The Battle Between Rob Ford and The Star’s Daniel Dale
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Mayor Rob Ford and award-winning Toronto Star journalist Daniel Dale almost came to blows Wednesday night, literally. Dale, who was working on a story about the parcel of public property adjacent to Ford’s home at around 7:30 p.m., was chased and confronted by Ford, who suspected he was on his property, and spying on him.
Ford has since said he would pursue police action against Dale, in a televised interview to reporters a few hours later, at 10 p.m. The mayor had been bidding to buy the public property available for sale.
Read More: Ford addresses reporters about the incident (video)
But the story gets even stranger. Ford claims Dale was in fact on his property, using cinderblocks to take photographs of the mayor’s private residence. According to Dale, the mayor came at him with his fist cocked, yelling at him to drop both his BlackBerry and his tape recorder, which he obliged. Dale’s account also reveals that he had sent an e-mail to his editor with details about the vacant plot of land, when his phone died, and he was soon chased off the premises by Ford himself.
In his account, published by The Star, Dale says he never expected Ford to chase him. Prior to this incident, the mayor and The Star had an unpleasant history, so to speak, and Ford refuses to give any formal interviews to the publication.
The story, which reached its peak on Twitter last night at around 11:30 p.m., produced a number of gems, including this one:
Fascinating.
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Joanna Adams writes for Toronto Standard. Follow her on Twitter at†@nowstarringTO.
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