Liberal attack (columns) TV networks and newspaper chains

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Media Party (columnists) hacks routinely bleat about those mean Harperites and their "attack ads" against boy-Justin. Which is really rich coming from the set that has entire newspaper chains and TV networks at their disposal to attack Conservatives on a daily basis, all at no expense to Liberals.

Stephen Maher, a "Robocall" hysteric, is one of those. Presumably to coincide with the release of Trudeau's new autobiography, yesterday Maher enthused about a new book by Michael Harris smearing Stephen Harper "Party of One: Stephen Harper and Canada’s Radical Makeover":
... Michael Harris writes about the Harper- Finkelstein link...
... Harper is inspired by Republicans, a leader hostile to Canada’s system of parliamentary democracy, and in Party of One Harris meticulously traces what he sees as Harper’s attack on that system.
... Harris connects the dots between Harper and Finkelstein, who is nicknamed the “merchant of venom” because of his skill with attack ads....
In other words Harris' book is chock-a-block with paranoid anti-Harper venom. Of course neither Harris nor Maher would mention that Trudeau's campaign is inspired (if not actively advised) by Barack Obama's crew and that Obama has actually vowed to "fundamentally transform America".

Maher does, however, bring up the Media Party's recent phony outrage over alleged Conservative copyright abuse:
... Harper has been fighting to make Canada safe for attack ads. ... Last week, leaked cabinet documents showed that he wants to change copyright law to allow political parties to use news footage in attack ads.
You'd expect that Maher, as a journalist, would know full well that under copyright fair dealing provisions political parties have long been allowed to use news footage in political ads. What Maher could also be reasonably expected to know, but fail to mention (naturally), is that the real scandal in this is that the heads of CBC, CTV, Global and CityTV "news" organizations had been secretly colluding (conspiring) to thwart those provisions by mutually agreeing (forming a cartel) not to run Conservative ads using their news clips.

This was all in a corrupt effort to protect Justin Trudeau from his own idiotic musings and, while they were at it, attempt to smear Harper. This is, apparently, their idea of objectivity and ethics in the news business. The up-side is that now those CBC, CTV, Global and CityTV "news" executives face criminal charges, big fines and even jail time for violating the Competition Act.

Conservatives use paid "attack" ads, as do all the other parties. Liberals use the Media Party's attack newspapers and attack TV networks full time, at no expense to themselves.

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should explain his role in the preparation of Justin Trudeau's book""



you mean the jon kay who is moderator of a newspaper comments section? that jon kay?
 

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This assumption of victimhood by the Conervtives is not very becoming. The Conservatvies have far more power now than they've ever had in Canadian history, and yet we still have to listen to them snivel about how everybody is always picking on them.
 

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This assumption of victimhood by the Conervtives is not very becoming. The Conservatvies have far more power now than they've ever had in Canadian history, and yet we still have to listen to them snivel about how everybody is always picking on them.
Not everyone, just the MSM.
 

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This assumption of victimhood by the Conervtives is not very becoming. The Conservatvies have far more power now than they've ever had in Canadian history, and yet we still have to listen to them snivel about how everybody is always picking on them.

That's funny.... Poor ole Justine and the Liberal Party are sad little victims.

Maybe if Trudeau didn't offer up so many outright, retarded statements, commentary and actions, there would be no basis for an attack.
 

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Not everyone, just the MSM.

In Vancouver we gte four major dailies: The Globe and Mail, National Post, Vancouver Sun and Province. Presumably, they count as "MSM." All four endorsed Harper in the last election. All four endorsed Harper in the election before that.

Your statement simply doesn't stand up to scrutny, I'm afraid.

That's funny.... Poor ole Justine and the Liberal Party are sad little victims.

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I don't believe I said that. Your response is unhinged.
 

winniethepooh

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Media Party (columnists) hacks routinely bleat about those mean Harperites and their "attack ads" against boy-Justin. Which is really rich coming from the set that has entire newspaper chains and TV networks at their disposal to attack Conservatives on a daily basis, all at no expense to Liberals.

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Excellent post ... As far as Harris goes IMO he jumped the shark a long time ago, his anti Harper zealotry undermines his credibility, probably one of the reasons he no longer writes for the MSM.

The leaked conservative proposal to clarify current copyright laws was only in response to a media collusion stopping the CPC ads, which, they admitted to in their emails. The 1988 S.C. decision in favour of the Liberals court case is overlooked by the CBC and others, only the Sun Media reports on it.

The CPC has just released an ad but so far it's only on youtube, I would think because the media is refusing to air it, we'll see.

The Huffington Post is allready whinging about but their angst is unfounded, as A. Coyne said on Twitter https://twitter.com/acoyne/status/524267572473372674
[FONT=&quot]They've quoted me accurately and in context. I have no problem with it[/FONT]

If you want real attack ads with outright lies, check out the Liberal ads from 2006