It’s mistake to think PM doesn’t care about media: Susan Delacourt

The Star's Susan Delacourt writes:
"Less than two weeks ago, Prime Minister Stephen Harper sent a shiny makeup compact to a U.S. journalist. "This week, his party was picking fights with reporters on Parliament Hill and then slamming them in fundraising letters to the Conservative base. "Clearly, this is a prime minister with mixed feelings about the media.
"That’s not news — in my 25-plus years here, no prime minister has displayed any overt fondness for reporters.
"But while other prime ministers regarded journalists as a necessary evil, Harper has spent considerable time and energy trying to prove they are unnecessary. And unlike other prime ministers, he has more tools at his disposal to detour right around the pesky media pack.  . . "
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