Before the whole debate shambles sends me to an early grave through boredom let me just say a few words about the role of the media. On CBC's website today they say that May was originally not allowed to appear in the debates because 3 other parties opposed this. Are they saying that if the Liberals, Bloc Quebecois and the NDP opposed Stephen Harper appearing that they would go along with that too? No, I didn't think so. The media have a huge influence on any election and it is incumbent on them to be honest and to be challenging. So far the coverage has been neither. We are subjected to an array of press conferences with very little challenge to what is being said.
The networks are not just there to relay the news they are also there to speak for their viewers, to ask questions and to challenge.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment