Barrowman the outspoken...

[fajrdrako]

I love the way John Barrowman says what he thinks. The Sun has tried a little rabble-rousing by making a controvesy out of what he was quoted as saying in Doctor Who Magazine, stirring up the notion that his comments were inappropriate.

Personally, I like it that "John also spoke of how he fancied former Doctor Christopher Ecclestone and 'sexy' current star David Tennant." Well - yes! The man has taste. Of course he fancies them, as do several zillion other fans and (no doubt) acquaintances. (Form a queue on the right.)

Controversy presumably means sales for both The Sun and Doctor Who Magazine, and publicity for Barrowman - not a bad thing. On the obverse side, seems to me that playing this up as a bad thing caters to homophobia, which is a shame. Would anyone complain if Billie Piper called them sexy? Well, no - she has, and they didn't. So it goes.

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A Good Third Ottawa Daily...

[dewline.livejournal.com]

...would, I hope, steal blatantly from the Toronto Star's Atkinson Principles (http://www.thestar.com/aboutUs/atkinson) while still operating as an independent paper. It shouldn't be owned by any chain.

Re: A Good Third Ottawa Daily...

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Yes, I believe chain-newspapers are a really bad thing. I understand why it is economically efficient to operate that way, especially for those making a lot of money from newspaper production, but it's not a good thing for the product or the readers.