Doug, what about the media that is joined to the hip with government and propaganda. When there is no real news, you make it up. The G&M is filled with contradictory stories every day. The news (as you call it) it nothing more than opinion and conjecture. As a case in point we have Mike Duffy and Peter Kent among others who can move seamlessly between media and government to spread the incompetence and deceit into not only print but practise. Then on top of it all, you get some order of Canada from the Governor General.
We've long past a government for the people, the government is for the people IN the government. We just dress it up a lot better than say Russia or Turkey.