In an earlier post, I was wondering if the mainstream media was going to give Jack Layton and the NDP the same kind of coverage that they had been devoting to the Liberal and Conservative campaigns. Instead of doing the same thing, one of Toronto’s newspapers decided to channel their British tabloid counterparts:
Jack Layton was found laying naked on a bed by Toronto Police at a suspected Chinatown bawdy house in 1996, a retired Toronto police officer told the Toronto Sun.
The stunning revelation about the current leader of the New Democratic Party comes days before the federal election at a time when his popularity is soaring.
When the policeman and his partner walked into a second-floor room at the Toronto massage parlour, they saw an attractive 5-foot-10 Asian woman who was in her mid-20s and the married, then-Metro councillor, lying on his back in bed.
Layton was cautioned by police and released without being charged.
So no crime was committed, no charges were laid, and it happened in 1996. Perfect time to pull it out at the very end of an election campaign.
As the saying goes, insert Harper or Iggy or another pol and you still have a story. No matter when it happened. In fact, we have been showered with quotes from 1999 etc, so it is no surprise that it is reported on. There is a lot of stuff in the blog sphere but the one I found the most interesting is a screen shot of Andrew Coyne’s twitter response seemingly having knowledge of this months ago, here is a link to the bit on Blazing Cat Fur:
http://blazingcatfur.blogspot.com/2011/04/you-know-jack.html
Can you imagine Coyne sitting on the story if it was Harper who was caught?
Comment by Dwayne — April 30, 2011 @ 17:37