John Doyle (critic)
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John Doyle is one of the two television
critics (along with Andrew Ryan) with Canada
's The Globe and Mail
newspaper. Doyle also covers major football
events for the paper.
He was born in Nenagh
, County Tipperary
in Ireland
. As a teenager he moved to Dublin before emigrating to Canada in the 1980s. A writer, he has written a number of books about his early life in deeply conservative rural Ireland. He was first hired by the Globe to write for Broadcast Week, the paper's weekly television listings, as a columnist
. In 1997 he moved to the newspaper itself, which unlike Broadcast Week is published across the country. In 2000 he was appointed the Globe's daily television critic.
Well known for his wit and irony, in 2004 Doyle would make a discovery that would bring him to international renown. In April 2004 Doyle penned a column titled "Who's afraid of the big bad Fox? Certainly not us http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20040419/DOYLE19/TPEntertainment/TopStories" mocking Fox News. To Doyle's surprise the column was posted on many conservative newsgroups and forums, such as Free Republic
, and he was bombarded by complaints. This prompted Doyle to write more columns such as "Fox News. Not here yet, but already hilarious http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20040421/DOYLE21/TPColumnists/." These columns drew more angry e-mails from south of the border, providing fodder for even more columns. Doyle has continued penning such columns as "Hell looks an awful lot like the Republican conventionhttp://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20040902.wxdoyle0902/BNStory/Entertainment/", as popular with his Canadian readership as they are loathed by American conservatives.
In 2005, Doyle published a memoir: A Great Feast of Light: Growing Up Irish in the Television Age.
Television
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critics (along with Andrew Ryan) with Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
's The Globe and Mail
The Globe and Mail
The Globe and Mail is a nationally distributed Canadian newspaper, based in Toronto and printed in six cities across the country. With a weekly readership of approximately 1 million, it is Canada's largest-circulation national newspaper and second-largest daily newspaper after the Toronto Star...
newspaper. Doyle also covers major football
Football (soccer)
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events for the paper.
He was born in Nenagh
Nenagh
Nenagh is the county town of North Tipperary in Ireland. It is the administrative centre of North Tipperary and in 2011 it had a recorded population of 7,995. It is a civil parish in the historical barony of Ormond Lower...
, County Tipperary
County Tipperary
County Tipperary is a county of Ireland. It is located in the province of Munster and is named after the town of Tipperary. The area of the county does not have a single local authority; local government is split between two authorities. In North Tipperary, part of the Mid-West Region, local...
in Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
. As a teenager he moved to Dublin before emigrating to Canada in the 1980s. A writer, he has written a number of books about his early life in deeply conservative rural Ireland. He was first hired by the Globe to write for Broadcast Week, the paper's weekly television listings, as a columnist
Columnist
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. In 1997 he moved to the newspaper itself, which unlike Broadcast Week is published across the country. In 2000 he was appointed the Globe's daily television critic.
Well known for his wit and irony, in 2004 Doyle would make a discovery that would bring him to international renown. In April 2004 Doyle penned a column titled "Who's afraid of the big bad Fox? Certainly not us http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20040419/DOYLE19/TPEntertainment/TopStories" mocking Fox News. To Doyle's surprise the column was posted on many conservative newsgroups and forums, such as Free Republic
Free Republic
Free Republic is a moderated Internet forum for activists, and chat site for self-described conservatives, primarily within the United States. It presents articles and comments posted pseudonymously by registered members, known as "Freepers", using screen names...
, and he was bombarded by complaints. This prompted Doyle to write more columns such as "Fox News. Not here yet, but already hilarious http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20040421/DOYLE21/TPColumnists/." These columns drew more angry e-mails from south of the border, providing fodder for even more columns. Doyle has continued penning such columns as "Hell looks an awful lot like the Republican conventionhttp://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20040902.wxdoyle0902/BNStory/Entertainment/", as popular with his Canadian readership as they are loathed by American conservatives.
In 2005, Doyle published a memoir: A Great Feast of Light: Growing Up Irish in the Television Age.