\nTake a look at the mainstream press and few, if any, are actually writing\/broadcasting indepth
\nstories on the matter. Aside from a couple of editorials by Province columnist Mike\u00a0Smyth
\n(http:\/\/www.theprovince.com\/technology\/Smart+meters+will+Hydro+cash\/5621004\/stor
\ny.html<\/a>) and a decent piece in TheTyee\u00a0(http:\/\/thetyee.ca\/Opinion\/2011\/03\/21\/SmartMeterRush\/<\/a>), the province\u2019s two biggest
\npapers are dead silent on the matter. What comes as no surprise, even The Province
\ncouldn\u2019t allow their client\u2019s precious smart meter program to be tarnished; they have
\nsince removed Mike Smyth\u2019s column on the \u201csmart meter cash cow\u201d from their website.
\nAn honourable mention goes out to the Georgia Straight for some decent objective pieces
\non dumb meters.
\nHowever, none of the big players are carrying out the investigative journalism for smart
\nmeters that they would normally carry out on other subjects. No journalists are testing BC
\nHydro\u2019s claims that the radio frequency emitted from their meters are safe, much less
\nexposing the BC Liberals insiders profiting from the entire fiasco. Fortunately, Youtube
\nand the blogosphere are exposing some of these BC Liberals\u2019 lies to those with
\ninquisitive minds. (See various Youtube videos showing constant radio frequency spiking
\nof BC Hydro\u2019s smart meters as well as abuse by Hydro installers, for starters).
\n Major BC Liberals insider and The Vancouver Sun<\/strong>
\nThe Vancouver Sun is owned by Postmedia Network Inc., whose director, David
\nEmerson, is a BC Liberals insider directly benefiting from Corix\u2019 takeover of BC Hydro
\nand the implementation of the Bolshevist smart grid. (Yes, the smart grid is all about
\ncollectivization)<\/p>\n
Biggest media shill for smart meters: Tom Fletcher<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/strong> Some of Fletchers hit pieces on the anti-dumb meter movement appear here: <\/a> <\/a> <\/a> Fletcher, obviously embarrassed, deleted the tweet within minutes. Fletcher was actually<\/p>\n lecturing his followers and those in the hash tags on objectivity at<\/p>\n http:\/\/onlinejournalismblog.com\/2012\/01\/16\/comment-call-objectivity-and-impartialitya-<\/a><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/1.jpg\" "\\"1\\"")
\n This is the systematic phasing out of a public utility, which is mutating into the private for-profit Corix.<\/strong><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/2.jpg\" "\\"2\\"")
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\nBut the biggest, most obvious gatekeeper in this fiasco has to be Black Press\u2019 corporate
\ncodger Tom Fletcher, an obvious neo-conservative hell bent on indoctrinating the masses
\nwith his partisan propaganda, whether it is cheerleading the HST (Tom Fletcher \u2013 Sleazy
\nJournalism – http:\/\/www.jlsreport.com\/?p=1741<\/a>) or the glories of the technocrats\u2019 \u2018smart\u2019grid.
\nTo have a journalist write one or two pieces in favour of one view is quite normal. But to
\nhave a so-called journalist write several, then spend hours a day tweeting the same views
\nis quite another thing.
\nFletcher\u2019s gatekeeping \u201ceditorials\u201d began appearing at least as far back as last summer\u00a0and are regularly (ordered?) passed down throughout Black Press\u2019s community affiliates\u00a0(over 100) across the province. After all, damage control extends to rural B.C., too.<\/p>\n
\nSmart meter foes strike back
\n http:\/\/blogs.bclocalnews.com\/victoria_view\/smart-meter-foes-strike-back\/879<\/a><\/p>\n
\nUBCM delegates dive into radio waves
\n http:\/\/blogs.bclocalnews.com\/victoria_view\/ubcm-delegates-dive-into-radio-waves\/927<\/a><\/p>\n
\nOn microwaves, and the physics of smart meters
\n http:\/\/blogs.bclocalnews.com\/victoria_view\/on-microwaves-and-the-physics-of-smartmeters\/
\n953<\/a><\/p>\n
\nAn engineer scolds me on smart meters
\n http:\/\/blogs.bclocalnews.com\/victoria_view\/an-engineer-scolds-me-on-smart-meters\/944<\/a>
\nThis is supposed to be objective reporting? Fletcher is also touted as being a Legislative
\nreporter, if you can believe that.
\nThen there are the 2,000-plus tweets of Fletchers, many of which belittle and ridicule
\nthose opposed to smart meters. He makes numerous ad hominem and strawman attacks,
\neven going as far as posting photos of people wearing tinfoil hats\u2014an obvious smear
\ncampaign in the face of all ethical standards of journalism.
\nEditors at the Sun and the Province would never be able to get away with such bias.
\n(Those editors simply ignore the issues surrounding dumb meters). But Black Press
\ncontinues to allow Fletcher to deconstruct any journalistic integrity they may have had.
\nOne Twitterite got Fletcher a little nervous recently when he played the massive
\nhypocrite. Here is the following dialogue from mid January.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/3.jpg\" "\\"3\\"")
\nNoSmartMetersBC then replied with:<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/4.jpg\" "\\"4\\"")
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