Premier Doug Ford says mainstream journalists have become irrelevant because social media allows him to speak directly to Ontarians.
The premier has told a conference of conservative thinkers, strategists and politicians Saturday that journalists are losing the battle to inform people about the news.
Speaking at the annual Manning Networking Conference in Ottawa, Ford accused journalists of being ``far-left'' and intent on distorting the messages of politicians.
"I get along with them one-on-one, I really do," Ford told the crowd.
"I like them but it's like the cheese slipped off the cracker with these guys and they just went far-left."
But Ford says the spin put on political messages by the mainstream media no longer matters.