On March 3rd former publishing mogul Conrad Black entered Coleman Prison in Florida to begin his sentence. It's a story to rival the usual British tabloids and unlike other scandals this one had a witness to lay blame at the feet of the mighty.
In the little over three years since the case began several biographies have flourished in an attempt to peer behind the mask of this public figure. This week on the podcast we look at several of those books both serious and incendiary.
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It is most unfortunate that Conrad Black continues to get so much preoccupation and attention from Canadian media, especially media that is fully supported by Canadian taxpayers. I suggest more focus should be made on the victims of his criminal behavior, criminal behavior that has been shown to be quite instrumental, premeditated, and highly callous - crimes that seem as though they were perpetuated by the narcissistic criminal Conrad Black himself. There is no logic to CBC's shameless preoccupation. Thanks, Robert
Posted by: robert j. Trifiletti | March 13, 2008 05:19 PM
Martha Stewart and Conrad Black have one very large thing in both had the opportunity walk away from their crimes with a slap on the wrist, both chose to incite the full wrath of the law. Stewart could have paid a fine and avoided jail. Black, as reported in an article in Vanity Fair magazine, was advised by a friend and colleague to resign from the board and pay back the money. He refused to do so, and victimhood becomes self-inflicted. Such is the tragedy
Posted by: Robert Billyard, Canada | March 13, 2008 11:11 PM
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