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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The Prime Ministers and the Media Allan Gerald Levine. Morrison send a correspondent to Ottawa whom he could connde in Irom time to time. “It might add to the interest of your paper,” the prime minister noted. “However, you as a ...
... prime minister was about a year away. He knew that Brown and the Globe as well as other Liberal newspapers would attack him as a traitor. Controlling information about his position on the treaty therefore became essential. He instructed ...
... prime minister upon Macdonald's departure. Historians have not treated Mackenzie as a figure of much consequence. The truth is that John A. was a hard act to follow, although the diligent and honest Mackenzie, a former stonemason, would ...
... prime minister was doubtful. He had been secretly kept informed of Robertson's activities by George Kingsrnill of the Telegraph staff and was aware of the editor's principled position regarding his independence. No, the only route ...
Contents
No League of Gentlemen 19141956 | 83 |
Illustrations | 104 |
The Unofficial Opposition 19571992 | 207 |
Notes | 365 |
Bibliography | 380 |
Index | 383 |