Noting the date and time On Mon, Oct 30, 2023 at 9:22 AM PGage <[email protected]> wrote:
> I can’t often say this, but I agree with every word Kevin wrote in post > below. > > Sent from Gmail Mobile > > > On Mon, 30 Oct 2023 at 6:47 AM Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> >> On Mon, Oct 30, 2023 at 3:58 AM Diner <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Can't comment on the episode, but I read the article last week after >>> seeing a Twitter link to it, and it seems remarkably well-researched. >> >> >> I don’t dispute the validity of the documents they found, but they framed >> the information in a heavily biased way (seeking comment from family of the >> brother who allegedly raped her, for instance). They ascribed malicious >> intent with no basis. The facts were what they were, but the conclusions >> drawn were baseless. >> >> >>> https://www.cbc.ca/newsinteractives/features/buffy-sainte-marie >>> >>> I don't have a vested interest in the story either, although I did see >>> the documentary about her on American Masters last year. I thought it was >>> well-done, although I still don't think she's a major artist. >>> >>> On Friday, October 27, 2023 at 9:02:21 PM UTC-4 Kevin M. wrote: >>> >>>> Canadians will have to tell me whether the tone of that story was >>>> typical of that series. I found it tainted with so much bias that I >>>> couldn’t help but wonder who emotionally wounded the reporter to make him >>>> feel that way. >>>> >>>> I have no vested interest in the ethnicity of the woman in question; I >>>> don’t know enough about her to care about her background, but they very >>>> clearly did. Everything from the sinister music normally reserved for axe >>>> murderers and rapists to the darkened almost noir-like old photos reeked of >>>> bias. Maybe she made up her background, or maybe she misunderstood her >>>> background, or maybe she simply didn’t know… didn’t matter to the reporter… >>>> he was out to tarnish her reputation and destroy her career. That was some >>>> truly, remarkably, unbelievably bad television. >>>> >>>> On Fri, Oct 27, 2023 at 5:31 PM 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV < >>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> It's on the 'toob, and not blocked outside Canada... >>>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMsqCWNCUc4 (link) >>>>> B >>>>> >>>>> Mark Jeffries, Oct 27th: >>>>> >>>>> Tonight's episode of the CBC's long-running newsmag "The Fifth Estate" >>>>> will contain a report supposedly revealing that an "iconic Canadian >>>>> singer" >>>>> is not what she claimed to be for many years--folk singer Buffy >>>>> Sainte-Marie, the first indigenous winner of an Oscar in 1982 for >>>>> co-writing the "Officer and a Gentleman" theme "Up Where We Belong," >>>>> believes that she is the subject of the report and that the report wrong, >>>>> saying that the Canadian pubcaster interviewed her last month her ancestry >>>>> and being sexually assaulted as a child and that although she does not >>>>> know >>>>> everything about her ancestry, "I know who I am": >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/buffy-sainte-marie-responds-pretendian-1235628540/ >>>>> >>>>> The above contains a video statement from Sainte-Marie--Americans will >>>>> only be able to see the program if they live near the Canadian border and >>>>> can pick up a CBC station OTA or on cable or if it is put online. >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>> Groups "TVorNotTV" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>>> >>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/251f9292-2fb6-4948-9b54-b96e46683e60n%40googlegroups.com >>>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/251f9292-2fb6-4948-9b54-b96e46683e60n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>>> . >>>>> >>>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "TVorNotTV" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/019b2672-5a22-432f-a2f7-9080de6b8120n%40googlegroups.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/019b2672-5a22-432f-a2f7-9080de6b8120n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> > To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4Ckt9%2B448zGs7GNjER03%3DrvFmoBnbV6C3XJdQSCfx4DNA%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4Ckt9%2B448zGs7GNjER03%3DrvFmoBnbV6C3XJdQSCfx4DNA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYJTXqw1th48Zg5JcPDUzOL5t%2BKauH7CV1JSYJTPFPW0Dg%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYJTXqw1th48Zg5JcPDUzOL5t%2BKauH7CV1JSYJTPFPW0Dg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. 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