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Yes, the rumours are true. Ian Hanomansing is an android with super-human anti-aging properties. How else do you explain this clip of him anchoring the Sunday Report nearly 20 years ago, in which he looks and sound nearly identical to today?!
Last week, Peter Mansbridge celebrated being in the main chair at CBC Television News for twenty years. To celebrate this anniversary, the producers snuck in a video of Mansbridge’s first broadcast twenty years ago in the following broadcast.
Video will pause for a bit at start. Surprise happens after Coyne’s comments.
You’ve gotta hand it to him. Znaimer knows where to place his advertising… 
Hat tip to Pat Martel. Photo: Peter Rukavina (used under Creative Commons licence)
For the angry journalist in your newsroom or family, AngryJournalist.com has come out with some new t-shirts.
This one’s my favourite.
Over at CNN.com, you can look over a list of recent headlines from its web site then choose a headline to print on a t-shirt.
Just in case you have a hunch that “Obama-Clinton Ticket? No, says Pelosi” will wipe out “Vote For Pedro” as the what the cool kids are wearing.
* Yes, I know Vote For Pedro jumped the shark a while ago.
Okay, fine, so there’s no such thing as a Caption Writer at the CBC. I mean, people do write captions, of course, but it’s usually the story producer who develops the captions (”lower thirds” in the parlance).
But then how do you explain this caption, from one of CBC Television’s “Living” programs (not sayin’ which one), and emailed to me by a viewer.
Airport Dude?! Really?! Did someone lose his business card? Couldn’t we at least have said Airport Official or something?
Spark producer Dan Misener is getting married shortly. So when he headed over to the H.R. section on the CBC intranet… er, portal… er, iO! to get some information about benefits and time off, he was surprised to find this:
Have you ever had any strange Mothercorp experiences as a result of your own nuptials?
This week on Spark, Virginia Postrel explains the cultural currency of type (full interview) and a chance to play Font, Coffee, or Baby Name? and using zenware to focus on your writing (full interview).
About two-thirds of CBC employees have now taken the Respect in the Workplace workshops since they started ten months ago. The sessions surfaced in response to the employee Wellness Survey, which was done in 2005. The results identified a lack of respect and civility within the Corporation.
A source close to the CBC just leaked the final exam to InsideTheCBC.com.
UPDATE: This was, of course, an April Fools joke. 
The infamous anonymous CBC blog The Teamakers is being blocked by the CBC’s Websense filtering system. The Teamakers site was started during the 2005 lockout and is penned by an anonymous manager.
Contacted by email, the author, who goes by the name ‘Ouimet,’ told InsideTheCBC.com,”This is outrageous. I recommend you email your supervisor and request that my web site be un-blocked by this draconian regime.”
Story developing…
A wee bit of photo fun submitted by Kate Dalgleish, pictured here.
If you’ve got a photo or funny mockup you’d like to submit, email insidecbcblog@gmail.com
There’s no money, but a small amount of glory will accrue.
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