Liberals increase their public relations arm
By Letter to the Editor on November 29, 2018.
Surely I am not the only one who has noticed the federal government now owns a piece of every media outlet in Canada to the tune of $600 million. The public relations arm of the Liberal government just grew by a magnitude of 10. The media, of course, are beating their breasts, gnashing their teeth and tearing their clothes bleating that they will still behave as a free unbiased press when reporting on the latest antics of their political masters. If you believe that, hoo boy, do I have a deal for you — a barely used bridge and, if you are interested, some very lucrative marshland. Plus how can they be free at a cost of $600 million? That kind of free reminds me of those free submarines “we” bought from the Brits. Ian Parkinson Medicine Hat (Ed. note: While newspapers will indeed be eligible for tax credits to support the labour costs of producing original news content, much of the $600 million in the government’s recent fiscal update is aimed at tax credits for subscribers to digital media sites.) 8-7
well of course, hat better way to control the media than to own the media, with a bailout.
They will probably only release stories that do not show the government as a bunch of manipulative assholes, that only thing they care about are THEIR agenda, and they do not care about the people.