I noticed in this CBC story on Conservative MP Peter Goldring now sitting as a “Civil Libertarian” that Meagan Fitzpatrick made no mention of then MP Pablo Rodriguez staying within the Liberal caucus, so I asked her:
@fitzpatrick_m “You didn’t find it relevant to compare Goldring sitting as Libertarian to Rodriguez staying in Liberal caucus?”
It seems to be an odd omission especially since she related and retold the Helena Guergis saga. I’ll update if she answers.
This made me curious to compare it to the similar CBC story on Rodriguez so I did a search, found “Liberal remains in caucus after charge” and the one thing that stuck out at me right away was this line:
“remain a member of the Liberal Party caucus while he fights a charge”
As opposed to this in the Goldring story:
“leaving the Conservative caucus because of a criminal charge”
Both were charged with the same “refusing to provide a breath sample” but no where does the word “criminal” appear in the Rodriguez story.
Take a look at both stories and see if you notice a difference in tone and let me know if you think I’m just being paranoid.
