What a whiny crying little turd-bag this guy is,.......how could he actually have written that line?
http://www.torontosun.com/comment/columnists/michael_coren/2009/05/09/9403591-sun.html
To air is human
Miffed ex-MP and author Garth Turner skips Michael Coren Show
By MICHAEL COREN
Last Updated: 9th May 2009, 6:53am
It was certainly a first. In almost 11 years of hosting a nightly television program I have never had a guest simply fail to show up, without giving anyone any notice whatsoever.
Failure to show means that more than a dozen people working directly on the program and 200,000 regular viewers were inconvenienced.
I have to say, however, that with former MP Garth Turner I'm not particularly surprised. Turner has been on my show several times over the years, sometimes requesting the opportunity, and now that he has a book out, Sheeple, we were willing to give him a full hour of interview. Rather generous of us, actually.
Last week in this column I wrote about the book, questioning one of its central claims. Turner writes in the book that another guest on the Michael Coren Show, Christian activist Charles McVety, had boasted while on the set of his direct and major influence over Stephen Harper. This was something neither I nor any of my crew heard, even after reviewing the tape, and something that McVety steadfastly denies.
Turner had been booked for some weeks to appear on Tuesday.
When he was late we called many times, usually reaching voice mail but once a woman who told us briskly that "Garth is busy."
We contacted his publicist at Key Porter, arguably the most dynamic and successful publisher in Canada. The publicist was mortified, even though it was not her fault. She told us she and Turner had seen and discussed last week's column and he had said he would still do the show but if he decided otherwise he certainly would let us know.
The program is recorded at 11.30 a.m. An e-mail, sent at 12:20 p.m., eventually arrived. "I was on my way, until I read his Sun column. Have a nice day. Garth." So contemptuous, so little regard for the men and women who work so hard to do their jobs.
Also, so difficult to believe.
We know Turner had actually read the column days earlier. So, as with the alleged comment made by Charles McVety that nobody else heard, is there an alternative world that only particularly gifted people such as Turner can perceive?
Indeed the book itself, Sheeple, does read like an alternative history of the Conservative government told through the eyes of, well, someone who disagrees with most people about comments made, columns read and discussions had. Almost every major political issue is measured not by its effect on Canada but its effect on Turner.
Rather like an MP moaning on the day war is declared that his breakfast is cold.
Even before the book's publication, Key Porter reached an agreement with Canadian Press after the news agency had objected to a specific passage concerning Turner's coverage of their reporting.
The publisher was obliged to send out "notification stickers" to booksellers to clarify.
There were no stickers, however, to explain the incident last year when the Cable Public Affairs Channel (CPAC) profiled Turner. He was filmed knocking on the door of a constituent. A man answered and asked
Turner about the carbon tax. The exchange was a good one and Turner moved on. The "constituent" later was revealed as the son of Turner's campaign manager, causing enormous embarrassment to CPAC and everyone else concerned. Except, it seems to Turner.
Voters, readers, viewers, publishers, colleagues and even critics deserve better.
Simply, they deserve the truth.
michael.coren@sunmedia.ca
Oh yea, it's because the world is all about Michael. :clown:
If you don't like the way things are done here, I'll kindly pay your fare on BA back home.
