John Doyle (The Globe and Mail), April 28, 2010: "CBC News has contorted itself in order to appear more populist, mainstream and appealing to everyone. It has been terrorized into avoiding any appearance of political bias." Back in January 2010 Conservative Minister James Moore appeared on CBC Power + Politics to discuss his top political films of the decade. His first choice: Milk. Yes, the Oscar-winning film Milk. Yes, a Minister from the Conservative Party of Canada Minister choose a film about a ... well I'm not sure exactly. Here's how Moore describes the film in the clip: "the story of Harvey Milk and what he confronted running for comptroller down in the city of San Francisco. He's a man who, as the trailer said, a man who inspired controversy but also inspired a whole group of people to stand up for civil rights in a way that had never been done before in the city of San Francisco." They way he uses "San Francisco" I'm reminded of Woody Allen's quip about the rest of America looking at New Yorkers like they're "left-wing, communist, Jewish, homosexual pornographers." Though, from what I know about San Francisco, Moore could be saying Harvey Milk is a "hippie, liberal, tree-hugging fan of handlebar mustaches." Talking about Harvey Milk and the film Milk without mentioning his homosexuality is quite an accomplishment really. It's like talking about JAWS and instead of saying "shark" you point at your teeth and, wide-eyed, gyrate in the direction of the nearest large ...
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