24 March 2007

"Call me Mr. Black" or the curious case of the missing title

In a courtroom in Chicago the legal team defending Baron Black of Crossharbour (aka Lord Black aka Conrad Black) have taken to referring him as plain old Mr. Black in an attempt, undoubtedly futile, to convince the blue collar jury that he is just an ordinary Joe.

I pity the poor journalist who might believe that these rules apply outside of the courtroom and dares address the great man as "Mr. Black" or even "Conrad". The best he or she can hope for is a repeat of the hissy fit that Lady Black recently had in a confrontation with the media.

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