Blog of Adam Daifallah -- author, journalist, law student. Lover of politics, writing, golf, curling, fitness, fashion, bacon and maple products -- not necessarily (but probably) in that order. Partisan of the Anglosphere. Contact me via email at adam@daifallah.com.
Carl Smith from Montreal Canada writes: I voted Liberal in the last Federal Election now I want to know if you are honest enough to tell us who you voted for Jane? Going by your reporting my guess would be Conservative. Right?
Elmo Harris from Niagara Canada writes: Will there be anyone from the Liberal side taking questions as well?
Jenny Rodgers from Canada writes: why is a Liberal taking questions on anything? Abby U from Dartmouth Canada writes: Why does your program Question Period as well as your's and Craig Oliver's appearance on Mike Duffy promote the Liberal Party agenda, often making excuses for this pathetic national party and its defunct leader?
Political Junkie from Canada writes: Is it possible for political journalists to be non-partisan? There seems to be a great deal of bias in favour of the Conservatives or the Liberals or the NDP eminating from all but a very few journalists. Is it naive or unreasonable to expect balanced journalism?
Jane Taber: Hi Chris and thanks so much for inviting me to chat with our readers today. I am accused -- in both print and on television -- of being a Liberal or a Conservative. I have never been considered a New Democrat.
I take some comfort from the fact that some people think I lean one way and others think I lean another. So it means I'm doing something right.
I can tell you I and my colleagues struggle with balance. We are very conscious of making sure that our stories and our interviews (on television) are balanced.
The issue of fairness and balance is something that has been drilled into my head since I was a journalism student at Carleton back in the late '70s. All I can say is that I don't have an agenda and I don't believe that I am favouring one party over another. I am the messenger and am trying to provide the best information I can to Globe readers.
All you can do is scratch your head and wonder. FLASHBACK: Taber's "fair and balanced" interview with Gwyn Morgan from a year ago, one of the most popular posts on this blog's history.
