Stephen Harper watches a hockey game—is this really newsworthy?
News alert: Prime Minister Stephen Harper watched the Winnipeg Jets season opener with his daughter Rachel. The Prime Minister's Office sent photos to the media. Presumably, that involved the use of paid government communications staff on a Thanksgiving weekend.
During economic hard times—when Harper has said that a recession is "inevitable" without cuts to global deficits—is it really necessary to employ someone on the taxpayers' dime to take pictures of the prime minister at a hockey game?
Just askin'.
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Comments
28 Comments
Moebius Stripper
Oct 9, 2011 at 5:13pm
It's apparently newsworthy enough to be the first item on the straight.com homepage.
MediaMouth
Oct 9, 2011 at 5:54pm
What is really sad about this is that most Canadians will simply 'eat it up', unquestioningly. Sigh, we are so primed for a tyrant.
Buke
Oct 9, 2011 at 6:03pm
Mr Harper sure enjoys his use of the Private Jet, the RCMP entourage and free hockey tickets. Little does he seem to know that these types of excursions infuriate taxpayers.
NeilD
Oct 9, 2011 at 6:05pm
Throwing a hot dog at Tiger Woods isn't news either.
JDot
Oct 9, 2011 at 6:18pm
Wow, are you phucking kidding me with this post? Ugh, you Harper haters need to step your game up...
Steven H.
Oct 9, 2011 at 6:30pm
No, what is newsworthy is that someone else considered it newsworthy enough to employ a taxpayer-funded employee overtime to take this picture and send it out to media organizations. You see, this article is more dealing with the "meta-newsworthiness" of the situation...
turtle's back
Oct 9, 2011 at 6:37pm
We should be asking you Charlie Smith???
eastofrockies
Oct 9, 2011 at 6:40pm
I suppose it is if it keeps reporters like you whining......why can't you people say something positive once in a while.....this dirt slinging reporting gets old real quick.....
PeterLT
Oct 9, 2011 at 7:27pm
Tyrant???
Do you even know what that means? Ask a Syrian what a tyrant is, ask a Somali, ask a Lybian. Tyrant my arse, you have no idea how good you have it here in Canada.
It is very newsworthy if you intend to use it as a slam piece.
Hans Goldberg
Oct 9, 2011 at 7:47pm
It would be more newsworthy, if he'd held a Tim Horton's cup