Harper to shun Ottawa journalists
Where have all the media gone?
One, two, three, four, five…was ‘accountability’ part of Harper’s five government items?
If so, would avoiding the media really be the best step in that direction??? It’s easy enough to say you are accountable if you don’t have to show that you are accountable.
Harper has stated that he will be avoiding the journalist on Parliament Hill because the media will not do what he says, how he says. They are upset that they aren’t allowed to asks him questions, so he now refuses to answer questions….my oh my…. ‘My way or the highway’ goes straight from backbencher to cabinet to journalist.
Definitions:
Prime Minister: the official head of a cabinet or ministry; especially : the chief executive of a parliamentary government
Oppressor: To keep down by severe and unjust use of force or authority: a people who were oppressed by tyranny.
Wait a second…Prime what??
S.
May 25, 2006. 01:00 AM
The Prime Minister says the parliamentary press gallery seems to have decided to
become the opposition to his Conservative government.
He told A-Channel in London, Ont., yesterday that he is having problems with reporters that a Liberal leader would never face.
So he says he will take his message out on the road to less hostile local media.
"Unfortunately, the press gallery has taken the view they are going to be the opposition to the government," Harper told the TV station. "They don't ask questions at my press conferences now."
On Tuesday, two dozen
Harper does not want to hold press conferences unless his staff choose which journalists ask questions from a list they compile. The
"I have trouble believing that a Liberal prime minister would have this problem," Harper said yesterday. "But the press gallery at the leadership level has taken an anti-Conservative view."
A media analyst said Harper was being paranoid, and that his remarks could backfire.
"Basically, what he's saying is the regional media can be trusted to be compliant. They will find that insulting," said Chris Dornan, head of
"Just as the national press corps will find insulting the suggestion that they're all paid-up Liberal hacks."
Yves Malo, a reporter with
"I'm just a journalist who's trying to do his job," he said.
posted by Sarah Wong at 6:39 PM
3 Comments:
Good point. Harper is looking more and more like dictator as the days go on.
The media will have thier retaliation next election though.
Remember when Harper was getting all the lovely media attention during the election...they helped elect him...maybe they can un elect him too. Didn't they pour the honey all over him, and now he doesn't like them for talking about government
Harper is not avoiding questions. He's just going to different journalists.
He's not oppressing anyone and talk of 'dictators' is laughable. Read Paul Well's posts concerning this at Macleans magazine online.
Trudeau did the same thing and worse to the media and his opponents (remember the finger incident?). And Trudeau is the Liberal hero.
Scott, Zac, and Sara... if the media retaliates it simply proves his point.. that the media is biased and not an unfair and impartial distributor of news.
That is the real tragedy. That we cannot get the facts without them being put through half a dozen spin machines by journalists.
And if you doubted the journalists' impartiality, explain to me all the negative coverage of Harper's:
1) waistline
2) pop drinking
3) clothing
4) asthma/chest problems
etc..
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