Perhaps, just a slow day in the newsroom but certainly not a
very charitable way to highlight Mr. Johnston’s remaining days as Governor
General. With the Queen apparently unconcerned about what happened, why did the
media opt to create the news rather than stick with journalistic integrity and
only report news?
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Thursday, July 20, 2017
Media Should Not Create News
Unlike the American news media’s obsession with scrutinizing
the alleged Trump-Russian connection, true to form, some of the Canadian media
seems to consider breeches in British royalty protocol as newsworthy. The July
20th National Post insert in the Ottawa Citizen devoted the
equivalent of a full page to what many would consider a big yawn. You see, as
the Queen and Canada’s Governor General David Johnston were leaving Canada
House in London, concerned the 91-year-old Queen may trip on the stairs, the GG
took hold of her arm at the elbow. That, according to British protocol, is a
no-no. Do not touch the Queen. Don’t even extend your hand to shake hands
unless she makes the gesture first.
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