Relationship of Rob Ford and Toronto Star newspaper has been strained, particularly during the 2010 Toronto municipal election, and his time in office after it. After a Star reporter allegedly trespassed on Ford's property, the Mayor threatened to cease all communication with the media if Dale was in a media scrum.
On August 17, 2010, The National Post reported that a computer user inside the Toronto Star company made edits to the Wikipedia article about Ford that his campaign considered "very serious libel" and copyright infringement. Bob Hepburn, a Toronto Star spokesman, denied responsibility for the edits. "The Toronto Star owns a couple of these IP portals and they come under Toronto Star Newspapers Limited, which is a broader thing. The Toronto Star itself has a separate portal," said Hepburn.[1]
Alleged trespass and fallout
editThe night of the incident, Ford offered his family the opportunity to "step aside".[2]
The morning after on The John Oakley Show on AM640, Ford pledged that he would not talk to any media scrum with Dale in it.[3]
Dale won a National Newspaper Award the week prior, Star editor Hepburn denied he would be removed from the City Hall beat.
References
edit- ^ Alcoba, Natalie (August 17, 2010). "Computer inside Toronto Star company edited Rob Ford's Wikipedia entry". National Post. Canada.
- ^ http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/story/2012/05/03/rob-ford-reporter-confrontation658.html
- ^ Visser, Josh (3 May 2012). "Rob Ford threatens media blackout unless Star removes reporter from city hall beat". National Post. Toronto ON. Retrieved 3 May 2012.