Disgraceful shit from CTV.
Reposted from
PressProgress
NEW: CTV cancelled a fact-checking segment in response to political pressure from Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives
An audio recording obtained by PressProgress shows CTV cancelled an ‘election misinformation’ segment with journalist Rachel Gilmore after online backlash from conservatives
An audio recording obtained by PressProgress shows CTV cancelled an ‘election misinformation’ segment with journalist Rachel Gilmore after online backlash from conservatives
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Bell media and ctv!
Congrats!
@cbcnews.ca
Seriously???
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Bell Media Sucks 💩
Conservative troops running scared abd CTV should be embarrassed and shunned.
(And ps-will get back to you)
https://www.thesilo.ca/8-canadian-companies-quietly-owned-by-foreign-investors/
After all, no one would pressure them to cancel it if they didn't have anything to hide... right?
Bhell doesn't care about people or facts all they care about is profit & helping backers. They have proved it time & time again. In fact many times right after Let's Talk (mental health) day by firing many staff across the board at CTV, TSN & small town news staff
'“It’s a reflection that newsrooms don’t feel confident standing up for what they believe in,” ...
A shameful moment in Canadian News - but one suspects that this is just the tip-off the iceberg when it comes to this type of cowardice.
Like that time when Mercedes Stephenson was asking questions at the 2021 debate, while her husband and her were recently separated but he was running O'Toole's campaign!