Postmaster Godfrey elected to Canadian News Hall of Shame

I see where SunPostMediaNetworks boss Paul Godfrey has been elected to the Canadian News Hall of Fame.

Contrary to what some naysayers have been trying to tell you (probably just sour grapes from some of the thousands of journos fired by Mr. Godfrey, who has been the most prolific terminator of journalists in the history of Canadian journalism), there actually IS a Canadian News Hall of Fame – it’s downtown right next to the Hockey Hall of Fame.

No shit. Been there. Seen it with my own eyes.

Since Godfrey was never a typesetter or a journalist, you’ll find him in the “Builder’s Section.” Yup, just like the hockey guys, they’ve got a Builder’s Section. That’s where you’ll find Max Aiken and Conrad Black.

And as of a couple of months back, Paul Godfrey.

Now, I know there’s bound to be a few cynics who are gonna claim that Godfrey has been more of an “un-builder” than a builder; a destroyer if you will. (See ref to sour grapes above.)

But look at it this way; times have changed. New times present new challenges, and in spite of these challenges the Postmaster has succeeded in creating the largest conglomeration of news titles in the history of this fair land!

Yes, the days where we felt obliged to hold a Royal Commission on concentration of media ownership at least once every decade are long behind us, obviously.

Not only that, but Godfrey has managed to shake off the shackles of the onerous and entirely arbitrary “Canadian Ownership” regs as well! Today’s Canadian news colossus is 100% at the mercy of the US vulture funds who have been bleeding it to death since its inception.

Congratulations Mr. Godfrey!