> Keith Morrison yes, you are correct. My apologies. Morrison, not Robertson.
On Mon, Oct 30, 2023 at 3:11 PM John Edwards <jedward...@gmail.com> wrote: > I think you mean Keith Morrison. Speaking of which, this is the type of > story Dateline would have done before it became True Crime Theater. > > As for the origins, from the few Indigenous people I know, it does seem > that who is Indigenous is an issue that is of some importance to the > community, but the definitions of who qualifies seem to vary from person > to person. The theoretical issue would be if she was winning awards that > were reserved for Indigneous people when she wasn't. That said, during the > peak of her fame, I don't think such a beast existed given that she was it. > > I watched the first three minutes or so, and it didn't really hold my > interest. > > On Sun, Oct 29, 2023 at 2:53 PM Doug Eastick <east...@eastick.ca> wrote: > >> I haven't watched the episode in question, but I have seen the series >> before. It is typical "Investigative Journalism" where they go deep in a >> subject. Can't recall if there is a US equivalent, but I'm thinking of >> Keith Robertson. >> >> I'm really not sure what stirred the origin of this story. >> >> >> /Doug >> east...@mcd.on.ca >> >> On Fri, Oct 27, 2023, 9:02 p.m. Kevin M. <drunkbastar...@gmail.com> >> 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 < >>> tvornottv@googlegroups.com> 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 tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> 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 tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4CYrNknA2B611hA24UHFODwHg%3DH2p4m13TGzbL-GD3mfw%40mail.gmail.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4CYrNknA2B611hA24UHFODwHg%3DH2p4m13TGzbL-GD3mfw%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 tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAK5Q1BqfCVTCe1RRCT9TcLa_LiM_WzRGVyApfVjusNyR5NqgMA%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAK5Q1BqfCVTCe1RRCT9TcLa_LiM_WzRGVyApfVjusNyR5NqgMA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > > > -- > John Edwards > "You can insure against the weather, but you can't insure against > incompetence, can you?" - Phil Tufnell > > -- > 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 tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJLXtM%2BJRAXbo3RZK50mb05ZE_MyMinWUQ3e_wi%3D6H3_ukFkbg%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJLXtM%2BJRAXbo3RZK50mb05ZE_MyMinWUQ3e_wi%3D6H3_ukFkbg%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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