Great work here by Stephen Taylor pointing out the bias in Keith Boag's report last night on the new Accountability Act. I watched Boag's piece last and was thinking of raising it here. Boag tried to link the Harper government's penchant for "accountability" with the its decision to supposedly restrict reporters' access to government officials. (As an aside, I can't remember any government, Liberal or Conservative, federal or provincial, where I've seen so many cabinet ministers available for TV panel shows.)
The larger point here is that the media's frustration with the modus operandi of the Harper communications shop has absolutely nothing to do with the Accountability Act and should not have factored into this report. Boag went over the line by trying to link the two stories, which is nothing but spin. He used his position as CBC parliamentary bureau chief to air his personal frustrations.
UPDATE (Thurs, 10am): Wow. Stop the presses! A-Zerb agrees:
As painful as this is, I have to say that I agree. This kind of information should have been in a secondary/sidebar piece. The report should have concentrated on the proposed legislation.
She may be a leftist, but don't accuse her of not being fair.
# posted by Adam Daifallah : 10:35 AM
