The Ugly Canadian
Rosie DiManno, in Beijing to cover the Olympics, shows that she is able to insult the Chinese with the same ease and ignorance that she usually reserves for her readers' intelligence:
Wow. I mean...wow.
Hopefully our athletes do a better job of representing us in Beijing than our reporters. The standard has already been set pretty low.
And then there's the food.
China seems unable to convince the world that its edibles, at least during the Games and most especially at the athletes' village, will be free of pathogens and substances that could trigger positive drug results, or just cardboard particles and dog meat.Wow. I mean...wow.
Hopefully our athletes do a better job of representing us in Beijing than our reporters. The standard has already been set pretty low.
It appears Rosie has a future at the WSJ:
http://www.sadlyno.com/archives/10322.html
Questioning food standards in a foreign country? Fine enough, Rosie, though the continent you traveled away from isn't exactly pristine either.
But equating that with terrorism? Thanks for trying Rosie.
Oh. My. God.
The latest from The Star's resident racist:
You'd think, with 5,000 years of civilization behind them, the Chinese would have figured this out by now, on their own. Surely, they have spontaneously applauded all sorts of stuff over the millennia and don't need to be instructed on the finer points of rah-rah-rah. Or maybe that would come out wah-wah-wah.
And that's just the first one in the article. How embarrassing for the paper to have her over there doing her best redneck impression.
We may need to start a regular "Rosie Watch".
The most pathetic thing is, once again, what could be a good story is ruined by the lack of writing quality.
Faced with the choice of writing a very insightful and interesting piece about press restrictions and the Chinese definition of freedom of information, or insipid whining about not having their press-pass toting asses kissed, once again Toronto's writers take the low road.
We may need to start a regular "Rosie Watch".
Or maybe that would come out "Wosie Ratch".