The Fine Print

If you're described as "decisive" and having "clear vision" in every press article ever written about you, you wouldn't surprised if people started labelling you as such.

If you're Stephen Harper and you're hoping that decisiveness divorced from any actual constructive action will win you an election, you would be thrilled to bits.

But if you're the Canadian media and, to quote John Ibbitson, have the "collective IQ of wildebeest," you wouldn't possibly try for just a little depth in your analysis, now would you?

Perhaps you might note that Canadians are reportedly split 28% Liberal/27% Tory and 24% "I don't know" on the question of "Which party do Canadians identify with most"? Or highlight that a whopping 33% of respondents don't know who would best deal with managing the environment? Or delve into how the Green Party now has an astonishing 12% of popular support nationally? Or recall that Stephan Dion has been Opposition leader for all of 2 1/2 months?

As usual, I agree with Paul. The Liberals desperately need to step up their game. But it would nice if the Canadian media establishment weren't quite so eager to delude themselves and the public with the Conservatives' twisted fairy tale.