In their Decision Canada pages in the National Post, an article by Mark Kennedy displays the back-handed derision displayed by many in the media when writing on Martin and Harper. The article itself seems neutral -- it's simply pointing out that Harper is making his agenda clear, quickly --in order to avoid a repeat of the last election when he allowed Martin to define him. The following quote is a betrayer of the underlying sentiments of the author, and in my opinion, makes characterizations that are unsupported and unsupportable:
Plagued with how the sponsership scandal has tarnished the Liberal brand, it appears Mr. Martin hopes to run on his own leadership traits of honesty and good intentions. All the while, he's praying for Mr. Harper's hubris to be his undoing.
This is written as though the statements are facts that everyone takes for granted -- and maybe that's why so many people do.
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5 comments:
That's OK...most people don't know what 'hubris' means.
Confidence based on a faulty premise. Thing to remember is that the big guns won't be coming out until the New Year.
Peter Kent called it:
http://money.canoe.ca/News/Sectors/
Media/2005/09/25/1235205-cp.html
And Macleans reinforces it: http://
www.macleans.ca/culture/media/article.
jsp?content=20051213_117742_117742
Thanks for the links.
The bias of the MSM isn't so subtle to me. I've come to ID it almost immediately, as I've figured out how they operate and all that.
What Canada desperately needs is a whole slew of new, truly independent-of-state-interference-and-coercion media outlets on the tube and in print as well as online. Preferably conservative so as to tip the scales to balance the public's info reception and perspective.
First, get rid of the stupid CRTC. We have no need for the state censor of the media. We must allow a completely free, open marketplace for newsmedia outlets to come and go according to the trust they receive from the people. Otherwise, the MSM is merely a bunch of state broadcasters practicing temnyky (reporting as ordered by the government).
To hell with the current MSM. Brainwashers, almost all.
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