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Paul Martin was At a glance had allowed Martin only N acquitted after his wife limited supervised access to the children. was found with her Citing a fear for her The 20-day trial in Osh- neck slashed children’s safety, Cathy awa, which took place be- Clayson has now retained tween May and July, was at Marie Henein, the high- times both emotional and E profile lawyer defending bizarre. Martin opted to rep- An Ontario Superior Court disgraced CBC host Jian resent himself, which made judge has added another Ghomeshi, to argue an for a tense spectacle as he layer of confusion to an appeal. A notice of appeal cross-examined Clayson — Ajax couple’s story of a was filed on Jan. 5 and a the first time the two had W 2010 throat-slashing inci- hearing has been sched- spoken since the month of dent while on vacation in uled for later this month the alleged attack. Jamaica, pushing their legal to determine whether or In another strange move, battle into the Court of Ap- not the judge’s decision Justice Timms made an or- peal. should be stayed pending der on Dec. 23 to give Mar- With their marriage on appeal. tin unsupervised access of the brink of collapse, Paul the children between Dec. Martin and Cathy Clayson 26 and Dec. 31. Martin had S travelled to Montego Bay ment for this story; so, too, not requested this. Clay- in late 2010. The trip was did Clayson and her law- son’s lawyers immediately tense, the court heard. yers. demanded a stay on that Clayson, a bank manager, Clayson had brought her order. had wanted out of their estranged husband to the The judge who stayed marriage; Martin, a school- civil court last year to seek the ruling said Timms’ or- teacher, clung to hopes of the justice she believed she der was a “profound viola- staying together. had been denied in Jamaica. tion of natural justice.” On their last day in Ja- In addition to a divorce, she Despite Clayson’s testi- maica, the couple followed sought more than $300,000 mony, Timms’ decision stat- an isolated road in their in damages, custody of their ed that nothing pointed to rental car to take pictures children (aged nine and six), there being a premeditated from a cliff. Cathy Clayson leaves the Oshawa courthouse on May 23, 2014. an end to Martin’s access to attack. There, Clayson alleges, TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE the children and a declara- Clayson’s lawyers filed Martin slashed her throat tion from the court stating a motion on Dec. 29 asking with a hooked gutting knife cocted in the aftermath of a balance of probabilities, that Martin had attempted Timms to declare a mistrial before strangling her and the scuffle. A Jamaican jury that the respondent (Mar- to murder her that day four on the basis of procedural leaving her for dead. Mar- acquitted Martin of “wound tin) attacked the applicant years ago. unfairness, an unfair hear- tin, now 47, maintains that with intent” following an (Clayson) ... If anything, the The judge declined to ing and reasonable appre- Clayson, 38, attacked him 11-day trial in late 2011. evidence tilts in the oppos- make that declaration or hension of bias. With the first and injured herself The knife was never re- ite direction,” Justice Roger grant the damages Clayson motion being filed a day be- in the resulting melee and covered. Timms wrote in his Dec. 30 sought. With Timms unable fore the final judgment was fled. Clayson was left with a Now, after a prolonged decision. to come to a conclusion released, nothing came of 10-cm gash across her neck. legal battle at the Ontario “The parties have both about what transpired be- the motion. Martin, who spent four Superior Court in Oshawa, a told too many lies. They tween Clayson and Martin, months in Jamaican jail judge has declared that he have both distorted and he ruled that while Clayson On the web awaiting trial, had at first has no idea what transpired exaggerated the truth too should have sole custody of told Jamaican police that along that dirt road in Ja- often. They have both said the couple’s children, Mar- he and Clayson had been maica on the afternoon of too many nonsensical and tin should also be granted For more local news, robbed — a story that Clay- Dec. 23, 2010. illogical things.” equal and unsupervised ac- go to metornews.ca son admits to having con- “I cannot find, even on Martin declined to com- cess. A prior court order 4 TORONTO metronews.ca Monday, January 12, 2015 T.O. expects strong 2015 Report. Economic Jobs Canada-wide figure of 4.7 per cent. snapshot says city What about The Toronto jump was looking good despite eral manager of economic seen mostly by convenience unemployment? development and culture. stores and places that sell some ‘warning signs’ Toronto is a magnet electronics and appliances. for several groups who Dropping oil prices — the Toronto’s unemployment tend to have more trouble total effect of which remains JESSICA rate has dropped over re- finding employment, said