Commentary
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has never had a comfortable relationship with mass media. While the video of Poilievre last October dismissively munching an apple while Don Urquhart from the Times Chronicle futilely tried to ask him questions went viral around the world and was applauded by conservatives tired of biased media outlets, it infuriated media members.
Poilievre was further criticized by media outlets when he blocked reporters from travelling on the Conservative campaign plane with him during the current election.
Poilievre hasn’t endeared himself to the media in being outspoken against media subsidies and calling for the defunding of the CBC either. But past Tory leaders have also been subject to more scrutiny by media compared to other parties….