Posted on 09/08/2006 4:52:23 PM PDT by fanfan
OTTAWA (Reuters) - One of Canada's top television reporters has been suspended from her job for praising the country's increasingly troubled military mission in Afghanistan, the company said on Friday.
Christine St-Pierre, a veteran Ottawa correspondent for French-language public broadcaster Radio-Canada, wrote an open letter to Canada's 2,300 troops telling them to ignore mounting criticism of the mission.
Five Canadian soldiers were killed last weekend, prompting ever louder calls for Ottawa to review the mission. One opposition party wants the troops to come back next February, two years ahead of schedule.
"We owe you all our respect and our unfailing support ... dear soldiers, your tears are not in vain, your tears are brave," St-Pierre wrote in the letter, which Montreal's La Presse newspaper published on Thursday.
Radio-Canada suspended her for breaching internal regulations that stipulate employees are not allowed to express their opinions on controversial issues.
"Ms. St-Pierre infringed a number of Radio-Canada's journalistic rules ... she has been relieved of her functions for an indeterminate period," said spokesman Marc Pichette, adding that the broadcaster was investigating what had happened.
St-Pierre told La Presse she knew she had gone too far and said she could no longer be objective when it came to reporting on events in Afghanistan.
"I don't think I'll be covering this story again," she said.
Controversial?
Please send me a FReepmail to get on or off this Canada ping list.
Lara Logan of CBS News should be shown the door for praising the Taliban's "successes" in recent months.
And the media like to tell us that they aren't biased...
Wish we had that regulation on this side of the border. /sarc
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It's only controversial if the "opinion" is coming from the "right".
The left leaning news media have been writing opinion as news since forever.
She will not win any media journalism awards expressing opinons like she did. Unless of course she takes the opposite tack, curses the military. threatens to murder government officials, and praises cowards, cheats and ne'er do=wells-of the head in the sand party praising the mullahs and camel breath jihadiis. Now we have a winner!
The CBC, aka the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, aka the Mother Corp., is funded by us Canadian taxpayers to the tune of $1 Billion per year.
I was going to say split between 32 Million of us, but then I had to slap myself.
How many of us pay taxes, and therefore pay for this dangerous dinosaurs upkeep?
Grrr.
Sounds like Ms. St Pierre had some eye opening experiences and decided she was on the wrong side. She may not have work, but she'll sure sleep better at night.
Tell me about it... we have RTE!
LOL!
She should quit, and start a site to replace Neale News!
That does seem to be happening more often lately.
If they think about it....., hmmm, we just need to get them thinking about it.
Good idea, Greenpees. :-)
I gather that proper procedure as described in the CBC reporter's manual (like the BBC one) calls for weaving your opinions into the "facts" of a story, omitting critical details and making up others—so as to mimic objectivity while telling bald-faced lies for the cause of socialism and cynicism.
Do you think she'd like a job in the U.S.?
If that was on your resume, you'd be hired in a minute.
Do you think she'd like a job in the U.S.?
Probably, but keep in mind that she was employed by the CBC. She could be a plant.
Possibly a Begonia.
"...Radio-Canada reporter Christine St. Pierre stood to ask a question on behalf of the Canadian press corps and instead said "Happy Birthday, Mr. President.""
And now supporting Canadian soldiers!!!!!!!
Rules violation here on this reporter?
Can we export some more to them?
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