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P.E.I. pub pulls Trudeau's photos after barrage of hate-filled comments
‘That could have a negative impact on our business, which is really quite disappointing’
A P.E.I. pub has pulled photos of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau from its social media accounts after getting a barrage of hate-filled comments and phone calls.
Trudeau had lunch at Lone Oak's Charlottetown pub during a brief stop on the Island last week.
While at the pub, owners, staff and customers had their photos taken with the prime minister. The pub later posted those photos on its social media platforms.
Jared Murphy, co-owner and CEO of Lone Oak Brewing Company, said they were excited to host the prime minister at the pub, which only opened for business in mid-May.
'We had thousands of comments'
Three of P.E.I.'s four Liberal MPs, including Charlottetown MP Sean Casey, Malpeque MP Heath MacDonald and Cardigan MP Lawrence MacAulay, were also at the pub and appeared in some of the photos with the prime minister.
While
at Lone Oak, owners, staff and customers had their photos taken with
the prime minister. The pub later posted those photos on its social
media pages. (Lone Oak)
"So within a few hours, we had thousands of comments, we were getting hundreds of private messages, we are now getting phone calls to the brewery and all of these comments are extremely negative, vulgar, there is a lot of profanity being used, sexualizing our staff," Murphy said in an interview outside the pub.
"To see a group of individuals, who have never even visited our establishment, who are taking a political stance, to make threats against our brewery, to say that they are going to take us down, that they are going to wait until we declare bankruptcy until they finish with us, that was really hard for our staff to see," he said.
In addition to the social media comments, private messages and phone calls, photos of Lone Oak's three owners have appeared on a national website calling out perceived Trudeau supporters.
'This, of course, seemed to have backfired'
Casey described the campaign against Lone Oak as "extremely unfortunate." He said he reached out to the prime minister's office, and was told this has happened in other parts of Canada, but this is the first time it's happened in Atlantic Canada.
Charlottetown MP Sean Casey described the campaign against Lone Oak as 'extremely unfortunate.' (Wayne Thibodeau/CBC)
The Charlottetown MP pitched the idea of Trudeau having lunch at the pub.
"I feel bad that the owners are going through this," said Casey.
"Even if I had considered the downside, I still would have recommended them. I think it's an honour to have someone in public life come by and it's good profile for the business," he said.
"This, of course, seemed to have backfired to a certain extent but I'm confident that Islanders will rally around this business and that most of the people that are offering this abuse aren't from here."
'It was nothing political'
Malpeque MP Heath MacDonald said the goal of the prime minister's visit to the pub was to help out a small business.
Murphy,
left, speaks with servers Emma MacKinnon and Rachel MacKay. Murphy says
he was most concerned about the impact all the criticism was having on
his staff. (Wayne Thibodeau/CBC)
MacDonald blamed "right-wing extremism" for the campaign against the P.E.I. pub.
"This is a new business, three young guys trying to make a go at it," said MacDonald.
"It was nothing political, it was a visit to a restaurant and an opportunity for them to showcase to a prime minister."
Back at the pub, Murphy said the negative comments haven't had a major impact on his business, yet. He said a handful of people who say they supported the pub in the past, told him they won't be back.
But he does worry about an online campaign to lower his pub's ratings.
'It's kind of counterintuitive'
Since the launch of that online campaign against Lone Oak, the pub's rating has fallen from 4.8 out of 5, to 2.8.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau also met with families at Tea Hill Park in
Stratford while in Prince Edward Island last week. (Kate McKenna/CBC)
"And that could have a negative impact on our business, which is really quite disappointing to see," said Murphy, adding that P.E.I. is a popular tourist destination and many tourists use those ratings to decide where to go.
"For the group of individuals who are now threatening a small business it's kind of counterintuitive to the point that they are making against the prime minister."
Political commentator and journalist Rick MacLean said the political landscape is getting nastier in Canada and he points the finger at the U.S. He believes it's a new reality which is being pushed by social media platforms, and Lone Oak is paying the price.
"I think social media has fundamentally changed the way we get our information and I worry that because it's changed the way we get our information, it's going to change the way that we behave, not just how we vote, but how we interact with each other and how we interact with politicians," said MacLean.
'I would certainly open my business to any elected official'
The owners of the pub haven't ruled out taking their concern to the police.
Despite the online firestorm, Murphy says he would have the prime
minister, no matter what political stripe, back again. (Wayne
Thibodeau/CBC)
Despite the online firestorm, Murphy said he would have the prime minister, no matter what political stripe, back again.
"I would certainly open my business to any elected official in our democratic country."
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Journalism instructor writes chapter for new text book
Andrew Gilligan had a scoop he wanted to share. Right away. So at 6:07 a.m. on May 29, 2003 he sat in front of a microphone and did just that. Government claims that Iraq could launch weapons of mass destruction in 45 minutes were nonsense, the BBC defence correspondent said. The government had fudged the facts to trick the public into supporting the war. His source had helped write the report.
"Downing Street...ordered it to be sexed up, to be made more exciting," Gilligan said. In his rush to be first, however, the reporter was wrong. Twice.
So begins chapter 12 of the new book The New Journalist: Roles, Skills and Critical Thinking, published by Emond Montgomery Publications.
The chapter - Reporting Basics: Accuracy, Precision and Balance - is written by Journalism instructor Rick MacLean of Holland College. The chapter is a look at the pressures facing the modern media and the struggle reporters face in trying to cover the news in this new environment.
