PTBC banner       ProudToBeCanadian

It's a question.

The latest from our COLUMNIST SECTION:

Click here to see more of our columns or use the drop-down menu atop this stack)



PTBC PUSH-BACK

Free-Market Capitalist Consumer Information:
These companies choose to advertise on the
socialism-reliant CBC:
(Links lead to mailing addresses)
• AIG (insur)
• Air Canada
• AOL Travel
• Bank of Montreal ("BMO")
• Best Western
• Canada Protection Plan
• Canada Revenue Agency (!)
• Canadian Tire Fin Serv
• Chip Home Income Plan
• CIBC
• Cold FX
• Desjardins (insurance)
• Directbuy, Inc
• Edward Jones
• General Motors
• Grand and Toy
• Grey Power (insurance)
• H&R Block
• Hilton Hotels
• iContact email marketing
• Infinity (cars)
• Koodoo mobile
• Lens Crafters
• Monster.ca
• National Post
• Neutrogena
• Nutrisystem
• Quicktax
• RBC (Royal bank)
• Rogers Cable
• ScotiaBank
• Shaw Cable
• Texas Travel
• The Co-operators (ins)
• Tim Hortons
• Travelodge
• Vonage
• WeightWatchers
• Westjet
• Working.com
• Zip.ca

Please read more here.


PTBC J-Log

A conservative OPINION blog --with bite. OPINION by Joel Johannesen.

Friday, July 11, 2008

PTBC reader launches complaint against CBC for hate speech against Catholics in its reader comments

Written by Joel Johannesen on Friday July 11 2008 at 11:44 AM

I’ve gotten feedback from a PTBC reader, Paul, who was deeply troubled by the state-owned CBC as a result of what I’ve exposed here with regard to what I’ve found at the state-owned CBC.ca web site, in its reader comments.  I’ve been documenting this for the past number of days, notably just today, which I presume inspired Paul to launch his action.  He went so far as to telephone me to explain what he has done about it. 

(See my recent blog entries within my specific PTBC CBC.ca Reader Comments category, using this link).

Paul told me he has initiated a complaint with the Canadian Human Rights Commission (well isn’t THAT an ironic twist!); and that he contacted the CBC by telephone to complain, and was roundly MOCKED by the taxpayer-paid employee at that state-owned organization, who, among other things, mocked his BREATHING. 

Paul told me he phoned me (as opposed to writing) simply because his typing sucks (and it does), but I asked him to type up a brief synopsis anyway, so I can add it to my documentation of how the CBC is working in the national interest and serving the general interests of Canadians and striving for national unity.  And serving the taxpaying public. 

This is the amazing result (I made typing corrections to make it more legible):

Hey,

My typing sucks.

You can write up my phone call.

I’m on the phone to the heritage ministry as I type. (Josee Verner…on “hold”)

The guy at the CBC “audience relations” who mocked and chastised me was Gus D’Orignal, so he said.  He told me that hate speech has to be proven in court.  He said that “just because [I] thought something on the CBC web site was hate doesn’t make it so.” (This is the “audience relations” contact….. pretty orwellian huh).  He would not put me through to the CBC lawyers, who I was intending to ask if they could advise me prior to complaining the the CHRC [Canadian Human Rights Commission]. 

He mocked my breathing, and my intelligence, yawned at me and said “you can’t bully me”.  He was very quick to remind me that my contribution from taxes to the CBC was $32 and that I got my $32 dollars worth.  He also asserted that his income taxes paid his salary, despite my assertion that it came out of my pocket in the first place. (I don’t get his logic.)... My government….. serving me…

I called his boss and left a brief message regarding the incident.  No response yet.

I’m following up with a letter to the Ombudsman at CBC, to Josee Verner the Minister of Heritage, The CHRC describing:

(1) the hate on the CBC web site,
(2) the unspeakable abuse I was dealt when I call to notify the CBC,
(3) the Gordian knotted Mobius Fence the bureaucracy erects in front of people who want to file a complaint against the vile CBC.

Incidentally I called the CHRC in Halifax and logged the complaint. They called me back and referred me to the [CBC] Ombudsman as a mitigating measure, but I told her what happened at “audience relations and she said “sounds like you did everything you could”...

In any event I’m pursuing the complaint.. on a number of levels.

I am Catholic and a citizen of this country.  It is wrong that a government office, the CBC, denigrates me.

Paul W

P.S. I asked for his supervisor’s name, he said he had none, but I called back and the switchboard put me through




UPDATE:

A newspaper columnist who writes in a major paper has written me expressing interest in writing a column about this CBC web site reader-comments fiasco.

Posted by Joel Johannesen on   Fri, July 11, 2008 at 11:44:38 AM
• If you think this site is of no value, then don't pay anything for it, and it will fade into the sunset. That's capitalism at work.
• Email this article to a Friend Spread the word! Email this to a friend | • Printer-Friendly | • Permalink
• Category: CBC + • Category: CBC.ca Reader Comments +
ASK Favicon Blogosphere News Favicon del.icio.us Favicon Digg Favicon Facebook Favicon Fark Favicon Google Favicon LinkedIn Favicon Live Favicon Netscape Favicon NewsVine Favicon Reddit Favicon Slashdot Favicon StumbleUpon Favicon Technorati Favicon TwitThis Favicon Upnews Favicon Wikio Favicon YahooMyWeb Favicon

COMMENTS

Comments do not necessarily reflect or in any way represent the opinion of the main blog entry writer or owner of this site, and claims to the contrary are spurious. Distasteful, abusive, hateful, or annoying remarks will likely be deleted; but since this is a relatively open forum, bad comments may accidentally remain on this site. The fact that a comment remains does not indicate an endorsement of the views.
  1. DonnaH's avatar DonnaH says:

    I’ve gone to get my popcorn!

    Posted by DonnaH  from  God's Country; Pr. George  on  Fri, July 11, 2008 at 12:54:28 PM
  2. .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) says:

    Ihave tried to post on cbc site pointing out the one sidedness of there reporting never gets posted i would support in every way taking these vile creatures on and exposing them for what they really are

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)  from  baden ont  on  Fri, July 11, 2008 at 1:12:23 PM
  3. Jana says:

    animated ha ha  Could this be the beginning of CBC-gate?

    Posted by Jana  from   on  Fri, July 11, 2008 at 2:58:16 PM
  4. bluetech says:

    I’m guessing Coren or Goldstein..

    Posted by bluetech  from   on  Fri, July 11, 2008 at 4:54:41 PM
  5. daverbonz's avatar daverbonz says:

    Expecting a balanced posting level from the CBC is like asking Dion to make sense.  Will never happen.  That organization needs to be nuked…sooner rather than later.  As much as I despise these Kangaroo courts, aka HRC, perhaps it’s time we turned the tables.  I’m dubious about the progress though.

    Posted by daverbonz  from  Ottawa, Ontario...Nepean/Carleton  on  Sat, July 12, 2008 at 3:27:23 PM
  6. .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) says:

    The CBC is incorrigible at any level.  It is permeated with PC left wing morally smug yet ignorant entitlement even in its most humble post - really, “audience relations”?.

    This white elephant should be privatized so its much vaunted supporters can pay for their beloved crap.  This is not happening because a) there’s no way CBC would be raising a billion this way and b) it gives them an extra frisson of pleasure to insult conservatives on their dime or 320 dimes as it turns out.

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)  from  Toront  on  Sun, July 20, 2008 at 11:24:02 PM
    7. Page 1 of 1 comment pages
Commenting is not available in this weblog entry.