Reporters are 'used' all the time. That's the way it works: Neil Macdonald
By extension, the reader was invited to believe Wilson-Raybould, in supporting Joyal, was not a Trudeau-flavour progressive herself. McGregor's story (disclosure here: my wife, Joyce Napier, is CTV's Ottawa bureau chief and contributed to it) was posted early in the day. Leaks a sign news media is doing its jobThen, on Tuesday, a counterpunch, seemingly from someone in the Wilson-Raybould camp. Remember, there is now an open shooting war going on between the two sides, all of it carried out through leaks to reporters. No doubt, both reporters would have preferred an exclusive that caused discomfort to people in power.
Source: CBC News March 27, 2019 22:30 UTC
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