Paul Martin's Refusal to Answer -- If the Media Don't Report it, Did it Happen? In the House, Karl Rove, Homulka: No Charge in Sister's Death

Is Paul Martin Losing It?

Paul Martin may have a problem concentrating on matters at hand in an election. This afternoon he was asked repeatedly a question about his meeting with an individual related to the sponsorship inquiry. Paul Martin never once answered the question asked. PM kept babbling on about how he would protect Canadians' health care.

Is Paul Martin losing it -- afraid to answer yes or no in relation to that particular question -- or what?

Mainstream media (CBC or CTV?) dutifully reported Martin's comments on health care outside the House--Martin had fled the House early, cowed by a barrage of questions about his part in the scandal. A media rep just happened to be waiting. The questions in the House on Martin's part in the sponsorship which required a 'yes' or 'no' answer were not reported -- but his huff and puff non answers using 'health care' as his topic were repeated, ad nauseam.

There was reporting on Kyoto which the government Liberals are pushing -- while the questions which Stephen Harper had asked and which Paul Martin did not dare answer, apparently, did not happen.

If the media don't report it, did it happen?

Media help the government and try to save it in Canada -- by omitting what they don't want us to know.




CBC guts PR staff Gayle MacDonald, Globe and Mail. Apr. 12, 05

CBC's communications group handed redundancy notices to 35 employees yesterday -- mostly publicists -- as part of a bid to shave $1.7-million from that department's annual budget.v

Too bad CBC wouldn't address the real problem -- pro Liberal, pro left bias.




Borderless blogs vs. Canada press ban Rondi Adamson, a Canadian writer, April 13, 05

TORONTO - A Canadian publication ban and an American blogger clashed last week. The court-ordered ban did not survive the impact. The blogger was overwhelmed with visitors.

And what had been Canada's own private scandal - so private Canadians had been prevented from hearing about it in full - fast traveled the borderless blogosphere. [. . . . ]

Gomery said he lifted the ban because "it is in the public interest that this evidence with few exceptions be made available to the public." But it is hard to believe the blogosphere didn't play a powerful role in bringing about his epiphany.

The Internet has perhaps rendered publication bans futile. Whether that is a good thing can be debated. Freedom should not be mistaken for license. But given the level of alleged corruption exposed by the secret testimony, first at Captain's Quarters, and now all over mainstream Canadian media, it is difficult to argue that Canadians shouldn't be grateful for this clash of the blog and the ban. [. . . . ]

Conservatives look at forcing June election as Liberals drop in polls Martin O'Hanlon and Terry Pedwell MARTIN O’HANLON AND TERRY PEDWELL

OTTAWA (CP) - Get ready for another June election.

[. . . . ] "Justice Gomery has to make decisions about potential prosecutions, about criminality. Frankly, the standards of the electorate are a lot higher than that."

Harper has said he wants to take the next few weeks to talk to voters to see whether they want an election. He's also sure to be eyeing the polls. [. . . . ]

Karl Rove -- winning election techniques

PBS: Karl Rove -- the Architect and here -- Very good. Check for it online soon; you may watch it.




Homolka won't face charges in sister's death CTV.ca News Staff, Apr. 12, 05

Convicted killer Karla Homolka won't face new charges in the drug-rape death of her sister when she is released from prison in July, Ontario Attorney General Michael Bryant said Tuesday. [. . . . ]

Is it because she got a "deal" because she was an abused woman? Because her evil husband made her do it?