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Globe's Lawrence Martin on federal politics in 2008

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Latest comment posted at 8:38 AM EDT 20/02/08

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  1. Judith Berg from Canada writes: Actually Lawrence, if it were not for writers such as Margaret Wente and Rex Murphy I would not waste my money on the Globe. As for the CBC, I will rejoice on the day my tax dollars no longer pay for the salaries of Avi Lewis and Peter Armstrong and support their biased views.
  2. GREG CROMPTON from Toronto, Canada writes: Right wing Canadian media??!

    I gotta get outa Toronto

    CBC, CityTV, Globe, Toronto Star, TVOntario Right wing?

    Who knew? Thanks for the heads up Globe. Those Neocon cageliners almost tricked me again.
  3. Jack Ryan from SaskatoonVictoria, Canada writes: I think the left/right perception is in the eye of the beholder. As Lawrence Martin is quite far left, anything not as far left is considered right wing. He tries to find fault with the G&M and Canwest papers for being too far right, when Canwest has radical leftwing writers such as Susan Riley. Perhaps he wishes there should be censorship so no one else is allowed to hold a position in the media if they are not idealogically pure. Personally I find a paper interesting that is not written by only members of one political faction. It is an open exchange of ideas and differing perspectives that is a hallmark of a democratic society. I am glad Martin is available to offer his opinions, and I am estatic he isn't the one deciding whose opinions may be written.

    Martin asserts that Canada is a centre-left country but the centre has shifted dramatically leftward in my 45 years of life. I was once a politically active federal Liberal, and, though my core beliefs haven't changed, find I am now a conservative. If Canada's largest newspaper, the Toronto Star, changed its charter from being a Liberal/NDP organ to promoting a Conservative agenda, Martin would be frothing at the mouth. There are no Conservative papers in Canada.
  4. Howard Citrin from Canada writes: Hilarious, in the same Q&A, the G&M was identified as having a left wing bias in one question and a right wing bias in another. Furhter proof that the bias is in the reader.
  5. Michele K from Ottawa, Canada writes: So clearly, Judith isn't interested in hearing anything but confirmation of her own views. Pity, that, and if I may say, a prime example of what is wrong with Conservatives as a whole - it's their way, or the highway, and everybody else is simply wrong and not worth listening to. I have to ask, if Conservatives show no respect or interest in views other than their own, why ever are they surprised that they cannot gain any new supporters? I think it's pretty obvious that Judith and I occupy opposite ends of the political spectrum, but I've got to tell you, agree with them or not, I listen to what I presume to be Judith's favoured media (CFRA, CFRB), I read her 'right' newspapers, and I watch the programs of her 'right' TV personalities. I don't especially care if I agree with the views expressed there or not, but at least I do them the respect of listening, and - gasp! - even consider that their divergent views may have some validity. Society is too complex to be viewed in black-and-white, Judith. Even if Judith and the rest of the Cons think themselves right and the others wrong, if they're the crack strategists and politicians they believe themselves to be, shouldn't they do all they can to know their 'enemy'? It's arrogance that is the undoing of this party, as best exemplified by its own leader. Not that this isn't a common characteristic among the political class, but they don't recognize it and it will ultimately be their undoing.
  6. Dennis Petruk from Canada writes: Judith Berg,

    Hear, hear.

    Larry Martin is a Liberal hack.

    Don't you love the way he describes Harper and then tells everyone there's no bias in the news.

    The man's a joke, much like his idol, Dion. They're made for each other.
  7. Bobby Dy from Canada writes: What defines bias? Bias is determined by the extent to which an opinion is held outside of what can be argued with facts. 'Tough on crime' and the support of the 'tough on crime' agenda in much of the media is an excellent example of right wing bias.
  8. Elaine Johnson from calgary, Canada writes: Toronto Star right wing. Ihave oil wells to sell you in downtown Toronto

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