unknown — may help strong SMITH CROSS cent months and is under Williams: students, new retail sales continue and pro- [email protected] eight per cent, according immigrants, and those, es- vide other economic benefits to the city’s data. pecially the elderly, who to Toronto. This will be a good year for But it is still relatively are attracted by the city’s “Low oil prices mean a low Toronto’s economy, accord- high when compared to health and social security value for the dollar, which ing to a report due out of city other areas in Ontario and networks. makes our exports more com- hall this week. across Canada. “We have a goal to petitive outside of Canada, so “We’re confident that this “It’s been like that for keep up with the 905 in more people will be buying city’s economy is strong and 20 years,” said Michael our rates, but we’re strug- products made in Ontario,” doing well, and we can look Williams, the city’s gen- gling to do that,” he said. Williams said. forward to having a strong “It reduces one of the economy through 2015, but input costs for many of our there are some warning An economic update is which some have predicted, manufacturers and busi- Preacher suspected in signs,” said Michael Williams, headed to a city committee Williams noted. nesses, so businesses will the city’s general manager of next week. It shows slowing On other fronts, the num- have savings due to lower oil sex assaults back at work economic development and housing starts and a dip in ber of Torontonians receiv- prices. culture. the value of building permits ing employment insurance is “And, if you’re not spend- “Everyone says we can’t might be the start of a “soft down and bankruptcies are ing money (on gas) as a con- Parishioners arrive at The Prayer Palace on Sunday, where embattled keep going on this construc- landing” for the housing low. sumer you’re more likely to preacher Paul Melnichuk conducted his first prayer service since he tion boom and housing boom. market, which Williams said Retail sales, meanwhile, spend it, locally. That could was charged with sexual assault. Melnichuk summoned his followers “There are some indica- isn’t “an unwelcome develop- held steady in 2014 and be in effect positive to pray for his legal team after an admittedly “bumpy week” — tions that it’s starting to ment.” jumped at some points. for retail sales in before encouraging them to donate as usual to the church. “I want slow — there are not as many A soft landing is a situa- According to the report, Toronto.” you to know today that not one of those charges are true,” he said, building permits as we’ve had tion where prices, sales and sales grew by 8.2 per cent prompting congregants to shout out in support, some yelling in the past, but it’s not a pre- new builds cool slowly. A in October alone when com- Follow Jessica Smith Cross “Hallelujah.” TARA WALTON/TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE cipitous plummet, either.” crash is the other option, pared to 2013, surpassing the on Twitter @jessiecatherine He s back ’ to make crime history. 8 NEW EPISODE TONIGHT cbc.ca/murdochmysteries metronews.ca TORONTO 5 Monday, January 12, 2015 Hundreds support Paris in rally Careers. George Brown launches job search tool Nathan Phillips Square. Mayor, finance It’s hard to make up one’s mind minister address crowd Quoted about a career choice. It can be even harder to know which “Our aim ... school programs may lead to GILBERT that chosen career. is to help NGABO Enter George Brown’s latest students [email protected] innovation, Career Coach. decide what “This is an online tool that Laurine Degraeve grew up in provides information for pro- they want Paris, regularly reading Charlie spective students for what to be and Hebdo. She can’t wait for the careers are hot in the labour what they want to do.” satirical magazine to hit the market, and what program newsstands again. they need to take in order to Robert Luke, VP research and innovation, “Everyone at home loves enter into those careers,” said George Brown Charlie Hebdo,” she said Sun- Robert Luke, the college’s vice- day afternoon as she held the president of research and in- directing people to where the tri-coloured French flag at novation. jobs are. Nathan Phillips Square. Many Laurine DeGraeve, right, and her friend Faith Carriere hold a French flag at a rally in support of the victims of the “Our aim through this Ca- “There was a recent de- of her family members were Paris terror attacks at Nathan Phillips Square on Sunday. DAVID VAN DYKE/METRO reer Coach is to help students bate in Canada about effective demonstrating in Paris the decide what they want to be labour market information, same day, she said. need to show their opposition book of condolences at the de dessin (freedom to draw). and what they want to do.” and the idea that there are “All of us were shocked by to such beliefs, she said. rally. One woman was waving a Launched last week, this people without jobs and jobs this kind