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Oe i eee eS _Opinion Fighting for that lifestyle A story in today's paper may paint a pic- ture of the future of Huronia. Residents of the part of Tay Township im- mediately west of Victoria Harbour are fighting a proposed housing development. The residents say they moved where they did because they wanted to get away from crowded development. And now they are fighting to keep it that way. With development projects springing up all over the place, we can understand and sym- pathize with their plight. Many of these people are parents who want to raise their children in a more "country" atmosphere. Unfortunately, it looks like they may have chosen the wrong place to live. While they may not have known it at the time, Huronia is becoming a developer's dream. Many people have moved here from the city looking for an escape from the heavily- concentrated urban life. Now, they are discovering the urban spread is closing in on them once again. We can see many more battles like this coming down the road. Too man Dear Editor: I have just finished reading Prime Minister Brian Mulroney's free trade deal. It is very massive and complex and in my opinion threatens the future of Canada -- no longer would we be masters of our own country. The only benefactors would be big business and everyone else would be big losers for the following reasons: Canada would have to export to the U.S. a certain portion of our energy and natural resources and the U.S. would have full con- trol over supplies and prices. U.S. companies would be able to outbid any Canadian company or any Canadian govern- ment contract. This would eliminate any or Musical chairs in Ward 2 y have died for sovereignt all the benefits that Canadian companies now enjoy. All our social programs such as Unemploy- ment Insurance, family allowance, Canada Pension Plan, medicave, old age security and all subsidies would be at risk because the U.S. would pressure us to eliminate them. The American citizen does not enjoy many of these. All decisions for control and ownership of Canadian industry and resources would be made in big U.S. corporate boardrooms, leav- ing us with no sovereignty. All American businesses participating in this deal would be able to bring to Canada American technicians -- from plumbers to abortionists -- and replace any Canadian worker they wanted. American banks and big corporations would have complete freedom to buy any Canadian company or services without any restrictions being imposed on them by Cana- dian governments, provincial or federal. And finally, what about our water, agriculture and environment? I urge all Canadians to please take the time and read this agreement for yourselves. Don't just read the dressed-up propoganda put out by the Progressive Conservatives. Read the whole deal. We must stand up to Uncle Sam and tell him he can be a good friend and neighbor, but he can't move in and take over our country. It is little wonder that the U.S. senate, the Robert Campeaus and big business want this deal -- it is the biggest giveaway in history. Too many brave Canadian men and women fought and died for Canada for us to give it away now. How can anyone justify supporting a PC government that over the last four years was plagued with scandal, lies and deception? This is the most important election in Gana- dian history. Canada's future is at stake. Ralph Ladouceur Midland As ft Seats by David Krayden For anyone watching television from the early hours of the morning until the after- noon, there are a variety of soft news pro- grams on the air. Before last week, I hadn't even heard of some of them. The proliferation of personality journalism masquerading as investigative reporting is astounding. i can't really think of what else to call it. The format has been in use for at least two decades although Phil Donahue made it a staple of afternoon viewing. There is a panel of guests and a live audience. The host waltzes around the studio with a portable microphone in hand and tries to incite some heated debate between the guests and the audience. From all of that, we the viewers are are sup- posed to have our "consciousness raised." But ultimately we are left with a sense of cotton candy dressed up to look like filet mignon, or stale platitudes and banalities delivered with enough conviction and emo- tion to successfully appear profound. Recently, a star producer of hype- journalism got his own morning interview show. Geraldo Rivera, perhaps best known for his live, on-scene openiug of an Al Capone safe, has taken the television genre to bizarre lengths. Cn one particular show last week; the guests wcre members of col- lege fraternities and the subject was "haz- ing." Rivera led one student through a televis- ed confession of his college misdeeds while the audience hissed and groaned at the ap- propriate spots. When the student finally got to the emo- tional climax of his delivery, Rivera seemed to sense that he had better start raising our consciousness and thus increased the volume of his voice and the number of questions he was addressing to his sweaty guest. "You mean you used a paddle?" he asked. "You used a paddle like this one here," Rivera continued, holding up a wooden ob- ject that looked like it belonged to a miniature canoe. The student was verging on tears now and the show had succeeded in milking some drama out of dust. But if you want to see real action, catch The Morton Downey Jr. Show sometime. Downey, no matter what you might think of him, has revealed personality journalism for what it really is: a chance to get people hating each other. Instead of inspiring discussior these shows are merelv pittino anti-- -- Penetanguishene Citizen Published each Wednesday by Telemedia Communications Ontario Inc., 309 King Street, Midland, Second Class Mail Registration Number 3194 Year subscription rate $39.00 General Manager: Judy French Managing Editor: Tim Kraan Sports: Arnold Burgher Sales Manager: Grace Kidd Sales Representatives: Karen Caldwell, Don Mcintyre, Joy Turner Circulation Manager: Jane Locke Ontario 526-2283 Asst. Managing Editor: David Krayden ee Senior Writer: Murray Moore G@cna Staff Writers: Chris Harries, Paul Hoy, Oi @ Robert Risk, Barb Skelton '--3 Member Photographer: Jennifer Craw Nancy Downer, Peter Hamelin, Lori Lahay, Page P6, Wednesday, October 26, 1988 T ops9 888? 68 1sdoin0 .ysbesnboW pe a BaP 2 Net oo eee eee APOIO Ls LO PLIE IA CeCe es TET wk OO STE eels. The dark side of TV journalism against each other and vainly hoping for some degree of synthesis. They are hate ses- sions, where the loudest and most resentful are acclaimed as victors in a strange battle of emotions. Downey is only allowing the au- dience to act the way it wants to. We have entered the age that Paddy Chayevsky predicted in his screenplay for Network. Howard Beale, the mad prophet of the airwaves, rules the afternoon. People are getting up from their chairs, rushing to the windows and saying, "I'm as mad as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore."' But that's as far as it goes. The exercise is self-enclosed, self-indulgent and ultimately self-defeating. It's the dark underside of television journalism. The Penetanguishene Citizen welcomes letters to the editor. They must be legi- ble, signed (by hand), and carry the writer's address and telephone number for verification purposes. Pen names are not allowed and anonymous letters will not be published, but names will be withheld if circumstances warrant. Letters published by this newspaper do not necessarily reflect the opinion of this newspaper, its publisher or editor. eee we Se nee Se es --