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It’s a media whack job, folks…in other words, “Character Assasination”…

Yes, a rock-star got caught with some blow and a younger woman. Pardon me while I go put on my “surprise face” …OK…I’m back…see my shocked look?

I’ll admit, I’m a *huge* BNL fan, and when this story first broke, I wanted to watch the “facts” get reported from the get-go and see how the story “progressed”. The story has dominated our media for the past week with scant attention paid to the actual words printed, versus what is being put in bold headlines that are used to buy influence with those who only have a “headline” knowledge of the news.

BARENAKED LADIES SINGER ADMITS TO SNORTING COKE!!

I’ve been hearing this repeated on TV, Radio, Internet and Newspaper. Not to argue semantics here, but his actual quote from the court trancripts (at least, the one that they run halfway through the articles) was:

“Yeah, it’s cocaine,” the documents quote Page as saying.

I’m not saying that he *didn’t* snort it or have the intention to snort it, but answering in the affirmative to a police officer if the substance in question is or isn’t cocaine is a hell of a lot different than answering that same cop with, “Yeah, it’s cocaine….and I was snorting it!“.

If he admitted to snorting it….why is he pleading NOT GUILTY?

If you’ll pay close attention to any of the articles that are being written about Steven Page, you’ll notice that he isn’t talking. The band has said that they stand behind him as he fights the charges. That’s all they’re saying for now since he goes in front of a judge next month.

But, what we do know is that he’s pleading “not guilty” to the charge of possession. It was in Stephanie Ford’s (the girl he was with), testimony that they “snorted” with a “Canadian bill”.

I can think of another Canadian Bill that may want Page snuffed out…

Yep…I think that Steven Page is getting “knee-capped” on purpose. He’s in a one of the biggest bands out of Canada and he’s a very vocal critic of Bill C-61. The fact that articles are even mentioning him in the same sentence as the Eric Nagler case or Pee-Wee Herman is proof enough to me that the PR-machine has been kicked into high gear on this for a reason (and let’s remember that Nagler was actually *innocent*…).

Never let the facts get in the way of a good opinion…

There are some serious privacy issues that have been over-looked throughout the telling and re-telling of Steven Page’s arrest. I’m sure he’s wishing that they hadn’t “invited” the officer in, though… I’ll bet they didn’t think that cops were wandering around the place checking on the car with the open door in the driveway (the premise for their arrival).

Isn’t ironic that the man who is a public critic about the proposed changes to the Canadian Copyright Act has found himself fighting for his credibility? I wonder if the “Ladies” had stayed with and supported the major labels and CRIA (and RIAA), if they would have access to “protection” for charges like this (meaning: corporate lawyers).

Don’t let the bastards get you down, Steve!!

***UPDATE: A LITTLE MORE ON STEVEN PAGE GET’S “WHACKED”…****