From Lawrence Martin's column in The Globe and Mail:

In the business of politics, cheap stuff works. Behold Rubygate. That this piece of tabloid titillation about an unimportant backbencher got more coverage than the sudden resignation, with its surrounding intrigue and major ramifications, of the all-powerful Clerk of the Privy Council speaks volumes about us in the media. We defended the coverage by saying, "Oh, but there is keen public interest," forgetting to mention that we generated that public interest in the first place by overplaying the story.

From The Globe and Mail:

Brian Mulroney's voice cracked yesterday as he spoke about the impact that allegations against him have had on his family, a show of emotion he later said was triggered by the sight of giggling reporters.

In a press release posted on mulroneymediaroom.com - a website created by the Navigator public relations firm, which he has hired - he singled out CBC producer Harvey Cashore and Globe and Mail reporter Greg McArthur.

"They were carrying on like a pair of school children," Mr. Mulroney was quoted as saying on the website. "It just got to me."

Mr. Cashore and Mr. McArthur have been nominated for journalism awards in the past for stories about the cash payments Mr. Mulroney received from Karlheinz Schreiber that are now the subject of the public inquiry. ...

Both journalists vehemently denied laughing. Other journalists who were within a few feet of the two reporters supported their denials.

Robin Sears, the son of former Toronto Star journalist Val Sears, is now a Mulroney flak. He had this to say: "I've got pictures, but I didn't get them precisely at the moment of giggle."

Addendum

At various other points in his Oliphant testimony, Mulroney has railed about Stevie Cameron (author of the bestselling On The Take, Blue Trust and co-author of The Last Amigo with Cashore) and the CBC. Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose.

From AP via globeandmail.com:

As U.S. President Barack Obama passed his 100th day in office last week, two studies judged that the news media has given him more coverage, and more positive coverage, than his two predecessors at the same point in their terms.