Thread by @alanfryermedia

Excuse my fucking language but I cannot believe what I just saw on @CBCTheNational. The coverage of Ms Paul’s remarkable news conference today had no fucking mention in the lead story of her full frontal attack on PMJT. Not a word. Disgraceful. #DefundCBC #cdnpoli

I’ve been reluctant to refer to our public broadcaster as a government broadcaster but this sealed it for me - it has become the government broadcaster running interference for PMJT at every turn. #cdnmedia

This is the clip that any reporter doing a proper job and NOT working on behalf of the government would have used in their lead story:

Paul to PMJT: “You are no ally and you are no feminist”

That clip wads absent from the lead story on @CBCTheNational.

Why?

For 35 years - from local small town reporter to foreign correspondent - I lived and breathed journalism. Sometimes to my detriment, it became the love of my life. Nothing was more important than getting the story and getting it right. That and holding the buggers to account.

Don't get me wrong, there are many fine journalists and opinion writers still doing that important work every day and you know who they are, you see and read many of them here but, man, it's getting harder.

I got out 12 years ago and have never regretted a day I spent in the trenches. But I weep for the profession today. That's it. Thanks for indulging my rant.