Supine press gallery goes after the leaker who did their job
Earlier today I criticized several Nova Scotia media outlets — The Chronicle-Herald, The CBC, AllNovaScotia.com — for ignoring The Coast's breathtaking scoop about Mayor Peter Kelly's mishandled duties as executor of a friend's estate. The omission makes them look small. That's nothing compared to the Parliamentary Press Gallery's competition to out @vikileaks30, the anonymous tweeter who exposed details of Public Safety Minister Vic Toews' messy divorce. It's increasingly clear that many of the same reporters who are now hellbent to expose @vikileaks30 knew Toews had fathered a child after cheating on his wife for years, but helped him keep that secret. They will...
17 February, 2012