Who condemns Montreal via a Paris story?
In Monday’s Journal, everyone’s favourite city columnist wrote a piece entitled Montréal, ville impossible which has nothing to do with Montreal, but condemns Valérie Plante in terms of a recent book about Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo. The misogyny is palpable. He does not like being told what to do by a “maîtresse d’école”!
Update: Wednesday, another Journal opinion writer produced Montreal Qwabec! complaining that the CAQ is not nationalist enough.
Uatu 10:22 on 2020-08-11 Permalink
Ok Boomeur
CharlesQ 11:19 on 2020-08-11 Permalink
I don’t get why the Journal doesn’t lose advertising when stuff like that (and the islamophobia, xenophobia, etc) gets published. No one really condemns it either… There are no consequences. The number of complaints that were retained against Martineau on the Conseil de presse website is telling (https://conseildepresse.qc.ca/decisions/?date=&media=richard+martineau), the words “manque de rigueur de raisonnement” appears a lot… And yes I know Quebecor is not part of the Conseil.
Kate 11:33 on 2020-08-11 Permalink
Well, they did just pull the plug on Les Francs-Tireurs, so maybe his era is quietly drawing to its close. Even Quebecor can tell which way the wind is blowing.
JaneyB 11:09 on 2020-08-12 Permalink
@CharlesQ – My guess is that their readers don’t read it for the articles but for crossword puzzles, TV listings and maybe the headlines. Maybe also just because they’ve always had it around and need it for bbq kindling or litter boxes.