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It’s been another instructive week in Ottawa and beyond about how politics gets covered by much of the media. Despite their putative role as professional skeptics, our news outlets routinely prove that they’re anything but.
Want proof? Here’s proof.
Exhibit A: Mr. Harper in Brisbane. Talk loudly and carry a small stick.
Apparently, the news out of the G20 summit was Stephen Harper playing ‘tough guy’ with Vladimir Putin.
The architect of this transparent political construct was Harper’s PR flack, Jason MacDonald, who fed reporters with a irresistible tale of a high-level diplomatic spat — with Harper, of course, …read more
Source: iPolitics
