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Reporter's questions to Harper drowned out by partisan supporters?

Apr 24, 2011 - Posted by Janice Neil
ShareThisMore turbulent relations between journalists and Stephen Harper on the campaign trail.  A crowed of partisan supporters apparently led by Conservative staffers, created shouting chaos when CBC's Terry Milewski pressed Harper with followup questions.

The incident, in Mississauga on Saturday, followed Milewski's questions about the links between a man acquitted in the Air India bombing and a Conservative candidate. But Bruce Cheadle, of Canadian Press, reports: 
"A Conservative staffer near the reporter prompted the crowd of about 500 into sustained, aggressive applause that lasted more than a minute, drowning out the reporter's repeated efforts to get a response from Harper.
The crowd eventually surged to its feet to shield the prime minister from the line of inquiry, while staffers led cheers of "Harper!""


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Submitted by Claude Adams (not verified) on April 26, 2011 - 4:04pm.
As someone who's worked with Terry, and admired his doggedness and vocal projection, I'm surprised that a mere crowd of 500 braying Tories were able to drown him out. Harper may not have responded, but Terry's question still resonates. That's the nice thing about journalism: unanswered questions are often as powerful as answered ones.

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