Media Roundup: Wrapping It Up (Prelude)

The few media reports, webbed overnight and this morning, on the Conrad Black trial are centred on the looming end of the prosecution's case - with one exception:

1. From CBC News, a Canadian Press item noting that the prosecution should rest tomorrow, after calling two more witnesses, and that the defense should call its first witness tomorrow.

2. Paul Waldie of the Globe and Mail also has an article on the same wrap-up, but it starts off with an announcement by the prosecution that a full day will be needed by them for the closing argument, expected to be given in late June. It also summarizes the gist of the obstruction-of-justice charge.

3. Also from the Globe, an item in the blog "Nobody's Business" about the Canadian version of spelling "centre" being entered into the trial, along with evidence of an arithmetical mistake.

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There's an article posted in Harper's Online which points to the fact that David Frum had received, for four months' consulting work, the equivalent of $50,000/quarter, or $16,666.67 per month from Hollinger Int'l bak in late 2000. Mr. Frum, in his reply to the charge of resultant bias, said that he only got market rate for services performed, and that he and his wife have both known the Blacks for decades.

(Actually, I've read Mr. Frum's pro-Black posts in his blog; if any bias is evident, it's in plugging Peter Worthington's column. He did disclose that Mr. Worthington did previously give Mr. Frum his stepdaugher; she's now Mr. Frum's wife.)