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    Things that drive journalists (or maybe just me) crazy: First of an occasional series

    Yes, this probably does indicate that I have too much time on my hands today, which is why I’m headed out with my trusty BerryCam to snap some pics of the pre-Canada Day preparations on the Hill.

    Anyway, if there’s one thing that sends me into a frenzy of rereading, it’s when someone sends out a revised version of a press release without including a note to say what has been changed from the original. That’s what PMO did this morning with Stephen Harper’s Canada Day statement, which led to me wasting more minutes that I’m willing to admit trying to figure out the reason for the revision.

    Here is the first version, which went out via PMO listserv at 9:57 am: