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Enough with the Luka Magnotta story already
Canadian media continue to lavish Luka Magnotta with the attention he so desperately sought his entire life.
Today's headline-grabbing reveal informs us, on news sites across the land, that the government spent $376,128 flying Magnotta from Berlin to Montreal in 2012.
How is this newsworthy? Andy Blatchford had the same story, with virtually the same number, making headlines two and a half years ago.
The only thing that's new is the fact that today's version reveals that senior military and political boffins sent 1,700 e-mails back and forth in order to make the trip happen. Without their involvement Magnotta could have been repatriated for a few thousand bucks by a couple of Mounties on a commercial flight.
But that wouldn't have provided much in the way of photo-ops or headlines. Harper's “tough on crime” crew aren't the type to forego that kind of publicity.
Source: http://theviewfromfallingdowns.blogspot.com/2015/02/enough-with-luka-magnotta-story-already.html