MacLean has been in the news business for the past 26 years, including teaching in the college's Journalism program for the last 10. He also writes a column for the local paper, The Guardian, and is part of a weekly political panel for CBC Compass, the Island's evening news show.
"The rush to cover the news is more intense than ever," MacLean said.
"Anyone with a cell phone can shoot video and post it on the Internet
within minutes. It means some of the biggest competitors many news
organizations now face are their own customers."
The result is a
sometimes dangerous rush to get news online in a hurry, without first
ensuring the information is fair, accurate or balanced, he said.
"In the Andrew Gilliagan case, the expert he used as a source was uncovered and later committed suicide, forcing the BBC to rethink the way it covers the news."
The 348-page book is a collection of essays on journalism in these changing times, with authors from around the country contributing. Subjects include the role of social media like Facebook, the Internet and the future of newspapers, and libel in an online world.
For more information about The New Journalist: Roles, Skills, and Critical Thinking, published by Emond Montgomery Publications or to download sample chapters, visit www.emp.ca.
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I just knew she was going to do it. It’s that sixth sense, that bone-deep intuition you develop over the years because, if you don’t, you end up bloody on the pavement. That’s when I started screaming.
“WHOA! WHOA!”
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The ride on my 24-year-old road bike began as they all have this summer.
“How far are you going?” called out Beautiful Wife from the kitchen as I carried the bike I call Cobra Blue – because of its blue colour, the cobra part, no idea, it just sounded cool – from the basement out the front door.
I call it my 24-year-old bike.
“The only original thing left on that bike is the frame,” BW snorts regularly.
She’s not wrong. The wheels are new.
“$500 each,” BW loves to point out.
The handlebars are new.
“And the gears. And the handlebar tape. And the pedals. And…”
Same discussion. Every time.
Switching gears
Normally, my summers are spent running, trying to build up to 50 kilometres a week for some race in the fall. But a freak injury two years ago has left such plans in tatters.
Helping my then 83-year-old father into the house after he spent three months in hospital with a broken leg, I made the mistake of giving him my arm instead of a walker when he stepped out of the SUV.
He hit the deck. His right arm, locked in mine, spun me around and drilled my left knee straight into the pavement.
“Well,” the physiotherapist smiled, “the good news is you have excellent bone density. You should have broken the kneecap.”
The bad news was the shock from the blow raced up my leg and – like a bolt of electricity – grounded in the bundle of nerves, tendons, ligaments and muscles in my abdomen between my left hip and spine.
Random, sometimes agonizing pains appear in various parts of my left leg every once in a while. Running is like playing roulette at a casino. You never know what you’ll get from day to day.
Cycling? No problem. So this year, it’s been cycling. Six days a week. Every week.
“Fifty kilometres, if all goes OK,” I called back at BW as I headed out the door, Cobra Blue slung over my shoulder.
If all goes well.
Puddles and drivers
A return to cycling after leaving it behind a decade or more ago has taught me that’s part of the game. A flat tire – inevitable sooner or later – can leave you on the side of the road peeling off a tube to replace it with another one, costing you 10 minutes or more of riding time.
Pouring rain can shorten or complicate a day. Slicks, tires with no tread, roll along more smoothly, but they can be exciting in serious puddles.
And then there are drivers like the woman gliding into the intersection.
Normally, I ride on the right side of the road during the short section between my house and the country road I use each day. But an oncoming truck prompted me to shift to the left side of the no-shoulder road this day for about 100 metres.
That meant I was facing traffic as I neared the normally seldom-used intersection.
The woman looked left, saw the truck going by and …
“She doesn’t see me,” I realized in that instant.
That was no mean trick.
Driving defensively isn’t just an interesting concept for a cyclist. If a woman in a SUV, for instance, makes a mistake, she might end up with a dent in her passenger door. I’d end up bloody in the middle of the road.
“There are,” said the bike shop owner who sold it to me, “only two kinds of cyclists: those who HAVE fallen, and those who are GOING TO.”
Flashing lights
My cycling shirt is, to be charitable, a painfully neon bright yellow-green. Airplanes use it as a landmark when travelling past.
My helmet is bright blue, matching my bike. I always wear a helmet.
“There are,” said the bike shop owner who sold it to me, “only two kinds of cyclists: those who HAVE fallen, and those who are GOING TO.”
And like all wise cyclists, I have flashing lights on the front and back of my bike. Normally, it’s flashing white on the front, red on the back. But when I’m riding alone, I use a pair of flashing red-blue lights instead.
Does the occasional vehicle zipping past in either direction mistake those lights at a distance for a cop car? Can’t say. But cars, SUVS and transports trucks, that shouldn’t be on that country road anyway, regularly swing into the other lane when coming up on me from behind.
Everyone does. Except this woman.
“WHOA! WHOA!” I screamed as I hit the brakes, desperately trying to avoid getting up close and personal with her passenger’s side door.
She jerked to a stop.
I released the brakes and slid past her front end.
“LOOK BOTH WAYS,” I advised her, as politely as I could.
Just over two hours later I arrived home, the 50-kilometre ride done.
“Have a good ride?” BW asked.
“Yeah, fine,” I replied. “Nothing unusual.”
Rick MacLean is an instructor in the journalism program at Holland College.
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