{"id":3270,"date":"2020-04-05T16:10:53","date_gmt":"2020-04-05T19:10:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/?p=3270"},"modified":"2020-04-05T16:28:37","modified_gmt":"2020-04-05T19:28:37","slug":"if-ms-hajdu-is-truly-competent-as-health-minister-why-are-so-many-canadian-media-articles-trying-to-convince-us-of-her-competence-that-hard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/2020\/04\/05\/if-ms-hajdu-is-truly-competent-as-health-minister-why-are-so-many-canadian-media-articles-trying-to-convince-us-of-her-competence-that-hard\/","title":{"rendered":"If Ms. Hajdu is truly competent as Health Minister, why are so many Canadian media articles trying to convince us of her competence that hard?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Competence.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3271\" width=\"558\" height=\"132\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Competence.jpg 461w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Competence-300x71.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 558px) 85vw, 558px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>One may even wonder if this is the product of an\norchestrated paid campaign by our government ??\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Or does this stem from journalists themselves, so eager\nto get their cheque from the government during this crisis that they lost any\nremaining critical sense to that point?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Or could they be too keen to reassure us to the point of contributing to deceiving us?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If we keep hearing it, we will start believing it&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Are we in Canada or in Syria where they keep praising their Mr. Assad\u2019s government even in pandemics? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bambi finds it worrisome when all the media of a given country seem to go in the same direction\u2026 and when they aren\u2019t, we do not give them permission to daily PM press conferences (i.e. Rebel news of Mr. Ezra Levant, it seems).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We may or may not agree with Mr. Levant all the time\non all the topics (isn\u2019t this normal in life?). However, at least, we know one\nthing about him: He does not receive a penny from the federal government. That could\nexplain why his journalism may be more independent. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anyhow, here is a non-exhaustive list of mainstream media\npraising Ms. Hajdu:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Globe and Mail, the National Pos, Global news,\nCTV news<\/em> (watch the same exact title, likely picked up from a\npress release from the government, according to Bambi who may of course be\nwrong):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/politics\/article-patty-hajdu-brings-anthropology-public-health-experience-to\/\">https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/politics\/article-patty-hajdu-brings-anthropology-public-health-experience-to\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-link is-provider-national-post\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/nationalpost.com\/pmn\/news-pmn\/canada-news-pmn\/hajdu-brings-anthropology-public-health-experience-to-covid-19-fight\">Hajdu brings anthropology, public health experience to COVID-19 fight<\/a>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-link is-provider-global-news\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/6780477\/coronavirus-patty-hajdu\/\">Coronavirus: Hajdu brings public health experience, anthropology to pandemic fight<\/a>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ctvnews.ca\/health\/coronavirus\/hajdu-brings-anthropology-public-health-experience-to-covid-19-fight-1.4883208\">https:\/\/www.ctvnews.ca\/health\/coronavirus\/hajdu-brings-anthropology-public-health-experience-to-covid-19-fight-1.4883208<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Interestingly, only the <em>Toronto Sun <\/em>has two articles criticizing her rather\u2026 mmm maybe they will not get their bailout then?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-link is-provider-toronto-sun\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/torontosun.com\/opinion\/columnists\/goldstein-patty-hajdus-china-syndrome\">GOLDSTEIN: Patty Hajdu&#8217;s China Syndrome<\/a>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-link is-provider-toronto-sun\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/torontosun.com\/opinion\/columnists\/malcolm-why-is-canadas-health-minister-backing-up-chinas-lies\">MALCOLM: Why is Canada&#8217;s health minister backing up China&#8217;s lies?<\/a>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>One local Ontario newspaper published a letter the Editor, written by Ms. Hajdu\u2019s own mom. Perhaps not the most elegant piece written by a parent about her daughter. This text tells Bambi two things: 1. Their parental relationship does not seem to be that joyful or healthy (this is not our business though!) and 2. Either the mother or the daughter, or perhaps both of them, are lying (dishonesty may become our problem one day; how come no journalist picked that up?).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here is the Letter to the Editor in question, found online. Bambi was not able to find the original article cited herein: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chroniclejournal.com\/news\/local\/hajdu-faced-life-s-trauma\/article_6d89f81a-0fbb-11e8-80a5-fb7e4dd7d930.html\">https:\/\/www.chroniclejournal.com\/news\/local\/hajdu-faced-life-s-trauma\/article_6d89f81a-0fbb-11e8-80a5-fb7e4dd7d930.html<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/HajduMom.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3272\" width=\"344\" height=\"829\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/HajduMom.jpg 398w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/HajduMom-124x300.jpg 124w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 344px) 85vw, 344px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One may even wonder if this is the product of an orchestrated paid campaign by our government ?? 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