18. Colby Cosh is like Black and Murphy a white male conservative. He's also previously written for The Walrus.
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19. Literary tastes differ. I think Black and Murphy are shoddy writers. Cosh can turn a phrase.
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20. But leaving literary quality to one side, these are not discoveries on the order of Coates (or Cobb or Bass or Drumming)
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21. I admit I write about all this with a certain personal bias.
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22. I wouldn't call myself working class because I'm fundamentally lazy. I try to avoid work as much as I can.
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23. But for the record my grandparents were all peasant farmers in India, my dad drove cabs & my mom cleaned hospital linen.
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24. So by the logic of Jon Kay, I shouldn't be a writer. And it is true that Canadian media circles make me uncomfortable.
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25. On another occasion I'll describe my checkered history in Canadian journalism & trouble fitting in. For now, let's return to Kay.
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26.After listening to Kay, I would discourage anyone from a working class background, white or non-white, from career in Canadian journalism
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27. Working class & want to write? Forget it. Find another trade. The powers that be want Conrad Black & climate denial.
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28. I'm too old and lazy to do anything else but for the kids out there: don't become a journalist in Canada. It's soul destroying.
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