PM accused of 'secretiveness' and 'manipulating media'
Headline should read:
Media accused of "secretiveness" and "manipulating Canadians".
If I were the PM I wouldn't talk to the media much either. I think it's widely acknowledged that the media haven't exactly been kind to the Prime Minister. First of all, how the hell do you "manipulate" the media? Has anyone heard the term "Wag the Dog"? Sure, Stephen Harper isn't very candid with the media nor is he as camera happy as a certain number of his predecessors. Can you blame him?
Let's look at some key "good job media" times:
1) They hung on every word Paul Martin said, until there wasn't a poll left that said the Liberals were leading - then they dropped him like a hot potato
2) They lambasted Rona Ambrose for "blaming the Liberals" for Canada's inability to toe the Kyoto Accord line - Even though they once were VERY critical of Jean Chretien for signing on to it (I think they used terms like "Trying to create a legacy")
3) Three words: The Mulroney Tapes
4) Days the "two nations" idea from Ignatieff made headlines on CBC - 2. Days Stephen Harper's "Alberta Agenda" have made the headlines since elected PM - 12!
5) Headlines in the Globe and Mail regarding the broken GST promise by the Liberals since they made it in 1993 - 5. Headlines in the same rag calling the Conservative GST cut reckless, stupid, or an abandonment of income tax cuts - 20.
6) Times the "bring home the troops" mantra of Jack Layton made the headlines on CBC and CTV in the week preceeding and the week after the House voted to extend the mission in Afghanistan to 2009 - 14 (once per day, yes). Times the fact that most of the Liberal party failed to show for the same vote showed up - 14. Headlines that the mission was actually extended? Zero.
I'm surprised the media is even allowed to talk to the man.
Media accused of "secretiveness" and "manipulating Canadians".
If I were the PM I wouldn't talk to the media much either. I think it's widely acknowledged that the media haven't exactly been kind to the Prime Minister. First of all, how the hell do you "manipulate" the media? Has anyone heard the term "Wag the Dog"? Sure, Stephen Harper isn't very candid with the media nor is he as camera happy as a certain number of his predecessors. Can you blame him?
Let's look at some key "good job media" times:
1) They hung on every word Paul Martin said, until there wasn't a poll left that said the Liberals were leading - then they dropped him like a hot potato
2) They lambasted Rona Ambrose for "blaming the Liberals" for Canada's inability to toe the Kyoto Accord line - Even though they once were VERY critical of Jean Chretien for signing on to it (I think they used terms like "Trying to create a legacy")
3) Three words: The Mulroney Tapes
4) Days the "two nations" idea from Ignatieff made headlines on CBC - 2. Days Stephen Harper's "Alberta Agenda" have made the headlines since elected PM - 12!
5) Headlines in the Globe and Mail regarding the broken GST promise by the Liberals since they made it in 1993 - 5. Headlines in the same rag calling the Conservative GST cut reckless, stupid, or an abandonment of income tax cuts - 20.
6) Times the "bring home the troops" mantra of Jack Layton made the headlines on CBC and CTV in the week preceeding and the week after the House voted to extend the mission in Afghanistan to 2009 - 14 (once per day, yes). Times the fact that most of the Liberal party failed to show for the same vote showed up - 14. Headlines that the mission was actually extended? Zero.
I'm surprised the media is even allowed to talk to the man.
posted by Lucas at 22:12
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