more evidence that current media ownership (in general) has very little clue about what reporting, editorial writing, and journalism in general is all about: Reporters Back Boss Fired for Attacking PM. Russell Mills, the longtime publisher of the Ottawa Citizen, has been sacked, seemingly just the latest in a string of such firings by the Aspers. People are accusing Chretien of encouraging it too, and although I know the PM is a cutthroat actor in Canadian politics, I really doubt this has anything to do with him.