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The clear winner: Ignatieff
Contrarian is baffled by the reaction of Ottawa-based press pundits to tonight’s debate. Most said Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff failed to score against Conservative Leader Stephen Harper, who, they...
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That “unnecessary election”– updated
On the morning after the English Language leader’s debate, CBC Radio’s James Cudmore ended his reaction piece from Brixton’s British Pub in Ottawa with an audible smirk: “One blessing: the campaign...
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The flaw in Alboim’s defense of the press gallery
CBC Sunday Edition guest host Robert Harris chided Elly Alboim this morning for the national press corps’s failure to pick up on the NDP surge until the polls made it obvious. Alboim Alboim responded,...
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Another view on why reporters gave Toew’s infidelity a pass
Parliamentary scribe Stephen Maher, formerly of the Herald and now with PostMedia, offers a different view on why the Press Gallery all but ignored Vic Toews’s infidelity prior to #vikileaks30....
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Virgins in the whore house – updated
Remember the Ottawa Press Gallery’s rending of garments over the “despicable“ violation of Public Safety Minister Vic Toews’s privacy when Vikileaks30 revealed seamy details from the public record of...
View ArticleMulcair’s boycott of CBC Radio
I’m glad Thomas Mulcair won the leadership of the NDP Saturday. He has the best shot at retaining at least some of the party’s beachhead in Quebec. He’s said to be tough and politically shrewd, both of...
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