I had to read this little bit of paranoia on the media from Alykhan Velshi twice. It’s simply unbelievable (emphasis mine) but says everything about the intentions and mindset of the Conservatives, who are in a majority and control the great majority of the media:
The criticism also extends to policy. Alykhan Velshi, a former top aide to Immigration Minister, believes the media is “tilted against conservative viewpoints” is in its approach to most issues.
“More ink is spilled on the long-form census and global warming than on homegrown terrorism or taxes being too high,” Mr. Velshi, who left the Hill after the election, told The Globe. “In the coming year, most articles on Conservative attempts to cut the fat from government will be written from the perspective that we’re cutting too much rather than not enough.
“This isn’t ‘blaming’ the media, but merely pointing out that reporters, and indeed most members of the opinion elite, hold views that are not conservative. I think this reflects a deeper recognition that, even though we’ve held office for almost six years, conservatives are still very much on the outside looking in.”
While this was going on, check out the preciousness of this bit of nonsense:
Tonight at Rideau Hall, meanwhile, vice-regal honours will be bestowed on journalists from the Calgary Herald, the Hamilton Spectator, the Eastern Door, the Vancouver Sun and even those from Radio-Canada and the CBC for their efforts to raise the public debate.
UPDATE: Note to Conblog BC Blue, which is outraged that the BC premier has been given tickets to tomorrows’ night game and the media isn’t as outraged. Well, Clark will not be using the public dime to fly to the game with a huge entourage buying up $1000 seats. Only after the negative press coverage, did we find out the PM claims he will personally pay the expenses (we’ll see if he does). A bit of false equivalence goes a long way. So does unintended hilarity. Velshi would be proud.
