon-state-expected-to-hire-alabama-jamarcus-shephard-coach-pac-12/
You know the Beavs/PAC-12 situation always gets me down, but just when I get so frustrated I want to leave this mess, you pull me back in John! Heartwarming, great humans on this site. Love it, happy Thanksgiving to all, onward and upward!
Looks like its Shephard...
https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/oregon-state-expected-to-hire-alabama-jamarcus-shephard-coach-pac-12/