The Alberta.ca site showed Samuel Blackett submitted expenses on May 10, a date on which the Premier was watching a hockey game in Vancouver
The interpretation that the expenses were connected to the hockey game seems to have been a fair one. While other Tweets allege that the data was incorrect and is to be updated, the data has yet to be adjusted, and (as retrieved July 20th in the image below), would easily lead to the conclusion described. Sam Blackett’s Twitter account currently makes no mention of any pending corrections to this data.
Is posting this data with such an interpretation “outrageous” or “defamatory”? Does it merit a threat of legal action? This behaviour is apparently new. A request worded more like “The information you are using is incorrect and will shortly be updated now that your post has brought this to my attention – I’d appreciate you removing the posting in the meantime as the conclusions drawn are wholly incorrect” seems like it should be within the skillset of a press secretary to a provincial premier.
Alberta Premier's staff threatened me with "legal action" for a tweet about expenses on May 10, when she was in Van for hockey. The information was factual & I was careful with words, just don't want to deal with lawyers. Deleted the tweet due to threat from GoA. #ableg pic.twitter.com/8zZUgW5LFg
— Tony Clark (@Tony__Clark) July 20, 2024
Sam responded. Confirmed it’s a mistake. It is a claim from April and it will be corrected
— Charles Rusnell (@charlesrusnell) July 20, 2024
