Scrum Wars: The Prime Ministers and the MediaThe image of the scrum -- a beleaguered politican surrounded by jockeying reporters -- is central to our perception of Ottawa. The modern scrum began with the arrival of television, but even in Sir John A. Macdonald's day, a century earlier, reporters in the parliamentary press gallery had waited outside the prime minister's office, pen in hand, hoping for a quote for the next edition. The scrum represents the test of wills, the contest of wits, and the battle for control that have characterized the relationship between Canadian prime ministers and journalists for more than 125 years. Scrum Wars chronicles this relationship. It is an anecdotal as well as analytical account, showing how earlier prime ministers like Sir John A. Macdonald and Sir Wilfrid Laurier were able to exercise control over what was written about their administrators, while more recent leaders like John Diefenbaker, Joe Clark, John Turner, and Brian Mulroney often found themselves at the mercy of intense media scrutiny and comment. |
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... Robert Richard of the Canada Council, and James Hutchison of the Manitoba Arts Council. Travel funds were also provided by the J .S. Ewart Memorial Fund at the University of Manitoba. Kirk Howard of Dundurn Press rescued the manuscript ...
... Robert, and Hector Langevin, Macdonald's Quebec lieutenant. It was a complicated financial web involving kickbacks and campaign contributions.* Economic and trade issues proved troublesome as well. In November the colony of Newfoundland ...
... Robert Borden, respected him; Henri Bourassa, his rival in Quebec, was in awe of him; John Willison, the editor of the Globe, worshipped him. Laurier possessed all the attributes of a successful political leader: a charming and magnetic ...
... Robert Jaffray, a businessman from Toronto who had made his money in railways and selling groceries, and George Cox, formerly from Peterborough but now a Toronto tycoon. Acquiring control of the Globe (actually Jaffray did not have ...
... Robert J affray, now president of the Globe Printing Company. Richard Cartwright and Oliver Mowat were not as sure, but they agreed to give Willison an opportunity to prove himself during the Ontario election of June 1890. As Willison ...
Contents
No League of Gentlemen 19141956 | 83 |
Illustrations | 104 |
The Unofficial Opposition 19571992 | 207 |
Notes | 365 |
Bibliography | 380 |
Index | 383 |