Globe columnist Gary Mason puzzled by firing of CBC Vancouver reporter

The Globe's Gary Mason writes about "the bewildering and troubling case" of former CBC reporter Richard Zussman.

Mason writes: "Mr. Zussman was recently fired for participating in a project not dissimilar to the one I embarked on a few decades earlier. He and Vancouver Sun reporter Rob Shaw collaborated on a book about the fall of B.C. Liberal premier Christy Clark and the rise of the NDP under John Horgan. With a scheduled release date of next spring, the pair had little time to spend on research and writing. But their extensive contacts with those in key political circles made a very tight timeline possible."

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