An Open Letter in Defence of David Pugliese

 

"Chris Alexander crossed a line. He made a damning allegation under the cover of parliamentary immunity."

Former Conservative MP Chris Alexander’s allegation that David Pugliese has been a Russian and Soviet intelligence asset is ludicrous.

Those of us who know David Pugliese know him to be an upstanding citizen and an excellent journalist, one many of us aspire to be like.

Most of us know already this is a thankless job, but persevere nonetheless because we understand the bedrock of democracy is a strong, independent, and often adversarial fourth estate.

David Pugliese knows this, and it is evident in practically everything he writes.

This has led him to shine a light on all that the government doesn’t want you to know. In his capacity as one of Canada’s very few defense reporters, David Pugliese has told us about defective airplanes, sexual assault swept under the rug, project delays and cost overruns on new ships, among many others. 

He is also one of the few mainstream journalists to tackle the national embarrassment that is the Victims of Communism monument, as well as the broader, related, and no less embarrassing issue of Canada’s protection of alleged war criminals and Nazi collaborators. Where far too many other journalists have shied away from these matters, David Pugliese has persevered, explaining the complicated and relating the un-relatable. 

But doing so has earned him enemies. He has dealt with threats and often anonymous attacks on his character.  (more...)

An Open Letter in Defence of David Pugliese