A few years ago a the National Post was a “hopeful” in the “not rabidly anti-conservative” cabal-ette of newspapers in Canada. It’s now classed as “losing hope”. I’m talking about the newspapers here although I do understand the confusion! (I’m rabidly pro-Canadian and am full of optimism for our great country. Which is why I’m a conservative guy.)
Canada’s old mainstream media has a habit of always erring on the side of the most left-wing cause. I imagine it’s because it helps them to advance their world view. But today the National Post embarrasses itself with a, well really almost funny story, ironically, of lament and sadness surrounding the war in Iraq—oh no sorry!—the BC teachers union (and multi-million-dollar radical militant left-wing political machine) illegal strike against the (apparently very supportive!) people.
Here’s what I found in the story between my tears. It’s a sad tale of unfairness and reminiscent of industrial-age coal miners being bashed over the head by “the man”…… 1930s-era destitution….. it’s “for the kids”….. oh the humanity…. please pass a tissue:
The story has words and phrases like “food banks” and describes kids “wandering in the streets”, and “students forced to sit on window ledges because there aren’t enough desks” no wait there’s more…. “being forced to instruct unrestricted numbers of special-needs children”, and “behaviour problems and may pose a threat to others” (that sentence was followed by the reporter’s observation that “This is cause for concern, obviously”—thanks for that information, reporter!), and then the reporter states, quoting nobody, it’s totally a personal observation, that “BCTF members feel they have no choice but remain on strike, in defiance of Judge Brown,” but we’re not nearly done yet as we learn that there are “tens of thousands of sympathetic public employees”, and “scant expressions of outrage against the illegal teachers strike” …. and “There has actually been too much food delivered to the picket lines,” says Susan Lambert, second vice-president of the B.C. Teachers’ Federation (BCTF). “We’ve had to send a lot of it to food banks” …. oh my God the food banks… let’s not forget the food banks …. and the headline on the story is (somebody cue the violins or bagpipes or something sad…..please…. for the kids……:
“B.C. teachers winning PR war”.
Well ya don’t say! Are ya sure it isn’t the MEDIA who’s winning the PR war?
and ….. I’m so sad I could cry….. over how stupid the media thinks Canadians are….
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