So here I am, once again writing about this man of controversy - Toronto Mayor Rob Ford. Well, not exactly, it seems the controversy is about Prime Minister Stephen Harper. Oh wait, wrong again, because there is no controversy. The two men were at a BBQ honouring Finance Minister Jim Flaherty on Tuesday August 2nd. The media were not invited and apparently felt very insulted by this and decided to create their own story - first out of the fact that the two men appear to be close friends, then that Stephen Harper would like the Conservatives to win in Ontario, oh no, huge secret there and finally they claim that the Prime Minister's office forced the video, which started the controversy to be taken down - again not true. Then they tried to stir things up, by getting Premier Dalton McGuinty involved, but he wisely brushed it off, as have Ford and Harper.
After 48 hours of trying to beat a dead horse, it appears things have finally died down, but it's still amazing how much crap "journalists" can create out of a non-story. What's worse is that they had no real source, except for the YouTube video, which they've reposted without asking persmission, or giving credit. The event wasn't some huge secret, but it was closed to the public. The media ignored official sources - Patrick Brown who was tweeting about it, or the mayor's office who posted pictures. It came to the point where one news organization was quoting another for the story. Simply pathetic, no integrity whatsoever. These so-called writers and reporters are just bottom-feeding scum, on par with the paparazzi and tabloid gossip columnists.
Margaret Atwood tried to jump on the Conservative-bashing bandwagon as well, to help herself with her war of words with Ford. She claimed: "I would not have been invited, because I and my fellow artists are not welcome in Fords’ Toronto." First of all, the BBQ was in honour of Jim Flaherty and it was held in part to thank the volunteers who helped in the Tory campaign and that's who most of the participants were. Second, how does she know there were no artists there. Pretty ignorant comment, but we all know the old saying about "assuming".
It's also amusing to see how the trolls came out of the woodwork to bad-mouth Harper and Ford, as if they did something wrong for having a BBQ together. Get a life people. These are human beings, they're allowed to be friends, be loyal to each other and their supporters and to congratulate each other on a job well done. All of you do it, including the NDP or Liberals, so get over yourselves and get your self-righteous heads out of your asses.
