joe•iuculano :mastodon:<p>Via <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CBC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CBC</span></a> News</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RexMurphy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RexMurphy</span></a>, the controversial <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Newfoundland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Newfoundland</span></a>-born <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/pundit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pundit</span></a> and <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/wordsmith" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wordsmith</span></a> whose writing and often-blistering commentaries were the focus of a decades-long career in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Canadian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canadian</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>media</span></a>, has died at the age of 77, according to the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalPost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalPost</span></a>.</p><p>"You might not agree with what Rex had to say, but oh, boy, could he ever say it," said <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/comedian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>comedian</span></a> and fellow <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Newfoundlander" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Newfoundlander</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MarkCritch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarkCritch</span></a>, who performed an impression of Murphy on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ThisHourHas22Minutes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThisHourHas22Minutes</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/rex-murphy-obituary-1.7199788" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbc.ca/news/canada/rex-murphy-</span><span class="invisible">obituary-1.7199788</span></a></p>