'I like them but it's like the cheese slipped off the cracker with these guys and they just went far-left'
Premier Doug Ford says mainstream journalists have become irrelevant because social media allows him to speak directly to Ontarians.
The Ontario premier told a conference of conservative thinkers, strategists and politicians Saturday that journalists are"losing the battle" to inform people about the news. "But guess what? Now there's social media so we're circumventing the media through our social media." He boasted that his campaign website"Ford Nation Live" got 18 million hits — purportedly more than all the mainstream television news networks combined. And as premier, he said they're continuing that approach through the Ontario News Now website.
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