{"id":59684,"date":"2015-08-23T13:05:14","date_gmt":"2015-08-23T05:05:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=59684"},"modified":"2025-01-08T10:40:40","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T15:40:40","slug":"social-media-abuzz-over-disappearing-atwood-column-poking-fun-at-stephen-harper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/08\/23\/social-media-abuzz-over-disappearing-atwood-column-poking-fun-at-stephen-harper\/","title":{"rendered":"Social media abuzz over disappearing Atwood column poking fun at Stephen Harper"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_39888\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-39888\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/stephen-harper.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-39888\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/stephen-harper.jpg\" alt=\"Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper (Facebook photo)\" width=\"960\" height=\"702\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/stephen-harper.jpg 960w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/stephen-harper-300x219.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-39888\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper (Facebook photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>TORONTO &#8212; The National Post has apparently removed a column by Margaret Atwood that pokes fun at Stephen Harper&#8217;s hair, prompting many to criticize the newspaper on social media.<\/p>\n<p>Hundreds of posts on Twitter accused the Post of censorship of the prominent Canadian author.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy paxil online <a href=\"https:\/\/insighttherapeutics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/paxil.html\">https:\/\/insighttherapeutics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/paxil.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Atwood&#8217;s tongue-in-cheek column, available through a Google cache search, jokes about Harper&#8217;s hair and criticizes Conservative attack ads for attempting to demean Justin Trudeau with the phrase, &#8220;Nice hair, Justin.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Atwood tweeted the National Post on Friday afternoon asking if she had been censored for what she called a &#8220;flighty little caper on hair,&#8221; drawing hundreds of retweets and responses.<\/p>\n<p>The column was posted shortly before 2 p.m., but was unavailable on the Post&#8217;s website barely an hour later.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy female cialis online <a href=\"https:\/\/insighttherapeutics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/female-cialis.html\">https:\/\/insighttherapeutics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/female-cialis.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The hashtag #hairgate began trending nationally on Twitter by evening as users questioned why the newspaper&#8217;s website would remove a humorous column related to the federal election campaigns, particularly one written by a prominent Canadian writer.<\/p>\n<p>The editor-in-chief of the National Post did not immediately return a request for comment Friday evening.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy rogaine online <a href=\"https:\/\/insighttherapeutics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/rogaine.html\">https:\/\/insighttherapeutics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/rogaine.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TORONTO &#8212; 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