CBC apologizes for Mallick piece
Sun, 2008-09-28 15:09
#1
CBC apologizes for Mallick piece
Sun, 2008-09-28 15:09
#2
Since the previous thread was closed for length, I thought I would add [url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/viewpoint/vp_cruickshank/20080928.html]this[/url] into a new thread.
It is by John Cruickshank, publisher of CBC News and called "We erred in our judgment":
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But he objects that many of her most savage assertions lack a basis in fact. And he is certainly correct.Mallick's column is a classic piece of political invective. It is viciously personal, grossly hyperbolic and intensely partisan.
And because it is all those things, this column should not have appeared on the CBCNews.ca site.
We failed you in this case. And as a result we have put new editing procedures in place to insure that in the future, work that is not appropriate for our platforms, will not appear. We are open to contentious reasoned argument but not to partisan attack. It's a fine line.
Ombudsman Carlin makes another significant observation in his response to complainants: when it does choose to print opinion, CBCNews.ca displays a very narrow range on its pages.
In this, Carlin is also correct.
This, too, is being immediately addressed. CBCNews.ca will soon expand the diversity of voices and opinions and be home to a diverse group of writers with many perspectives. In this, we will better reflect the depth and texture of this country.
Sun, 2008-09-28 15:15
#3
Is it really news that the CBC management are cowards?
Sun, 2008-09-28 15:33
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This, too, is being immediately addressed. CBCNews.ca will soon expand the diversity of voices and opinions and be home to a diverse group of writers with many perspectives. In this, we will better reflect the depth and texture of this country.
Finally, conservatives will have a voice in media.
Sun, 2008-09-28 15:34
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M. Spector
Sun, 2008-09-28 16:27
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Dumb. Spineless. Shitheads.
Sun, 2008-09-28 17:05
#7
scott
May I add "Fucktards" or is that too strong?
Sun, 2008-09-28 17:14
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Lard Tunderin Jeezus
[b]Nothing is too strong.[/b]
Sun, 2008-09-28 17:19
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Lard Tunderin Jeezus
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Originally posted by Lard Tunderin' Jeezus:
[b][b]Nothing is too strong.[/b][/b]
I've registered my disgust [url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/feedback/index.html?CBC%20News:%20Analysis%20&%20... I'd suggest that an equivalent 300 protests about this must occur to counter-balance the freeping the CBC received from the whining right.
[i]Edited to say I was [b]sure[/b] I'd hit the 'edit' button and not the 'quote'[/i]
[ 28 September 2008: Message edited by: Lard Tunderin' Jeezus ]
Sun, 2008-09-28 17:58
#10
In our protest mail (and op-eds) we could list the type of voices almost never heard on CBC bandwidth: the poor, First Nations, the Left, the disabled, prisoners, feminists... and point out that this is how CBC perspectives are already partisan under a very thin veneer of sneering 'objectivity'.
Sun, 2008-09-28 18:04
#11
This is not a rabble news feature. I'm moving this to the media forum.