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Nicholas 12:02 on 2025-12-23 Permalink
ADM put out a CYA press release to tell people to show up super early to the airport and the media stenographers put out an easy story. (Don’t worry, Kate, your sarcasm is clearly dripping.) Everything was, and is going to be, fine.
Joey 12:32 on 2025-12-23 Permalink
That La Presse story is hardly stenography.
Nicholas 13:22 on 2025-12-23 Permalink
Eh, barely. I saw multiple reports that were literally just quoting and rewriting the press release, but this story they sent two people out there to do some streeters: get one person who was running late, and then another who planned extra time because they expected this, typical contrast. Then describe things in the press release: big future plans (new parking deck, REM, more lanes), what’s been done already (new parking deck). And they sprinkle in quotes from their interview with the ADM and Tourism Montreal flacks, probably from the third reporter. That’s three (3) journalists on a story that provides less useful information than the boring press release. (Sorry if the link doesn’t work, ADM uses the blob protocol.) Is this a good use of limited journalistic resources?
Kevin 14:33 on 2025-12-23 Permalink
A journalistic issue this time of year: loads of people are not working and very difficult to reach.
And getting to the airport, especially for those evening flights to Europe, was very busy this summer and likely will be this week too.
Ian 15:25 on 2025-12-23 Permalink
Via the Onion:
Dad Suggests Arriving At Airport 14 Hours Early
John B 15:52 on 2025-12-23 Permalink
I flew out on Saturday, there was about 15 minutes delay in traffic at the airport, but my driver said that the day before he had been stuck for an hour. The “leave early” reports have some merit, even if they’re not well researched.
DavidH 19:25 on 2025-12-23 Permalink
I know that The Onion piece Ian posted is supposed to be a joke. But I know of two people who told me this year that they now book into an airport hotel the previous night so as not to worry about transport. Both weathered travellers, one a gen-X ex-pat, the other a late 20s woman. 14 hour early is the new sweet spot for some.