Danny vs. Duplessis (I)

Duplessis:

Press conferences given by Mr. Duplessis were notable in one respect... questions were rarely asked. He did not provoke questions. Only those that came up with monotonous regularity, and were perfectly inoffensive, were tolerated.

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Sometimes Duplessis would simply ignore a question or even the presence of a reporter who had displeased him. If the reporter persisted in questioning, he pretended not to have heard. Or, he would look at him for a second or two to show that he had understood the question... and then would talk about the weather.

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Duplessis scrutinized everything the press published about provincial politics. He did not hesitate to criticize brutally anyone who displeased him.

- Pierre Laporte, The True Face of Duplessis, 1960, pp. 126, 131

Danny.