CTV News Sept 23rd

It's Wednesday, September 23rd, i'm drinking a cup of joe and watching Jill Matthews as she is closing up Live at 5. I'm sure Steve Murphy is straghtening his tie and finishing off his coffee or tea. Not too positive what he usually drinks, but that's not important here. Let's look at Diversities in the news...

Breakfast Television commercial, showcasing PUMPKIN RACES!!! I am seriously pumped...too bad I have class in the morning.

Steve Murphy seems excited, and why shouldn't he be.

There is already a native person and this is just the promo for the show to come. Good sign, really good sign!

As our first story starts Steve says that elementary schools will have to play the national anthem. Todd Battis is live at the Halifax Regional School Board. For some reason the viz has a lot of snow in it...could it be old footage, or has it turned into winter already??? Is Cindy Day really behind on her weather...who's to say.

Facebook featured question, Should O Canada be played in all schools... with that questions Battis' report is over...no minorites...next story.

Steve Murphy talks about an attemtped abduction in Spryfield. No people in the story.

NSCC!!!!!! Yay....but kind of sad story really. Story about the strike. Cute girl on screen....and she goes to school with me..ignore that... Kayla Hounsell reports the story, kids don't know what's going on...I don't even know what's going on...is that a good thing? Still no minorites...seeing that Ishan, James, Brynn, Erin, Julie, Jaclyn, Floyd are all in that subject, I kind of find that hard to believe they couldn't be like HEY YOU, COME HERE!!

Helicopter comes back to Halifax for emergency landing, no viz, just story. White seems to be the dominant color today.

Man stabbed fataly...is that a correct term, fataly? Seeing that there is a red line under it, I guess not.

WHERE IN THE WORLD IS JIMMY MELVIN JR. He seems happy, I'd be too seeing my old cop friends!!

A story about the stinky harbor, sewage plant. Kelland Sundhal is reporting, her name sounds diverse, but like a lot of people in this show, she's white. Peter Kelly makes his daily appearance on the news. RIMA THOMEH, a streeter, is some degree of Latino. Sundhal finishes her report with a live tail.

First Nation story!! Some diversity finally! Chief Jesse Simon is asking people who move to the reserve for a criminal check. Not a very positive story, but a story none the less. He's looking for people who have commited serious crimes....oh ok...I'm confused, he wants bad people to live on his reserve...I have really no comment. I'm sure it's nice to want to maybe rehabilitate criminals, but bringing them all to one place where they can join together and maybe commit more crime...there seems to be a word for a place like that..prison?

John Ross makes sure emergency rooms don't close...good for him!

Two fatal crashes in New Brunswick...people should really be careful but that's story's done. Onto next story...

Greg Thompson spends money to create 100 new jobs for Nova Scotians!! That means I can hopefully find a new job soon!

Cole Harbor!! I live there...now. There is a player shortage for Hockey for Cole Harbor District High School. Jacqueline Foster reports, I bet it was filmed close to here. More white people...this seems to be a running theme.

The open hydro...a huge fan, tide flows throught the turbine and it turns the fan creating electricity. It's going through a test run. The guy talking is British...he's not a diversity.

Moving sidewalks at the Halifax airport, that's pretty cool. Tried one in Calgary...didn't want to get off of it.

BATMOBILE!!!!! for the disabled? A van to help the disabled get around. Arthur Neilson cannot move his legs and Doug Bridgman is commited to a wheelchair. Brunswick Accessible Transportation (B.A.T.) Mobile is a nice little concept...and I kind of got over excited...kind of wished it was the real Batmobile but this is nice too. So far we've got three stories with diversities under out belt.

SPCA story about a puppy who has been adopted. Snowball seems happy with his family. When camera rolls back to Steve Murphy, he is found smiling (as if he's the happiest man in the WORLD) must be a dog person.

Commercial break, which can only mean one thing...more coffee.

Back after commercials, we get the financial report. I should invest in stocks...maybe when I get more money.

Swine Flu vaccine V/O with African American kids. More diversity!!

Iranian President is on the screen, the story is pretty much giving the audience reasons to why he is not popular. Too short to talk about, next story.

Heist in Sweden, something out of a movie. Climbing on roof, trying to make their escape. Pretty cool...the movie will be out in a couple of months, no doubt about it.

Story about Princess Diana's boys, Harry and William. William visited Africa, and helped homeless children. Good to hear he's becoming more like his mother and less like his father. Harry doesn't do the dishes supposedly...why that's important...I don't know.

Almost 6:30 and it's time for Cindy Day's weather. I doubt there will be any diversity in her weather report so I guess this is the end of the broadcast.

Alright, so our final diversity score is: 6 stories involving diversities in some sort of capacity. It seems every other story prominently featured white people.

Well i'm out, so i'll be writing more frequently on the blog, talking about news, school and movies.

See Ya!

Joel D.