5. The liar knowingly tells an untruth. The bullshitter doesn't care about truth & erases distinction between truth and lies.
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6. Obviously, the bullshitter is more dangerous than the liar, is making a more radial assault on the possibility of truth.
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7. Disagree with Kay's contention "no other Canadian writer who writes and talk this way — at least, none who remains employed."
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8. The climate denialism of Kay's colleagues at the National Post is bullshit in the same way Levant's various libels are.
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9. Mark Steyn currently has a libel case based on comments he made about a climate scientists that are very Levant-esque.
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@jonkay himself acknowledges climate denialism of his colleagues is politically motivated untruth: http://www.pressprogress.ca/en/post/national-post-editor-explains-why-many-his-colleagues-are-climate-change-deniers …2 replies 8 retweets 1 like -
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11. Mention of Steyn and climate bullshitters of National Post should remind us of where Levant comes from: the early days of the Post.
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12. In the early days of National Post, the paper had to make many, many apologies for libel. Not an accident, but systematic to paper.
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13. Some early National Post history: Conrad Black and Ken Whyte wanted paper that pushed Canada to the right.
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14. Ken Whyte also had the view that J-school education hampers lively journalistic writing (I was beneficiary of this view).
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15. So in the early days of Post, you had many guys who wanted to make right wing splash and had no understanding of libel laws (Levant)
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16. I've forgotten all the libel suits and apologies the National Post got entoiled in but there were many.
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17. More broadly, Levant is part of a larger movement with institutional support - SUN news, attempt at Canadian Fox.
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