of violence.” “As young people, we need “People need to learn to pencil as the crowd sang in soli- user-friendly online platform without people,” said Luke. She was one of hundreds of to talk more and be more edu- be tolerant, and accept that darity for the people of France. provides access to up-to-date Economic Modeling Spe- other people gathered at the cated about these issues,” she whomever does not agree with “I don’t like that newspaper labour market information for cialists International (EMSI) square to pay tribute to the vic- said. “We need to be able to re- you can live and be free, as because I find it a little too vul- the GTA, such as salaries, em- developed the application for tims of last week’s Paris attack. spond to these acts of terrorism well,” she said. “If young people gar,” she said in French. “But ployment growth projections George Brown, with data com- It’s a big challenge for the with force and determination grow up with that mentality, nothing can justify the violence and job postings, said Luke. ing from Statistics Canada and young generation to grow up to end violence anywhere in the future will be good.” against these journalists.” Through this application, job openings from indeed.com. in times of terrorism, said De- the world.” Many people gathered at the Both Mayor John Tory and George Brown is looking to It garnered great interest graeve, 21, currently studying Youth should learn to fight square had signs reading Je Suis Finance Minister Joe Oliver de- help students make informed from the start, getting more in Montreal. Those terrorists against fundamentalism in Charlie. One young child’s sign livered messages of solidarity decisions when choosing their than 600 visits within 24 hours are using the name of religion any kind of religion, said Tigist read Liberté de pensée (free- with France, and the determin- fields of study anywhere in the of its launch, with an average of to commit these awful acts of Wondimagegnehu of Toronto, dom of thought), Liberté de par- ation to defend the values of lib- GTA, as well as reducing the un- nine minutes per visit. violence, and the young people as she finished writing in the ole (freedom to speak), Liberté erty and freedom of expression. employment gap by properly GILBERT NGABO/METRO THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED SERIES RETURNS 9 CATCH UP WITH TONIGHT FULL EPISODES AVAILABLE AT cbc.ca/strangeempire 6 TORONTO metronews.ca Monday, January 12, 2015 Demand high for magazine T.O. stores scrambling Soaring value to stock Charlie Hebdo. Before attack Past issues of Charlie Hebdo at French publication, were listed on eBay for as much as $130,000 in the only one store in wake of last week’s attack. Ontario carried copies other major newsstands. A screenshot from PuppySwap.ca. SCREENSHOT ROSEMARY Indigo is asking for cop- WESTWOOD ies, public relations manager Pets. Prank ad highlights [email protected] Katie Gregory said. The book- store also carries a number of abandonment problem One million copies of the Charlie Hebdo anthologies, French satirical magazine she said. Charlie Hebdo will flood Whichever stores luck out newsstands around the world with a few copies, Vermeersch Make a new best friend Society, bringing to light the this week, but Torontonians Getting your hands on a copy of Charlie Hebdo — like the ones held by mourners said Friday will be the earliest again and again, the ads for very real issue of pet aban- will have to wait until the end in Paris on Thursday — could prove tough in Toronto this week. GETTY IMAGES they’re available in Canada. PuppySwap say, claiming to donment in Canada. of the week to buy one. As for libraries, the nearest be the world’s first puppy To make the fake star- Demand has soared for seven are generally sold in To- while, has “asked for as many one that has copies of Charlie subscription service. tup appear convincing, the the magazine’s next edition, ronto — at the Gateway New- as we can possibly get,” said Hebdo is at Michigan State It’s as easy as logging onto humane society created a due to come out Wednesday stands store at Yonge Street Louis-Philip Vermeersch, University in East Lansing, an app, choosing the breed YouTube video, social media — exactly a week after two and St. Clair Avenue. national sales director with Mich., according to a search you want, and when the buzz, and a web page. How- gunmen stormed its Paris of- The other 93 are sold in LMPI. done by staff at Toronto’s ref- pooch grows up and loses its ever, when a user clicks on fice and killed 12 people, in- Quebec. “There’s a big demand erence library. puppy charm, just log back the sign-up tab, the real mes- cluding police officers and the This week, Gateway is right now,” he said. “I think Wednesday’s edition is in and “swap” your old dog sage pops up on the site. magazine’s editor. The attack- hoping for 30 copies, said Ron there’s a big wave of solidar- being produced by surviving for a brand new one. According to