Thursday, June 04, 2009
The Media - the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Apparently, Canadians have biased news coverage also...
Alex Bush writes at LifeSiteNews.com:
"Campaign Life Coalition (CLC), the Canadian pro-life organization that every year organizes the National March for Life, is accusing the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) of engaging in 'blatant media censorship.' According to the pro-life group, 'for a broadcaster who is funded by the taxpaying Canadian public' CBC's failure to give national coverage to this year's March for Life 'certainly constitutes unethical journalism and professional misconduct.'
A letter signed by CLC president Jim Hughes was sent to the CBC Ombudsman today, suggesting that CBC willfully "ignored" the 12,300 people who convened on Parliament Hill two weeks ago to protest the 40th anniversary of the legalization of abortion. This despite the fact that CLC provided CBC with information about the massive pro-life event well in advance, and the fact the station has reported on much smaller protests on the Hill in the past.
'How is it that CBC's national news desk has in the recent past given lengthy coverage to a paltry 200 individuals at a pro-marijuana rally on the Hill,' asks the letter, 'but fails to notice 12,000+ prolife citizens overflowing the grounds of Parliament Hill?'"
