tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11679714.post4582121630078120305..comments2024-03-28T11:36:22.391-04:00Comments on Half an Hour: The Dion QuestionStephen Downeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06140591903467372209noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11679714.post-84622387723221490592008-10-25T19:38:00.000-04:002008-10-25T19:38:00.000-04:00I don't agree the question was well worded. But i...I don't agree the question was well worded. But in fact Dion ultimately answers both versions of the question in his interview (the question mixes both present and past tense and Dion ultimately answers both if he were PM now and if he had been PM in the past). I didn't see any anger displayed by Dion in that interview. <BR/><BR/>So, CTV never addressed your point about the question being ambiguous in their answer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11679714.post-48247086538498951162008-10-14T22:44:00.000-04:002008-10-14T22:44:00.000-04:00Why do you even watch television or listen to the ...Why do you even watch television or listen to the radio anymore? I know I have better things to do and I only hear about these events indirectly.<BR/><BR/>I admit that this was bad journalism.<BR/><BR/>However, Dion understood the question. He may have tried to blame English-as-a-second language, but the question was well worded and it was spoken clearly. There is no way he could possibly not have understood it.<BR/><BR/>It was a hard question. But it was not unfair. What would you have done, had you been prime minister?<BR/><BR/>Now. Listen carefully at the tone of his voice. It was not someone who did not understand. It was someone who was angry and felt like shouting back. He tried to keep his cool and could not.<BR/><BR/>Broadcasting it was bad taste. I would not have done it had I been a journalist... but Radio-Canada did far worse to a journalist who became a PQ candidate: they broadcasted "off-the-air" talk between him and the PQ leader (or was it the BQ leader?).<BR/><BR/>(Disclaimer: I did not vote for the PQ or the BQ in the latest elections.)<BR/><BR/>So, what CTV did was not a first, not by a long shot. It was unfair, but it seems politics is sinking lower and lower all the time.<BR/><BR/>BTW did you know that Obama is a muslim terrorist?<BR/><BR/>Yes. That's were we are sinking. Next election, we will hear about this guy being a terrorist and this other guy being a mafia leader.<BR/><BR/>We have to change politics by removing big media from the equation.Daniel Lemirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01566622051558391310noreply@blogger.com