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Old 04-02-2011, 11:47 AM   #87
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Originally Posted by transplant99 View Post
Is QMI not a valid media outlet though?

As for centrists and who is what...the whole thing is so obfuscated anymore I dont think anyone can make that claim. just the fact that "center" is a moving target as times change makes this factual. In fact i would suggest that whoever gets elected is the "central" party just by that happening....in the truest sense anyhow.
QMI is just as valid as CBC. Personally I would trust information coming out of CBC's outlets far more then anything QMI sharts out, but that's just my own bias. But I can't be in the same room if Rex Murphy comes on the set so...

But my point is that the only way to judge information is if it is corroborated elsewhere by a journalist. Op-Ed peices are full of nothing but crap that doesn't need to be sourced - it's not journalism. Trusting any information given in such an article is foolhardy.

As for centrism - I'd argue that it hasn't changed. Parties move around the spectrum for sure, but the Liberals are still the most centrist of our choices. The Conservatives and the NDP certainly aren't even close to being centrist at all.
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