Mayor Ford has made a statement to reporters in which he says he does not use crack cocaine nor is he addicted to crack cocaine. He did not say that the cocaine accusation made by two reporters from the Toronto Star is a calculated lie nor that the two journalists were duped by a video which is a fraud. Instead, Mr. Ford said he cannot comment on a video which he has not seen or which does not exist. This statement is widely seen this afternoon as inadequate. Reasonably, the mayor knows whether he is the one seen with two individuals shown flanking a person who bears an identical appearance to Mr Ford in a photograph from the alleged video. He has not denied that he is the person in the picture. He is readily able to so this if he is not the person shown. He also knows from his own conviction whether the video, as described, is a fraud.