humane ers were killed in a shootout De Guzman, the store’s maga- ity.” staff with financial aid and If any of you are getting society data, more than with police two days later. zine manager. Copies of the LMPI is waiting to find out support from other French the impression this service is 180,000 pets are surrendered Normally, only 100 copies current edition arrived Jan. just how many copies it will media, Charlie Hebdo’s law- real, it’s not. to shelters in Canada each of Charlie Hebdo’s 100,000 7, the same day as the shoot- receive, and Vermeersch said yer Richard Malka told Agence It’s a new prank advertis- year, and 40 per cent of these print run find their way to ing, and quickly sold out, he it’s likely they will be sold in France-Presse. He also said ing campaign launched Fri- pets die in the system. Canada each week, through added. more than one Toronto store, the magazine will run eight day by the Toronto Humane IRENE KUAN/METRO distributor LMPI. A mere The distributor, mean- perhaps at the airport and at pages, half its normal size. If there is a situation that requires emergency medical, police or fire services, press the yellow emergency alarm strip. There is a $500 fine for misuse of the emergency alarm. For more information, visit ttc.ca PRESS FOR EMERGENCIES ONLY metronews.ca CANADA 7 Monday, January 12, 2015 Without Macdonald, Canada 2014. 300 breaches of privacy reported last year ‘simply would not exist’: PM The federal government re- privacy commissioner of the ported 300 breaches of Can- breach on Nov. 26 according adians’ private information to documents obtained under in 2014, including a dramatic access to information law. Kingston, Ont. 200th a refurbished portrait of Sir robbery of a courier truck The robbery was one of anniversary of Sir John A. was unveiled. carrying passports in Vene- the more dramatic incidents It was a decidedly non-parti- zuela last November, Torstar among privacy breaches re- John A. Macdonald’s san event — with former Liber- News Service has learned. ported to Ottawa’s privacy birthday celebrated al prime minister John Turner A courier truck leaving watchdog by federal depart- and Progressive Conservative the Caracas airport was held ments and agencies in 2014. Kim Campbell in attendance at gunpoint on Nov. 11. Two The Caracas robbery was — but Harper’s comments packages containing 61 visa the second theft of personal Stephen Harper paid tribute dovetailed with his Conserva- decision letters, including information to be reported to the country’s first prime tive party election message passports, were among the last November. On Nov. 6, minister Sunday, marking this year that Liberal Leader contents stolen. Employment and Social De- the 200th anniversary of the Justin Trudeau is unready to Citizenship and Immigra- velopment Canada reported birth of Sir John A. Macdonald govern despite his lineage and tion Canada, the department the loss of 19 applications for by saying the Scots-born pol- high-profile name. transferring the passports funding under the New Hori- itician “forged Canada out of “Nation-building is never from the visa office in Mexico zon for Seniors program. sheer will.” complete,” said Harper, not- City to Caracas, informed the TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE “Never forget, there was ing the “challenges and oppor- nothing certain or inevitable tunities” are even greater as Khaled Al-Qazzaz about what Macdonald and Canada approaches its 150th ate, is a former aide to his fellow fathers of Confeder- birthday. ousted president Moham- ation accomplished. It was in The bicentenary of Macdon- Canadian jailed in med Morsi. fact remarkable,” Harper told Canadian Transport Minister Lisa Raitt, left, and Canada Post CEO Deepak ald’s birth has spurred a fresh Egypt released He was arrested along a room full of dignitaries — Chopra take part in the unveiling of a stamp of Sir John A. Macdonald during round of historical review and with Morsi and eight other including two former prime a ceremony at Kingston City Hall to mark the bicentennial of the birth of research, including some un- An ailing Canadian resident aides in July 2013 when the ministers — under tight secur- Canada’s first prime minister. FRED CHARTRAND/THE CANADIAN PRESS flattering depictions of Mac- imprisoned in Cairo for Egyptian military removed ity at the historic city hall in donald’s policies and attitudes more than a year has been the president from office. Kingston, Ont. Macdonald’s political ca- of Canada lay in state in the toward Canada’s First Nations. released from custody. Egyptian authorities “Without Sir John A. Mac- reer as a Kingston alderman same room where Harper de- He helped implement Khaled Al-Qazzaz, a neither charged him nor donald, Canada as we know began the year the corner- livered his remarks. and defended the residential 35-year-old University of explained why they arrested it — the best country in the stone of Kingston City Hall The Royal Canadian Mint schools system in the 1880s, Toronto engineering gradu- him. THE CANADIAN PRESS world — simply would not was laid, 1843, and after his showed off the template of a the impacts of which remain exist,” Harper said to applause. death the first prime minister new Macdonald $2 toonie, and felt to this day. 