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I don't have time to sit around and be everyone's therapist on social media when it comes to the U.S. election results. So many of the people I follow are smart, intelligent, progressive, successful and brilliant. But all that success has allowed the "online and outraged" to put blinders on to what ails our world. Allow me to Monday Morning Quarterback this for you and tell you why you should have seen this coming: Ask yourself: Why on earth would Donald Trump get enough mome

There's a lot of similarities between running a political campaign and programming a radio station. Let's assume your station is a political party and your lead personality is the party leader. Behaviours such as interpreting polls, choosing words carefully, and acknowledging the gap between perception and reality can lead to victory or disappointment. Here are some lessons for radio station programmers and on airs from the 42nd Canadian general election: If you want to know

Earlier, this year, the Conservative government removed Elections Canada's ability to advertise. In the past Elections Canada would advertise voter information and encourage participation in the electoral process. Depending on your political perspective, you either believe it's because the move is beneficial to the Conservatives or because the empirical evidence shows it was not working anyway as voter turnout has been sliding for years. Every Canadian citizen over the age of

The federal election campaign is well underway and the first group to hit the campaign trail June 3 is not even running. The Friends of the CBC launched a lawn sign campaign showing support for the CBC. Since it was launched, thousands of signs have sprung up on lawns across the country. While the signs are predominately apolitical, the website clearly is not. This is an ABH (Anyone but Harper) campaign to the max. In today's media world where everyone is outraged by present