Zipperfish Zipperfish:
I don't think it's that smart a move by Harper. Pissing off the media is bad politics. The Conservatives under Harper have never figured this out though. They just can't hide their fear and loathing of the media, and then they wonder why it ends up biting them in the butt time and again.
The Canadian press mafia hate the Conservatives so there's no point in trying to get on their good side.
Given their gross bias, all we'll hear are more "gotcha" questions like these:
$1:
Prime Minister, I was wondering if you could tell us why you have launched a brutal assault on women through a 1.7% cut in SOW spending?
Prime Minister, could you explain what it is about our culture that you so vehemently despise as evidenced by the overall increase in funding culture has received in this country?
Prime Minister, why are you a simple-minded ideologue with dangerous religious views that were discredited long ago in a first-year poli sci course I took?
Prime Minister, can you justify the following statement you made over cocktails in 1993?
Prime Minister, why do you persist when its so clear that Canadians are hungry for Ignatieff's leadership?
Prime Minister, why are Canadians still allowed to drive cars given the apocolyptic consequences of climate change?
Prime Minister, who's your daddy, George W or John Howard?
Besides, as Mbtr pointed out, the'll reach more Canadians this way.