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Video of ISIL gunman emerges online Two days after his death, a have more impact,” he said in video emerged Sunday of one fluent French, adding that he of the Paris gunmen pledging had helped the brothers finan- allegiance to the Islamic State cially with “a few thousand eu- of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) ros” for the operation. while his two fellow militants The video — which showed had claimed to be from al- Coulibaly doing pushups and Qaida — a fiercely rival extrem- featured automatic rifles, pis- ist organization. tols and ammunition and the That seeming contradiction black-and-white flag used by has raised questions about the many Islamic militants — ap- connections among the three peared Sunday online. Police French attackers, whether they said they were investigating acted with the direct involve- the conditions under which the ment or knowledge of the video was posted. networks, and whether their Prosecutors said Coulibaly friendship allowed them to killed four hostages Friday in put aside the rift between the the supermarket, killed a police- groups. woman, and shot and wounded ISIL does not co-operate a jogger. He died when police with al-Qaida’s militants and stormed the market, minutes actually fights them for terri- after security forces killed the tory in a side conflict of Syria’s Kouachi brothers. civil war. French police and judicial In video verified by the SITE officials said they believed that Intelligence Group, Amedy while Coulibaly was committed Coulibaly said he had worked to carrying out an attack, he Hundreds of thousands march in Paris on Sunday in a massive show of unity and defiance in the face of terrorism acts that killed 17 people. Officials said in co-ordination with Said and was less of a strict ideologue or it was the largest demonstration in French history. LAURENT CIPRIANI/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Cherif Kouachi, the “brothers well-honed fighter than were from our team,” who carried the Kouachis — and could have Millions attend biggest out the massacre at the satirical found inspiration from either newspaper Charlie Hebdo on al-Qaida or ISIL. Wednesday. Later in the video, Coulibaly “We did things a bit togeth- called on others to carry out er and a bit apart, so that it’d new attacks. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS rally in France’s history AirAsia Flight 8501 Henry Bambang Soelistyo, head of the national search Divers recover first and rescue agency. black box from Divers began zeroing ‘Our entire country thousands more marched ences for a demonstration rise up toward something in on the site a day ear- plane’s wreckage in cities around the coun- French President François better,” Hollande said. lier after three Indonesian will rise.’ More than try and the world to repudi- Hollande said turned the The French Interior Min- ships picked up intense three million unite, ate a three-day terror spree city into “the capital of the istry said it’s hard to calculate Divers retrieved one of the pings from the area. around the French capital world.” the exact number of demon- black boxes Monday local The black box was found march across France that killed 17 people and left People streamed through strators, but more than three time from the AirAsia plane lodged in debris at a depth in solidarity against the three gunmen dead. the streets behind them and million are projected to have that plummeted more than of about 30 metres. Their arms linked, more across France to mourn the marched across France. two weeks ago into the Java Searchers will continue terrorism than 40 world leaders led the victims of the deadly attacks “The terrorists want two Sea, a major breakthrough to scour the seabed to try to sombre procession — Israeli on satirical Charlie Hebdo things: They want to scare us in the slow-moving hunt to locate the other black box, Prime Minister Benjamin newspaper, a kosher super- and they want to divide us,” recover bodies and wreck- the cockpit voice recorder. Masses of people joined with Netanyahu and Palestinian market and police officers — French Foreign Minister Lau- age. They are vital to under- world leaders to fill Paris President Mahmoud Abbas; violence that tore deep into rent Fabius said. “We must The flight data recorder standing what brought streets Sunday in a rally for Ukrainian President Petro the nation’s sense of wellbe- do the opposite: We must was found under part Flight 8501 down on Dec. unity officials said was the Poroshenko and Russian For- ing some compared to 9/11 stand up and we must stay of the plane’s wing and 28, killing all 162 people on largest demonstration in eign Minister Sergey Lavrov in the U.S. united.” brought to the surface, said board. