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Kate 09:17 on 2020-09-01 Permalink Reply  

• Ian 12:40 on 2020-09-01 Permalink

  Well that’s a pretty easy cop out for someone that got a majority vote. If the PM admin doesn’t plan on pleasing the majority, don’t count on it happening again. Interesting that Plante makes it about being a woman, of course nobody hated Ferrandez I guess. Maybe being autocratic transcends gender? Just a thought.

• david266 00:11 on 2020-09-02 Permalink

  And Bergeron, who was treated like a mental patient for promoting a platform basically no different from his party’s current platform.

• Jonathan 09:44 on 2020-09-02 Permalink

  The majority is not the same as ‘everybody’. I think here there is a minority of voices that is being amplified in the media and is not representative of the majority.

  Worth noting: whenever I click on an article in TVA, Lapresse, The Gazoo, there always seems to be a huge-ass car ad in my face.

• Kate 11:36 on 2020-09-02 Permalink

  Turning stories into controversy is what used to sell papers, and now collects clicks. But also, one of the founding principles of modern journalism is you have to have “balance” which leads to ridiculous situations like climate change deniers having a disproportionate amount of influence because journalists “need” to get a balancing opinion for any climate story. So in a case like this, even if the majority are reasonably satisfied, the cranky minority will get the clicks and the story.