Like everybody else, I’m really happy to see us going on the offensive (finally). New ads and a cross-country tour are just what we needed; so this should be an excellent week for us!
However, I have to say, avoiding the media is probably not the best idea for this tour.
Ignatieff has turned down repeated invitations to appear on the News 95.7 talk shows and Friday, CTV’s Steve Murphy pointed out Ignatieff has rebuffed his requests for a sit-down interview on the supper hour news. What’s up with that? If he wants to get to know Canadians, what better opportunities? Word is, Iggy’s handlers have him a tight leash and don’t want him to stray far from the party message. The federal Liberals have decided to take a page out of Stephen Harper’s playbook.
From what I gather, the tour is only going to be hitting college and university campuses. I think we need a bit more coverage than just student newspapers here, guys. If the idea is to present our ideas and Michael to Canadians, we’re going to need the mainstream media to help get our message out. Avoiding the media isn’t going to do the trick. We’ve all seen how they savaged Harper for this. The story will become about us avoiding questions and not our positive agenda for Canada.
After all, if we’re running ads saying Harper and the Conservatives are trying to hide from answering the tough questions, why in the world would we be hiding our leader from the media?
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Is this a rhetorical question?
The Liberals are using free publicity and controlled media access to spread the incorrect information. Peter Donolo is experienced on how to manipulate the media and control the message.
How else can you explain a 17 day Prorogue labeled 2-4 months by the media?
It’s H1N1, bubble boy, Tiger Woods narrative again.