By Warner Todd Huston ——Bio and Archives--September 29, 2008
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CBC News publisher John Cruickshank said in a letter that the public broadcaster erred in judgment. Vince Carlin, the CBC Ombudsman, did not fault Ms. Mallick for “the caustic nature of her tone or the polarizing nature of her opinion.” “But he objects that many of her most savage assertions lack a basis in fact,” Mr. Cruickshank wrote.Nice to know that the state run service isn’t against wild-eyed vitriol, isn’t it? Still, it’s good that they’ve realized how foolish this nut “journalist” was being. Suddenly, as a result of this incident, the CBC seems to have realized that they cater only to the most extreme leftists with their product. Of course, everyone else has known this for decades… but, hey, better late than never.
As a result of the complaints, new editing procedures have been put in place “to insure that in the future, work that is not appropriate for our platforms, will not appear,” Mr. Cruickshank wrote. In his assessment of the complaints, Mr. Carlin also noted that CBCNews.ca displays a “very narrow range” on its web pages and the broadcaster is addressing that by expanding the diversity of its writers and opinions, Mr. Cruickshank added.Yeah, a “narrow range.” CBCNews.ca has a range from bomb-throwing Stalinist, to pseudo intellectual Marxists… but, you now. It is a bit hard to believe that they will really change anything, but you know what they say: admitting your addiction is the first step to a cure. In any case, the CBC is announcing that change is in the wind. And I say, we’ll see.
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Warner Todd Huston’s thoughtful commentary, sometimes irreverent often historically based, is featured on many websites such as Breitbart.com, among many, many others. He has also written for several history magazines, has appeared on numerous TV and radio shows.
He is also the owner and operator of Publius’ Forum.