Media manipulation!

You have to wonder who is behind the media sometimes; because the way news is reported has a direct impact on the way we view the world. As an example here are two articles on the same subject, one taken from TSN.ca and the other from RDS, notice how the story is radically different

REPORT: CANADA'S NHL TEAMS COULD FACE TRAVEL ISSUES IN USA

TSN.CA STAFF

9/4/2009 8:34:45 PM

A decision by the United States Department of Transportation could have a major impact on Canadian teams in the National Hockey League this season, reports the National Post.

The Department of Transportation in the United States has banned Air Canada's charter planes from flying from one American city to another.

"It's potentially a very significant impact," NHL Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly told Canwest News Services on Friday. "It's crazy and very destabilizing to our business. We're operating on a long-standing interpretation and for it to change overnight on the eve of our season is creating a huge problem for us."

Prior to a recent August ruling by the U.S. government, charter flights that carried sports teams could make several stops in American cities. The new ruling means the charters can only make one stop before heading back to Canada.

In retaliation, Canadian officials have launched an investigation to determine if they will take similar action against charters carrying sports teams from the United States.

"It's extremely messy for both American and Canadian teams," Air Canada executive vice president Duncan Dee told Canwest. "It was a unilateral action imposed without consultation or Air Canada being able to defend itself. It's obvious the U.S. Department of Transportation doesn't watch hockey."

Officials in the United States had been looking into a small number of instances of passengers - injured players or team officials – on the plane boarding in one city and then leaving the charter in another city, a violation of the original agreement.

CASSE-TÊTE AÉRIEN À PRÉVOIR

VENDREDI 04 SEPTEMBRE 2009

ASSOCIATED PRESS

TORONTO - Un désaccord entre le Canada et les Etats-Unis à propos des vols nolisés cause un tas de problèmes aux clubs professionnels de chaque côté de la frontière et pourrait perturber la prochaine saison de la LNH.

Le Globe and Mail a rapporté vendredi que les responsables des transports des deux nations avaient interdit les arrêts multiples pour les vols nolisés des divers clubs professionnels, qui étaient permis depuis de nombreuses années.

Si cette interdiction demeure en place, les équipes de la LNH pourraient éprouver des difficultés à disputer deux matchs en deux soirs dans le pays voisin et pourraient devoir retourner dans leur pays d'origine entre chacun des matchs.

Miami Air International, une compagnie de la Floride qui offre des service de vols nolisés à cinq clubs de la LNH, dont les Penguins de Pittsburgh, a été forcée d'annuler près de 60 vols au Canada en septembre pour des matchs préparatoires de la LNH. La compagnie a aussi annulé quatre vols des Blue Jays de Toronto, club du baseball majeur qui profite également de ses services.

"Ces restrictions représentent potentiellement un gros problème pour nos équipes", a déclaré Richard Peddie, le chef de la direction de Maple Leafs Sports and Entertainment, propriétaire des Maple Leafs et des Raptors de Toronto, aussi touchés par les nouvelles dispositions.