There have been literally dozens of articles in every major paper across the country about the "scandal" involving Glen Clark and the North Burnaby Inn.
When the RCMP raided Clark's house, there was a frenzy of press coverage. The events of the court proceedings are followed in detail.
Some things are not followed.
We know now that the impetus for the raid came from with the Liberal Party, the NDP's business-sponsored rival.
This information is hardly mentioned.
Clark is to date facing no charges.
This fact is always buried.
The big business controlled newspapers are revelling in the scandal because they are drooling at the thought of being able to see the back of the NDP in British Columbia.
They want to add British Columbia to the list of provinces controlled by big business parties.
The press treats scandals in those provinces a little differently.
Let's see. In Alberta, Ralph Klein was not content to simply cut health care. He presided over the demolition of Calgary General Hospital.
Where is the hue and cry in the press over this?
In Ontario, there is more and more evidence that Tories at the very top of Mike Harris' government are implicated in the murder of native activist Dudley George.
Where is the hue and cry in the press over this?
Scandals involving the parties of business are mentioned and passed over. Scandals involving the NDP are made into months-long campaigns.
There is a scandal involving Glen Clark that no one in the media mentions.
He has appointed former Liberal leader, Gordon Wilson, as his new finance minister.
Now that's a real scandal.
How can the workers' party govern with honour when its purse strings are controlled by a known servant of corporate Canada?
But for the newspapers of corporate Canada, that is not a scandal, that is just good politics.
The workers' movement should treat with contempt the scandal-mongering of the media, and their persistent campaign to discredit the NDP.
And we should challenge Glen Clark for the real scandal of his government, the hiring of Wilson and the drift from party principles that it represents.