— Musings —12.27.2013 04:47 PM
Manning and Press Gallery ethics and a question
Media folks are unimpressed, and rightly so, about Presto’s bizzaro column, here.
The whole thing hangs on Manning’s claim that Mike Duffy had been lobbying for a Senate appointment “for years.” Meanwhile, he conspicuously disregards the fact that we media folks have been kicking the living shit out of Duffy for months. With a vengeance.
Anyway – what caught my eye was this bit in Presto’s treatise:
“Section 10 of that constitution provides for the expulsion of a member by a majority vote of the members for only one reason: “… that such member uses his membership or the facilities of the Gallery to obtain a benefit other than by journalism …”
That rule sure is interesting.
I am aware of a Press Gallery member (and Frank magazine contributor) using House of Commons property – stationary and whatnot – to fire off myriad legal threats, recently. Got the evidence, even.
How would one go about pursuing such a complaint, Presto (or anyone)?
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Presto writes: “Should gallery members who have a conflict of interest in covering a particular issue or event be obliged to publicly disclose it (e.g., reporters and commentators for the CBC, a highly subsidized corporation, when they report on governmental initiatives to reduce or eliminate corporate subsidies)?”
Now there’s a good observation that should be followed up by you, Warren. Sun News too.
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Yeah, when reporters on CBC report on gvt cut backs on subsidies to CBC or other gvt corporations, I have no idea who they are working for.
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Preston Manning is spewing nothing more than a piece of PMO spin intended to deflect attention to real problem: A corrupt government run by a corrupt prime minister … who has appointed *gasp* corrupt Senators…
Standard Harper MO: Deny, Spin, Deflect … and never take responsibility