I'm very disappointed with the news media in Canada.
I have written in to the The Citizen before about the unfairness of the fuel prices. The editor Neil Godbout suggested that I had erred that government taxes were part of the problem.
Well I had not. What I had wrote was correct. The numbers I used were after government taxes were applied.
I watch a political show this week and one journalist said their job was to keep the politicians feet to the fire. I thought this was funny - we have a political opposition to do that job.
I find it strange with the price of crude oil hovering around $48 a barrel and massive layoffs of workers we have seen a litre of fuel climb. This has happened without so much as a whisper form the our news media.
I believe it's time for our free press to question these multinational corporations and find where all this extra profit is being funneled.
We have seen resource extraction companies advertise to give us information about proposed movement of raw resources to gain our confidence in their operations.
But when was the last time you saw an advertisement on TV, or in the print, or heard a commercial on radio from companies like Petro Canada, ESSO, Shell, Chevron, Husky, Super Save, or Fast Track Gas? Quite some time I suspect.
You can bet your pay cheque that these people from the multinational fuel producers will stand on a stack of Bibles and swear they don't fix the price of fuel. The amount of money spent by multinationals in the media is very small when you compare them to other companies.
I think it's time that the members of media in this country stand in front of a mirror with their diplomas in their hands.
I hope that they'll be reminded of the reason they spent all that time going to university to become journalists.
I believe that's it time for the media of this country to become proactive and hold this industry's feet to the fire.
Stan New
Prince George
