First it was safe sex, now it’s safe news for the politically correct THERE T was, all excited about the new Morning Wimp and expecting that ‘“‘mornings will never be the same again.” ments. That’s what comes of being a sucker. Hope springs eternal, but in today’s media it’s wise not to count your chickens. They are likely to be the sarne old birds. “Don’t go to work in the dark,” said the advertising cam- paign. Alas, I still seek light. ‘One expects a bit of hype but _ give us a break, what with .“‘news’* stories explaining how the carriers just love to get up at 4:30 a.m. so they can have the rest of the day off. - Fewish the Sun success, of course. 1. wish every newspaper success. I’m that kind of sport. .. But. now the news comes a day "fate and sometimes a week late. Right off the bat, the paper ran - an old story on the ‘front page that should have been back among, the truss ads when it was fresh. Thet was the bit about the changes. at BCTV. ‘It had been broken’: by Joy Metcalfe a week previously. More coverage follow- ed. Then the Sun also rose. :- But that’s trivia. The main beef is that this recycled bag of rags is 2m inore left-wing and ‘‘liberal’’ than it “already had Mr. Jellybelly the male feminist; plus Mistress \Quickly the female feminist and - sob-sister; plus Lady Bountiful the backup sob-sister; plus Stan Per- sky. the: Marxist homo, plus a stable of politically correct edito- rial writers.‘ , ‘And then’ what happens? Up pops Rosemary Brown, coiumnist, “dincha . know, the fady from ‘. Jamaica who didn’t know how "many provinces there were when ‘she ran for the NDP leadership. She thought there were nine. “The sole light in the Sun tunnel is ‘Trevor Lautens. RYes, it’s. still the same old Wimp. The only thing that sur- :* prises me is that they haven't yet. “get Harry Rankin on the payroll. The news side, also, is as safe - as'Mike Harcourt’s left hand. In- ‘evitable, really, seeing that the ° And then I suffered another of iife’s disappoint- Doug Collins ON THE OTHER HAND schools and universities have Jong been teaching the kids how to be good little sccialists, and 1960s hippiedom is now king. A prime example of leftism at work was the story about the Richmond Socred. ‘‘Candidate did research for Zundel,”’ screamed the headiine — as fine a piece of McCarthyism as I have seen. With much of the world falling apart, with the country falling apart, and my blood pressure giv- ing me trouble, too, what they came. up with for the top story was that John Ball took a look at somé aerial: photos of German concentration camps and gave his findings to Ernst Zundel, who has been in the courts, man and boy, for ‘‘spreading false news.”’ It was one of those hold-your- breath “the Sun has Jearned’’ ab- surdities in which it was also disclosed that Ball had read books that denied the Holocaust. How sensational! . The Socreds ran fer cover. But they should have yelled that if the Sun was anything but a left-wing rag it would be denouncing infr- ingements on freedom of speech instead ‘of supporting them. (A special invitation io the ‘L- 1991 Trunk Sbow October 3rd and 4th only 10 amto 5 pm An exciting opportunity to see the latest designs Jrom Pratesi. This year displaying for the first time in Vancouver, fabulous sheets made from the finest Htalian silks and Belgian linen. Also presented, the new Pratesit Men’s Collection, a colourful array oftable linens and Baby Pratest. Pratest - simply ibe finest! “: 3057 Granville St., Vancouver 736-3378 Orders placed during the show receive a 15% reduction. Which is what it does. The story was a non-issue blown up to make it look as if Hitler was stalking the province, the object being to smear the Socreds with talk of ‘right-wing extremists.” Mind you, { gather that Ball is a kook. The point, though, is that it’s OK to be a left-wing kook but never OK to be 2 right-wing kook. When did the Sun last worry about left-wing extremists when they run for election? The above-mentioned Harry is a case in point — Harry, who thought Stalin was the Pope and that Romania under the communists was heaven on earth. The mediacrais who got Ball have no objection at all to letting Persky give a boost in the Wimp to the Pacific Tribune, the com- mie paper. Nor do: they care about his being a feature writer tur the Sodomite News (Angles). Nothing has changed on the po- - litically correct editorial page, ei- ther. Is the British government thinking about curbiug the influx of phony refugees? How callous! Do the Brits object to the whole of Hong Kong descending on their shores? How rotten. And so on. There are some laughs to be had, fortunately. ‘‘What should we do?’’ the Sun asks ‘he public. Well, one thing it could do is to catch up with the times. 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