It doesn’t go without saying, because you said it. However, you are wrong. Media looooves themselves a train wreck, and they generally don’t care about who was at the controls. You really think the Toronto Star (or the Sun) would hesitate to publish the lurid details if Olivia Chow wins, then partakes in a life of debauchery?
It would be more accurate to say that many people are willing to forgive/ignore when it’s “their guy.” It just so happens that Rob Ford has fewer people that like him compared to the number who dislike him.
