The funny reels

I find it interesting too that the Prime Minister has old  tapes of Ignatieff.  Has he not heard of these things called  CDs?

Then again, it may be worth checking to see whether the PM is referring to tapes supplied by CTV's Atlantic affiliate. If I recall correctly, Harper's team was so tech-savvy during the last election that they had these tapes fired up and ready for viewing by reporters aboard the campaign plane, within hours of the original recording.

Comments

[Neil Shea]

Tapes!!!!!! What’s next “The Plumbers” followed by the” Iggy – Papers”.

[jason]

Professional video is still done on tape. If you want to be snotty to the conservatives, at least try to be accurate. This attack just makes you look stupid.

[jason]

Ah yes, can't have criticism. Must delete.

Pitiful.

[David]

At least he didn't call them films (fill-ums if yo're Scottish or Australian).

[ferrethouse]

If only Conservatives were as tech savvy as the Liberals - using a cell phone to record a nationally televised address.

[alan]

If Harper has and is holding on to these tapes and purposefully mentions that they are damaging to Ignatieff, they must be very very juicy.

All the federal parties, including the Liberals, must've scoured all of Ignatieff's videotaped interview and lecture musings while he lived in Britain, France, and the USA.
If the Liberals blink and back off with their EI election threats, you just know that they know that the Conservatives know something pretty spicy about you-know-who.

[Gabby in QC]

Ms. Delacourt, many of the performances/utterings/speeches given by Mr. Ignatieff must indeed be "on tape" - video or audio - since they date from 34 years ago until his return to Canada.

Since Mr. Harper's opponents have seen fit to resurrect practically anything he's ever said since he was in kindergarten until today, I guess Mr. Ignatieff's pronouncements should also be fair game, don't you think? I trust you are all for fairness, so I'm certain you won't object to those "tapes" being used.

Anyway, it will give you and your colleagues something to comment on.

[Craig]

I find it interesting that you're talking about CD's, Susan. have you never heard of flash memory?

Maybe it's time to jettison that discman of yours and enter the digital age.

[Dick Richards]

"Professional video is still done on tape. If you want to be snotty..."

Perhaps low-budget porn still is, all else is filmed on 32mm film or high definition DVDs. Neither are referred to as cassettes. As each day passes, Stephen Harper becomes more and more like Richard Nixon

[geo]

"Has he not heard of these things called CDs?"

Considering the age of Mr.Ignatieff it's more likely to be "tapes".
Like in VHS "tapes"or even Beta "tapes".
Or as in cassette "tapes" or reel to reel "tapes" or video "tapes" or audio "tapes".
Most of the equipment used in the 34 years that Mr.Ignatieff has been away was "tapes" being used by the media.

And you comment about CD's does show some ignorance of that fact.
At least you could have said "Has he not heard of DVD's?

[Paul O'Malley]

I find it interesting too Susan has old CDs. Has she not heard of these things called DVDs?

[David Shea]

I find it interesting too that Paul O'Malley has old DVDs. Has he not heard of these things called Blu-ray discs?

[maggie]

Let's hope the Liberals fight fire with fire for a change...Harper and minions have a closet full of quotes/beliefs that should be made WIDELY public as well, such as the earth being 6000 years old (Stockwell Day), the Maritime culture of defeat, Alberta's firewall, many quotes from Harper's time as prez of National Citizen's Coalition. Care to publish some of them Susan?

[Anne Peterson]

But wouldn't tapes (or CDs or DVDs )of all Mr. Harper's utterings be interesting. No one has bad mouthed Canada like he has.