Political Reporting Thomson was not first rich man to see his image remolded

They said goodbye to Ken Thomson, a newspaperman who pursued money. A fitting eulogy was written long ago by another newspaperman, Bob Edwards of the Calgary Eye Opener. Reporting the death of financier J.P. Morgan in 1913, Edward wrote: "To the question, 'How much did Morgan leave?' the a...

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