An interrogation of "It doesn’t have to be true. It just has to be plausible..." —Tom Flanagan, former Harper adviser.
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Guess we could always paraphrase her tweets, eh?
Personally, I'm extremely troubled by this decision.
Provided that people post links back to the CBC -- and I know that not everyone does -- the CBC actually benefits from bloggers using their articles as source material.
They don't only benefit from the exposure, but they also profit from the additional advertising dollars they can command at their website.
This may have been a well-rationalized decision, but not rational by any means.
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