r/Quebec • u/DecentLurker96 • 2h ago
Politique Le PCC et le traitement des médias
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Pour les gens qui disaient qu’utiliser un ruban rouge pour éloigner les médias lors d’un événement était normal, continuez-vous à penser que c’est normal ce qu’il se passe?
When they arrived in Petty Harbour a staffer they had hired had already pissed off a number of reporters who arrived early, by telling them to sit in their cars until they were called. That didn’t go over very well and set the tone for the next hour.
When the staffers had the six young No Place For Hate protesters kicked off the wharf with threats, they ordered the media present inside the fish plant before Poilievre’s bus arrived. All declined the staffer’s commands. The staff got very aggressive, and insisted reporters do as they said, presumably so reporters could not photograph or record the arrival. It’s obvious that Poilievre’s people only want the media to record the speech for TV, not get anything else, and leave.
The bus arrived and reporters were told to go stand on a doorstep 50 feet away. When they refused a staffer attempted to block their way, to the point he raised his arms and pushed one photographer back. He was about to grab the photographer when others intervened. One witness said it looked like he was about to throw the photographer on the ground.
Beside the assault and aggression, what is happening here is a carefully contrived and controlled scene in a public space, stage-managed for the party photographer and video crew to get content for their ad campaigns. They don’t want any real media present to ask questions or record anything off-script. This is also why the Conservative Party does not allow news media to travel with them on their plane or buses. They don’t want to answer questions from journalists or have any photos or video made that they cannot control or manipulate. NOTE: The Liberal Party and the NDP do allow journalists to travel with them, and the news agencies pay their share of the expenses.
https://canadianjournalist.ca/poilievre-campaign-stop-in-fish-plant-smells