Care less, or just careless?



I was looking at some of the online coverage of the Gomery report. There was a piece written by a guy named Jack Aubrey, regarding Jean Chretien's former Chief of Staff, Jean Pelletier. The piece was published in both the Ottawa Citizen and the National Post, both of which are owned by the Asper family's CanWest corporation.

Here's one exerpt from the Citizen (my emphasis added):


"Mr. Pelletier was visibly angry during one interview, saying he had no idea if Prime Minister Paul Martin, who was exonerated by Judge Gomery, knew about the sponsorship program, adding in exasperation that he 'COULDN'T CARE LESS.'"


Here's the same passage, but this time taken from the National Post:


"Mr. Pelletier, who was visibly angry during one interview, said he had no idea if Prime Minister Paul Martin, who was exonerated by Judge Gomery, knew about the sponsorship program, adding he COULD 'CARE LESS.'"



Hmmm. I'm wondering which it is; could M. Pelletier care less, or could he not care less?

Perhaps the Post has hired Jacques Demers as a copy editor.