A quick object lesson in the perils of media manipulation from today's papers.

Yesterday, Canada's largest and most closely-watched public company, Bell Canada Enterprises, held their Annual General Meeting in downtown Toronto.

The Toronto Star ran a surprisingly brief piece, buried on an inside left-hand page. The accompanying photo shows BCE's chief exec on a TV monitor outside the room where the meeting was taking place. The caption notes: "The Star's Rick Eglinton said photographers were forbidden to take pictures at the meeting."

The Globe and Mail's choice of photo is even more pointed. Denied access to the meeting room, the Globe's photo editor chose to run a shot of the protesting union workers picketing the meeting outside.