Liars and bulldozers.

Yesterday the council bulldozer knocked down all the snow bumps on the 3/4 of the road and leveled what was left close to the gravel surface; it’s a lot more pleasant to walk around now.

Alas right on cue it started to snow, it’s coming down moderately heavy now. It should not cause too much of a problem with the temperatures about 0, just some more slush for awhile.

In the evening I was channel surfing between Canadian politics shows and American news when something piqued my interest.
It’s about the coverage of the Conrad Black trial down in the states. The coverage is OK I guess, I only have a passing interest in the goings on. But some confusion arose on what penalties this Radler bloke will suffer from his copping a plea bargain. From the CTV story: “Radler pleaded guilty to charges connected to this alleged conspiracy. Under his deal with U.S. federal prosecutors, he will serve 29 months in prison and pay a fine of $250,000 in return for his testimony”.

Most of the media coverage to date, including CBC, has stated that Radler copped a plea and will receive a fine and lock up time as above.

But here comes the confusion; on Mike Duffy Live last evening Mike interviewed the host of some show called The Verdict. The host of this show, on Mikes prompting, said very clearly that Radler had not been sentenced yet after the plea bargain. She added that the rules are different in the states than in Canada [well color me surprised]. In the Radler case he will only be sentenced AFTER he gives his testimony and cross examination at the trial. In Canada he would have been sentenced before the trail.

Mike gave the host of the Verdict a big wrap saying that she was a lawyer as well as an excellent journalist.

So I wonder who the good journalists and who are the not so good journalist are here, because it is confusing me. Getting this fact straight is important not only for those involved in judging the evidence but for the public judgment of what is going on here.