On incomplete reporting

It's been confirmed that the New York Times had a story on Bushco's illegal surveillance ready to print before the 2004 election - but declined to run the story in part based on the risk that voters might be influenced by the facts. No wonder Harper has gone to such great lengths to try to rein in the Canadian media to date in order to similarly avoid scrutiny of his own government when Canada next goes to the polls. But hopefully our press corps will remain willing to report the news when it's known, rather than buying into the argument that the media shouldn't bother reporting anything that would disturb the parties' campaign messages.