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April 12, 2005
Finally, news reaches the little people . . .
I am happy to report that the Canadian government scandal (which my local paper previously and repeatedly failed to report) has finally made it into the Philadelphia Inquirer: OTTAWA, Canada - Prime Minister Paul Martin scrambled yesterday to prevent the fall of his government amid a kickback scandal in his Liberal Party, as a new poll showed the opposition Conservatives would easily win elections if held today.Better late than never! I'm delighted, of course. News is news, and it should be reported when it is known. Otherwise, we have two classes of people: elitists who know, and the ordinary uninformed who don't. It strikes me as bordering on fraud when those entrusted to do the reporting fail to do so even when they know what's going on. That said, I recognize that there are two sides to the Canadian publication ban. Nick Packwood warns against blanket condemnation of the ban by people who don't understand the facts: Unless and until you would prefer another standard of guilt I suggest you give that thought some consideration before pointing fingers about the imminent collapse of democracy in this country. Justice Gomery is no fan of the Liberal government or its last incarnation under Jean Chretien. He is doing his job and in so doing he is defending our democracy.This may well be true, and while I'm hesitant to lecture other countries without all the facts, my primary gripe is with the American news media. They are under no duty to follow foreign bans on publication, and in my opinion they should not. UPDATE: Canadian blogger Colby Cosh has lots more (on the steering of public money into a "swamp of federo-separatist crooks, or separo-federalist ones"), and concludes by asking, Do the French have a word for the situation in which a monstrous excuse for criminal conduct doesn't even turn out to be factually correct? I'm pretty sure English doesn't.We Americans don't need no stinking words! posted by Eric on 04.12.05 at 05:40 PM
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"American law all the time". There. Now it's a small "ha ha" at least. Flea · April 13, 2005 09:52 PM And I thought you were making a wisecrack about "talking American." Ignoring American law all the time? Why, that's treason!
Eric Scheie · April 13, 2005 11:39 PM |
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