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Friday October 7, 2016

Editorial Cartoon by Graeme MacKay, The Hamilton Spectator Ð Friday October 7, 2016 Blue Jays beer-tossing incident: Who threw that brew?Ê Amateur sleuths have joined Toronto police in the investigation into who threw a can of beer that narrowly missed Baltimore Orioles outfielder Hyun Soo Kim at the Rogers Centre on Tuesday. But, while police have named their suspect, the Internet is not so sure. On Wednesday, police released a photo of an unnamed man who they said was the beer-thrower. That man turned out to be Ken Pagan, a journalist who works for Postmedia. Pagan acknowledged being the man in the photo. ÒI contacted Toronto police earlier this evening, around 7 p.m., and identified myself as the person in the photo,Ó Pagan wrote Wednesday night in an email to The Canadian Press, adding he Òcannot say much else.Ó ThatÕs when the Internet kicked in with videos shared on Reddit and YouTube. Starting from a wide-angle shot showing section 139 of the Rogers Centre, one video shows a silver streak crossing the frame. While itÕs impossible to identify any faces in the video, Pagan is clearly identifiable when the grainy images are cross-referenced with photos shot by Canadian Press photographer Frank Gunn. ÒFairly clear video of him throwing it backhanded like a Frisbee,Ó wrote Twitter user Melanie Harrington. Case closed? Not quite. Other photos of Pagan show him holding a plastic cup, not a can of beer. Then more video surfaced, in which some people claim to see a woman hurling the brew before disappearing from the scene. Both videos are so grainy, itÕs almost impossible to deduce what is taking place exactly. ther photos show a hole in the crowd just behind and to PaganÕs left, which some argued was the real throwerÕs location. They suggest the villain ducked out of sight as soon as the sudsy shot was fired. In the style of the infamous Zapruder film, both videos of the flying drink are grainy and difficult to make out. Const. Jenifferjit Sidhu sai

Editorial Cartoon by Graeme MacKay, The Hamilton Spectator – Friday October 7, 2016

Blue Jays beer-tossing incident: Who threw that brew?

Amateur sleuths have joined Toronto police in the investigation into who threw a can of beer that narrowly missed Baltimore Orioles outfielder Hyun Soo Kim at the Rogers Centre on Tuesday.

But, while police have named their suspect, the Internet is not so sure.

On Wednesday, police released a photo of an unnamed man who they said was the beer-thrower. That man turned out to be Ken Pagan, a journalist who works for Postmedia.

Pagan acknowledged being the man in the photo.

“I contacted Toronto police earlier this evening, around 7 p.m., and identified myself as the person in the photo,” Pagan wrote Wednesday night in an email to The Canadian Press, adding he “cannot say much else.”

That’s when the Internet kicked in with videos shared on Reddit and YouTube.

Starting from a wide-angle shot showing section 139 of the Rogers Centre, one video shows a silver streak crossing the frame. While it’s impossible to identify any faces in the video, Pagan is clearly identifiable when the grainy images are cross-referenced with photos shot by Canadian Press photographer Frank Gunn.

“Fairly clear video of him throwing it backhanded like a Frisbee,” wrote Twitter user Melanie Harrington.

Case closed?

Not quite.

Other photos of Pagan show him holding a plastic cup, not a can of beer.

Then more video surfaced, in which some people claim to see a woman hurling the brew before disappearing from the scene.

Both videos are so grainy, it’s almost impossible to deduce what is taking place exactly.

ther photos show a hole in the crowd just behind and to Pagan’s left, which some argued was the real thrower’s location. They suggest the villain ducked out of sight as soon as the sudsy shot was fired.

In the style of the infamous Zapruder film, both videos of the flying drink are grainy and difficult to make out.

Const. Jenifferjit Sidhu said Toronto police would not comment on the conflicting theories.

“However, we are confident we have made a positive ID and we will continue to work with the Rogers Centre to further the investigation‎,” Sidhu wrote in an email to the Star.

As of early Thursday afternoon, there was no word on charges against Pagan. (Source: Toronto Star)

 

Monday March 5, 2012

By Graeme MacKay, The Hamilton Spectator, Monday March 5, 2012 If robo-calls were meant to keep voters away, they failed miserably Tales of voter suppression in the last federal election have emerged across the country. But while ridings alleged to have been targeted byÊthese tactics were won by smaller margins than those not implicated, an analysis of these ridings indicates voter turnout was higher, notÊlower, than elsewhere in Canada. n almost 70 ridings from every region of the country, allegations have been made that voters were falsely directed to polling stations byÊÒrobo-callsÓ or were harassed at all hours of the night by rude live callers posing as representatives of the Liberal Party. The oppositionÊparties have blamed the Conservatives for these calls, and indeed Elections Canada has found some indication of a link between callsÊmade in the Ontario riding of Guelph and the local Tory campaign there. But an analysis of these ridings shows turnout averaged 61.6 per cent, slightly higher than the 60.9 per cent average turnout in ridingsÊwhere no allegations of impropriety have been reported. If we only focus on the ridings in which allegations of misleading robo-calls haveÊbeen made, the turnout averaged 62 per cent. Compared to 2008, turnout increased by 4.7 per cent in these ridings. It increased by only 3.9 per cent in ridings that have not beenÊimplicated in the scandal. Turnout in neighbouring untainted ridings does not seem to have been significantly different. If these allegationsÊof voter suppression tactics are indeed true, they do not appear to have been very successful. Nevertheless, there is a clear difference between ridings in which misleading or harassing phone calls are alleged to have been made andÊridings in which there have been no allegations of under-handed tactics. (Source: Globe & Mail) http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/if-robo-calls-were-meant-to-keep-voters-away-they-failed-miserably/article2358726/?utm_medium=Feeds

By Graeme MacKay, The Hamilton Spectator, Monday March 5, 2012

If robo-calls were meant to keep voters away, they failed miserably

Tales of voter suppression in the last federal election have emerged across the country. But while ridings alleged to have been targeted by these tactics were won by smaller margins than those not implicated, an analysis of these ridings indicates voter turnout was higher, not lower, than elsewhere in Canada.

n almost 70 ridings from every region of the country, allegations have been made that voters were falsely directed to polling stations by “robo-calls” or were harassed at all hours of the night by rude live callers posing as representatives of the Liberal Party. The opposition parties have blamed the Conservatives for these calls, and indeed Elections Canada has found some indication of a link between calls made in the Ontario riding of Guelph and the local Tory campaign there.

But an analysis of these ridings shows turnout averaged 61.6 per cent, slightly higher than the 60.9 per cent average turnout in ridings where no allegations of impropriety have been reported. If we only focus on the ridings in which allegations of misleading robo-calls have been made, the turnout averaged 62 per cent.

Compared to 2008, turnout increased by 4.7 per cent in these ridings. It increased by only 3.9 per cent in ridings that have not been implicated in the scandal. Turnout in neighbouring untainted ridings does not seem to have been significantly different. If these allegations of voter suppression tactics are indeed true, they do not appear to have been very successful.

Nevertheless, there is a clear difference between ridings in which misleading or harassing phone calls are alleged to have been made and ridings in which there have been no allegations of under-handed tactics. (Source: Globe & Mail)