Tony Keene,
I don't want to pee on yr parade square, but here's a couple of important indicators for you that MIGHT help you understand some of the frustration being vented on is board. I note that yr profile lists you as a Maj/public affairs, but I'm not sure it that means yr a res. major who works for the media as a civilian or if that's your full time mil occupation.
Now, to the gristle: when the story broke relating to the comments by Mr. DeCorte, his daughter, and Cpl Boneca's roomie, there were multiple pieces all over the Yahoo Canada website, both CP and CBC. They examined, trumpeted, and reaffirmed the opinions of three people not even directly RELATED to Cpl Boneca, and used headlines which essentially suggested the Canadian Government had failed its soldiers and LIED to reservists. That WAS NOT fact-based reporting Tony, it was hearsay.
I will further note, that the headlines for these pieces were on the Yahoo Canada homepage, (i.e. the front page) in a constant succession of new sensational headlines, such as "Military brushes aside accusations that fallen reservist was ill-trained".
Ah, but then Cpl Boneca's father speaks up, refuting what has been previously said about his son. THAT never made the Yahoo Canada homepage. Indeed the "headline" winds up in the sidebar of their secondary and tertiary stories, and is not there today at all, (notwithstanding the fact it wasn't posted until late in the day yesterday). The sensationalist crap, such as "Reservist was misled by Military", gets front page headlines and stays up all day Tuesday. The story from the boys' father--THE REAL STORY--gets buried on a virtual backpage and is only up a few hours.
That's absolute crap.
It's not just Yahoo. The Edmonton Journal had a leader on it's front page yesterday, directing the reader to page 3 where more than a half page was devoted to DeCorte's hearsay. This morning there was a quarter-page article on page 5 with the father's statement. Tony, please don't try and tell me that's balanced reporting. It most certainly is not. It is an attempt by the media to vilify the Canadian Forces, of which you are a part.
The press sensationalized something that wasn't factually based, and tried to smear the CF generally. In doing so it--at least temporarily--called into question the loyalty, commitment and bravery of Cpl Ton Boneca. More importantly their negligence and shoddy reporting added to the stress and agony of the family Cpl Boneca left behind.