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The sale of the National Post would reverberate in political circles
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August 7, 2008
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By Lawrence Martin, August 7, 2008, Globe and Mail online
With the purchase of the Southam newspaper chain and the creation in 1998 of the National Post, Conrad Black single-handedly changed the tenor of the debate in the country. Before this time, right-side views tended to be marginalized in our liberal-leaning media culture. Bombastically, Conrad Black made them mainstream. That could change. The Post appears to be up for sale and a contender for the national paper is a group headed by Liberal Senator Jerry Grafstein. Continue reading here.