The subject of Peter C. Newman has often made its way onto this blog (usually to criticize him) and the ensuing comments have often been interesting, especially when Mrs. (Alvy) Newman has decided to get involved.
Over the weekend in the National Post, two marquee columnist, Robert Fulford and Conrad Black, each lay it on Newman, picking up on the controversy surrounding his recent Globe and Mail book review (not free online) of Jean Chrétien's memoirs.
For those that haven't followed this (admittedly inside-baseball) saga, Newman panned the Chrétien book in his review, which appeared two weeks ago in the Globe. That led to the highly unusual -- unprecedented, I think -- move by Chrétien's publisher of taking out an ad in the Globe's A section to rebut Newman's critique.
Newman's review was unquestionably shoddy and over-the-top. Fulford and others surmise that Newman never even read the book, and the fact that Chrétien never cooperated with him over the course of his political career -- not once according him an interview in 40 + years -- surely played a role in his animus-laden review.
We're still waiting for a response from Newman, which, knowing him, is forthcoming. Stay tuned.
UPDATE (Weds, 10am): We have our response!
# posted by Adam Daifallah : 12:46 PM
