‘Tempest in a journalistic teapot ne i Opinion VICTORIA — “I will not be intimidated. Journalists ought not to be muzzled,” Vancouver Sun columnist Nicole Parton recently told the weekly news magazine, Buitish Columbia Report. Parton’s ire had been raised by the reaction of some of her col- leagues to a number of her col- pot, it’s important to know where Bntish Columbia Report is com- ing from. It doesn’t take the reader long to conclude that the magazine sees its mandate in seeking and exposing left-wing and or atheistic plots, no matter whose beds they may be under An off-shoot of Western Report, published in Alberta by Ted Byfield, whose political views are somewhat reminiscent of Attila the Hun, British Columbia Report: AA misses no opportunity to please its Iberta master. Thus, the Nicole Parton article is peppered with ae me B.Sc., M.Sc.; descriptive phrases such as “the Certified Acupressurist fashionable, left-leaning Sun.” 656-8768 The magazine quotes Parton as saying, “this has been extremely hard for me.” Has it now? Pay attention, Nicole, writing columns iS supposed to be “extremely hard.” So what’s all this whining about unwarranted reaction to a few columns? of her columns, offered courses in civil disobedience. What's wrong with that? Civil disobedience has been used for some very noble causes, ever since Ghandi intro- duced the concept. As for Parton’s lament that defending MacMillan Bloedel’s | ACUPRESSURE For Pain, Stress Chronic Conditions (No Needles) Marjorie Herring position on the Carmanah contro- versy got her nothing but grief, maybe she ought to consider get- ting into another line of work. A columnist is supposed to get heat. Perhaps what’s got Parton so spooked is that, for the first time, she is getting nasty treatment from those whom she used to consider the “good guys,” the people who good guy. TheReview Wednesday, March 28,1990 — A115 Northern dilemma ‘serious blow’ The changes in British Colum- bia’s electoral boundaries, brought about by the implementation of the Fisher Report, are “a serious blow” to northern B.C., according to independent Omineca MLA Jack Kempf. Kempf says the changes not only eliminated the unique riding of Columbia; after the latest redistri- bution, only eight out of 75 seats are in the north. “Tn other words, in 1952, north- em seats made up one-fifth of the legislative assembly, whereas in the next election, only one-ninth of the representation comes from the north,” Kempf says. hi inted out that there Ee : b 4 ee ich Nee ae spend! most of their time talking Atlin, which has been sending a are two sides to the Carmanah yarn a : F th e NAnee Tndi Victoria a Valley controversy. about the protection of the envi- Native Indian to Victoria since OVERSEAS JOBS : AONMENS 1949, but it further reduced north- High demand in Australia, U.K., France & In its Media section, the March True, it’s far safer and less ern British Columbia’s overall | 48 different countries. Need persons 12 edition of British Columbia stressful to attack Premier Vander representation in the B.C. Legisla- | willing to work overseas on contracts. All Report devotes a whole page to Zalm’s pro-life policies, which she ture. pecan pan eee ee ake. 5 what it headlines as “The Get has done with great gusto, than In 1952, Kempf says, nine out of { porated 1-719-687-6084 baa Nicole Parton Campaign.” The defend a big company against the 45 seats were in northern British ~~ sub-heading reads, “Her defence environmentalist movement. of Mac Blo sets off a war in the The moral of this tale is that a Sun’s newsroom.” columnists shouldn’t go whining NEED A LAWYER : ‘to the public about the terrible Open fute reading one fn things the same public says about || OR LEGAL INFORMATION? out that four Sun reporters alle- them from time to time. 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