Dishonesty of the day

Lawrence Martin of the Globe and Mail tells a real porky:

...[Conrad Black's] purchase of Southam and creation of the Post (both of which he sold later to owners more ardently right wing than himself) did wonders to change the tenor of the debate...

Larry, really: CanWest Global, owned by the Asper family, bought the Post.

Mr. Asper's influence spread to the political world, where he was involved with the Liberal party, serving as an MLA and as its provincial leader...

And this:

...The Aspers were close political allies of Chrétien...

But maybe this is how Larry defines "ardently right wing":

...CanWest is "unabashedly" pro-Israel, company executive Murdoch Davis once famously announced...

Mark C.

Posted by markc at March 23, 2007 07:22 AM