For whom the Bell Globemedia tolls...

A few weeks ago, the CBC pulled Prairie Giant: The Tommy Douglas Story from its January schedule out of fear that it could influence the upcoming Federal Election. Instead, the network chose to air the anti-Medicare diatribe Medicare, Schmedicare, somehow believing the televised spitting in the face of the Douglas legacy wouldn't be construed by audiences as political.

Over at CTV, there appear to be fewer qualms about taking sides. As divisions of Bell Globemedia, it appears that the network and the Globe and Mail are working in tandem to bolster the faltering fortunes of the Martin Liberals. In fact, last week saw a Globe editorial advising Jack Layton to "lighten up" after seeing his wife Olivia Chow compared to a dog in a Liberal staffer's blog.

Yesterday saw a prominent story in the Globe in which the Prime Minister warns voters that Stephen Harper is the reincarnation of Mike Harris and the harbinger of a "fend for yourself" regime of program cuts, privatization, and hostility. Now that people are thinking about Mike Harris again after reading the Globe, let's take a look at what's on CTV tonight!

Looks interesting. In fact, Globe TV critic John Doyle says "The name Mike Harris is shorthand for stone-cold, right-wing, screw-you government policies and tactics." Wow. It's not every day that the TV column comes off like a government response in Question Period. That folks, is some serious high-definition convergence.