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS French history. 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Statia Elliot, director of When it comes to figur- the school of hospitality, ing out how much pain Falling gas prices and a food and tourism manage- tumbling crude prices weakening loonie are raising ment at the University of are going to inflict on the hopes within Canada’s tour- Guelph, agrees. oilpatch, one investment ism industry that 2015 will “I think with the way the strategist says it’s not so be a banner year. dollar is and the way gas much a question of how Ian Jack, a spokesman for prices are, we’re going to low oil will go, but of how the Canadian Automobile see good, strong demand for low for how long. “You Association, says if the price summer vacations,” she said, don’t really know at this at the pumps holds until adding that cost is one of the point how it’s going to the spring, he expects an top factors people consider turn out,” said Kara Lilly, increase in the number of when deciding to travel. with Mawer Investment people travelling by car this “Three-quarters of what Management in Calgary. year. According to the CAA, we call tourism is generated A barrel of U.S. bench- the national average price of by our own Canadian travel, mark crude oil settled at gas hit a high of $1.39 a litre and with low gas prices that $48.36 US on Friday, less last June. On Friday, that will encourage more people than half of where it was average was 92 cents a litre. to get in the car and travel just six months ago. The Only 14 per cent of about closer to home,” she said. price weakness has al- 1,000 CAA members sur- Elliot said that, while ready caused widespread veyed said they planned to Americans likely aren’t cuts in the oilpatch, with drive more during the recent watching the loonie, smart drilling budgets being Christmas holidays. But Jack tourism operators will use sliced. The spectre of job said most people don’t like their marketing savvy to en- If the current price at the pumps holds until the spring, the Canadian Automobile Association expects an increase in losses looms. to drive in the winter and courage Americans to come the number of people travelling by car this year, raising hopes within Canada’s tourism industry that 2015 will be a THE CANADIAN PRESS he expects those numbers to Canada. THE CANADIAN PRESS banner year. MICHELLE SIU/THE CANADIAN PRESS New media outlets shaking up political reporting A slightly fuzzy, zoomed-in news organizations, who ap- the notions about what polit- altering the media landscape Quoted screen grab from question peared to miss the fleeting ical reporting looks like. on Parliament Hill, but ul- period took a brewing contro- visual during the House of In the case of Press timately also the larger polit- “The mainstream ... media tend to run in packs still. versy for Environment Minis- Commons broadcast. Progress, the content could ical communications context. ter Leona Aglukkaq, and crys- Press Progress is snarky, They accept certain kinds of frames, whether it’s the be dismissed as NDP partisan Parties are already grappling tallized it into a tale of callous easy-to-read, unabashedly narrative provided by government or the narrative advertising. The Broadbent with how to reach audiences, indifference. left-wing and opinionated, Institute is directly associated which are more fragmented provided by some dominant figures in the gallery.” “Leona Aglukkaq reads and part of a new group of with the party. and less loyal. newspaper, ignores questions digital media organizations Fred Fletcher, professor emeritus, York University’s Communication and Culture program. Founding editor Sarah New digital publications about people looking for food covering politics on Parlia- Schmidt, a former national — especially those that might in dump,” read the headline ment Hill. Vice, The Tyee, the reporter with Postmedia be reaching regional audi- last month by Press Progress, Vancouver Observer, and rab- In the United States, such ers with different funding News, says there is nothing in ences and have a strong so- a social-media focused news ble.ca now have correspond- news sites as Politico, Talking models are filling in some of the content that is partisan, cial media presence — aren’t organization funded by the ents in Ottawa. The digital Points Memo, Roll Call and the empty chairs in the press and accuracy is still a central likely to escape the notice Broadbent Institute. outlets iPolitics and Huffing- Buzzfeed Politics have been gallery left by shrinking trad- tenet. The outlet is run in- of political communications From there the story was ton Post were the first of the making their mark for years. itional media outlets. And dependently of the institute. strategists, Schmidt says. touched on by mainstream new wave. 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