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Rex Murphy Blacklock’s v. Press Gallery

“It is an honour and a privilege.” How often have you heard that worn carpet of a formulation in public speeches, a dead phrase signaling a dull talk. I wish to revive it, to bring it back to actual meaning.

It is an honour and a privilege to be allowed to enter the pages of Blacklock’s and throw a few words out about Blacklock’s armed police eviction from the ever-so-choice, universally admired college of journalistic brilliance and courage, thrower of great annual dinners, the Ottawa Press Gallery.

The Press Gallery version of events…

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