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Decksandrumsandrockandroll

Decksandrumsandrockandroll

How old is he?  And what does he do again?  (No, you don’t need copy editors. Screw that.)
Perhaps more questionable is that the Star article about Foursquare declines to mention that its primary subject is an employee of 50%-Torstar-owned Metro Toronto, which itself has a formal partnership with Foursquare. Hidden agendas for everyone!

How old is he?  And what does he do again?  (No, you don’t need copy editors. Screw that.)

Perhaps more questionable is that the Star article about Foursquare declines to mention that its primary subject is an employee of 50%-Torstar-owned Metro Toronto, which itself has a formal partnership with Foursquare. Hidden agendas for everyone!

In telling police the story of a 2002 nightclub shootout in which his best friend was killed, Jeremiah Valentine described one moment as being “kinda like [The] Matrix.”
Someone at the Star took this to mean that bullet time was involved.  Stay classy.

In telling police the story of a 2002 nightclub shootout in which his best friend was killed, Jeremiah Valentine described one moment as being “kinda like [The] Matrix.”

Someone at the Star took this to mean that bullet time was involved.  Stay classy.

ARPE DISCORD: Sunday Entertainment editor Garnet Fraser apparently finds the paper’s resident celeb gossiper as tedious as the rest of us do.

ARPE DISCORD: Sunday Entertainment editor Garnet Fraser apparently finds the paper’s resident celeb gossiper as tedious as the rest of us do.

The Toronto Star takes a page from Gawker, by literally taking a page from Gawker. (And heaven forbid that they actually link to the site.)

The Toronto Star takes a page from Gawker, by literally taking a page from Gawker. (And heaven forbid that they actually link to the site.)

Yes, the Toronto Star really did just insert a beer ad into the middle of an otherwise serious report on Queens Park.  Jesus, Toronto Star, just because you own Eye Weekly doesn’t mean you have to look like it.

Yes, the Toronto Star really did just insert a beer ad into the middle of an otherwise serious report on Queens Park.  Jesus, Toronto Star, just because you own Eye Weekly doesn’t mean you have to look like it.

Screw Iron Man, I wanna read that Life section story about the dog.

Screw Iron Man, I wanna read that Life section story about the dog.

In addition to re-running the proper, unmolested version of the 1/3-page ad, the Star also threw in a sky box on the front page of the section.

When SEO Goes Wrong, or All Jews Being Equal… (The headline in the paper was “Through the surge with the 2-16.”)

When SEO Goes Wrong, or All Jews Being Equal… (The headline in the paper was “Through the surge with the 2-16.”)

A Toronto Star blog not authored by Antonia Zerbisias manages to stir up controversy among its niche readership →

We’re pretty sure that the front page of today’s Star has phrased the same statistic two different ways.  Perhaps the editors have short attention spans and could benefit from a different sort of newsroom environment that’s tailored to their particular needs.

We’re pretty sure that the front page of today’s Star has phrased the same statistic two different ways.  Perhaps the editors have short attention spans and could benefit from a different sort of newsroom environment that’s tailored to their particular needs.

The Star takes an uncharacteristically Mondoville-esque swipe at CP24 Radio (which is, apparently, a thing that exists).

The Star takes an uncharacteristically Mondoville-esque swipe at CP24 Radio (which is, apparently, a thing that exists).

Among those who took note of The Globe and FAIL’s massively ill-timed praise for Ruby Restaurant: the Toronto Star, which quietly, albeit gleefully, made reference to it the very next day.

Among those who took note of The Globe and FAIL’s massively ill-timed praise for Ruby Restaurant: the Toronto Star, which quietly, albeit gleefully, made reference to it the very next day.

We can only assume that whoever selected this photo and crafted this caption was trying to make some sort of point about hypocrisy.

The Star Poos Clouds →