CDA says media give new depth to word ‘shallow’

CDA's John Scott Cowan recently criticized the 'narcissism of a portion of the media' but Stephen Staples says it's a trend in the discourse of defence lobby groups to blame the media if public opinion doesn't agree with them.

It's a media prize that few journalists may actually want to receive. The lucky winner gets a handsome statuette, a gala dinner with Ottawa VIPs, even $2,500 in cash, but the list of nominees for the 2008 Ross Munro Media Award given by the Conference of Defence Associations (CDA) may be a little...

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