October 15, 2009 | Pics,reviews

Times are tough in the journalism biz these days, what with all the layoffs and the belt tightening. Good to know that at least some belts are being loosened, though the timing of this restaurant review below could not have been any worse given the one salmonella-related death and the 22 thus far made sick by the outbreak at Ruby restaurant in east Toronto. “I read the news today oh boy…” Both these pics are from October 10, 2009.

The first is reporting from CITY TV Toronto and the second, before the presses could be stopped, courtesy of the Globe & Mail, Canada’s self-proclaimed National Newspaper, which is apparently staffed by media-averse interns on the weekend…

For another dose of ‘remedial media’, click here for this mind-numbing caption from another Toronto paper that isn’t the Globe & Mail.