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THE HERALD Wednesday November 1969 Page Conrad Blacks cutting remarks are needed Diane Matey Your Business Thomun I miss Conrad Black As a colum rust I mean Mr Black you may remember wrote a business column for Report on Business Magazine the glossy monthly published by The Globe and Mail The Globe fired him when he teamed up with Maclean Hunter and the Toronto Sun to launch the daily Financial Post the Globe s rival He then began writing for the Post But he quit when the newspaper s editors toned down one of his more outrageous col in which he criticized a Globe reporter No doubt The Globe would have toned it down even more Mr Black had a tendency to too far That s what made him so in teresting to read Try as they might people could not resist reading Mr Black column if on Iv to be enraged Journalists would pronounce him ridiculous But as time went by more and more of them were confessing among fnends that they agreed with Conrad Black far more than they would like to admit Then- reluctance to acknowledge that Mr Black sometimes had a point is understandable given that journalists were among his prime targets Swarming grunting jackals he called us in his in famous last column Vividly ob noxious he called us in another These are strong charges to make against people who believe they can do no wrong Journalists wield considerable influence in North America Survey after survey shows that the media television in particular not only influence public opinion but can actually determine the out come of elections UNTOUCHABLE POWER If he was quick with his pen Mr Black was equally fast off the mark when it came to suing He sued The Globe and libel ting a lengthy retraction and apology that left Globe readers aghast Whether Mr Black intended by his suit to set an example for other business people to follow is anybody s guess The media worry about libel chill the fear of writing critically when one is almost sure to be sued But as Mr Black has said many times not even journalists should be above the law The cunous thing about Mr Black is that he is part of the media he pretends to loathe As a media baron he is criticizing from within sort of As well as his cent interest in the Post Mr Black owns Saturday Night magazine a small newspaper chain in Canada the Jerusalem Post and the prestigious Daily Telegraph in London NEW BREED Indeed if you have ever wondered as I have why everyone wants to get into the publishing business Mr Black may have the answer Among other reasons buying newspapers magazines or television stations gives former ob jects of media criticism a voice with which to reply Mind you not all publishers use it There more to the allure of the press than a desire for retribution Slowly and grudgingly the business community has come to accept the fact that the media has wrested power from politicians and financiers They want it back But that too is not all When we go to the polls we often choose the candidate favored by the media How the 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