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Originally Posted by btimbit
The thing I love most about this whole thing is it shows how one sided the media can be. They don't care about behaviour, they'll just attack him based on his character. If he didn't have such a big mouth, and wasn't fat, this would have blown over in less than a month. Just imagine if this was Nenshi smoking crack. The headlines would probably be "Hero mayor bravely battles addiction"
I'm not a Ford supporter or hater, I don't know enough about his actual politics to really comment on that side of things. I'm just in this for the entertainment value
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What are you even talking about? First of all, his big mouth IS his behaviour. Not only is he saying and doing stupid things, his proving he doesn't think it's a problem by what he's saying. That's behaviour!
Also, I would argue, and it has been said many times on the news, that if Rob had admitted he has a problem, and decided to take a leave of absence, he could have weathered this and come back even stronger than ever. Everyone loves a redemption story. But he didn't. His stubbornness and ego (and probably addiction) has prevented him from doing this and he's angered people in the process. That's behaviour again.
I don't think there is a left right media bias here as you seem to be claiming with your post, if that is the point of it. It doesn't really make much sense to be honest, because his behaviour has just as much to do with it as his character. Heck, even the Sun is piling on, so it's not liberal media spin.
It is doubtful it would be any different here or anywhere else. It would depend on what the mayor in question was doing and how they were reacting to the scandal.