Telegram editorial page editor Russell Wangersky spreads the ribs on the latest racket and puts all the bits - and that would be all the bits - where they belong.
One particular bit is rarely expressed these days but it is very true.
Wangersky tackles the issue of the recent boycott of CBC over comments made by an on-air guest and then offers a suggestion:
If we were less competitive and self-serving, and more committed to the right of free access, the media in this province would stand up to this particular bully.
We’d set up our cameras and digital recorders for some Williams command-performance media event — some event that he felt was of critical importance for him to speak on, and when the premier appeared, all of the media would pack up their gear and leave him standing there. You’d probably only have to do that once, because Williams is no fool. Why do it?
Because every media outlet in this province will eventually feel the same premieral lash, unless they are so hopelessly hero-worshiping and fawning as to never come close to experiencing the same opprobrium.
Will it happen? I don’t know. I’m not sure that the media in this province realizes that today’s gain might be tomorrow’s servitude.
He’s right.
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