Mayor enrages local media by saying something of substance

There’s a $100 million surplus in Toronto’s budget, announced Mayor David Miller this morning, after he lured all the media into a room with the promise of something “important” in these waning days at the helm of City Council. And, once it became clear he was just going to detail the favourable condition municipal finances — rather than announce he was stepping down, or running for re-election after all, or distraught over the death of Corey Haim — the city groaned, then went on with its day. For those in the local media business, all the excitement they woke up with this morning was deflated on impact, and now they will have to find something else to focus on today. So, how about that nice weather?

CP24 breaking news producer inserts a question mark to publicly soothe a too-obvious exclamation.

Newstalk 1010’s new right-wing ranter, who has been living here for 17 days, pretends to get riled up.

That’s from a reporter working for Forbes in New York — where gubernatorial scandals are a biennial event.

… and no abrupt exit like Adam Giambrone, either. Plus, he doesn’t need to wait to respond to the “press.”