On tilted playing fields

The London North Centre by-election offers yet another example of the media's efforts to play up a Lib/Con dichotomy, as the Con candidate's media blackout (along with the Lib's resulting criticism) is getting more attention than everything the NDP candidate, the Green leader, and the rest of the contenders have to say. Which is a shame, since if there's anything that can actually pull the Cons into a race where they should be fighting a losing battle for third place, it's that kind of horse-race mentality from both the media and the Libs.