Posted on 09/09/2006 11:46:25 AM PDT by Murtyo
One of Canada's top television reporters has been suspended from her job for praising the country's increasingly troubled military mission in Afghanistan.
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. Advertisement
The letter was published in Montreal's La Presse newspaper on Thursday.
Radio-Canada suspended her for breaching internal regulations that stipulate employees are not allowed to express their opinions on controversial issues.
Radio-Canada spokesperson, Marc Pichette, said Ms St-Pierre had infringed a number of Radio-Canada's journalistic rules.
Ms St-Pierre said she knew she had gone too far and said admitted she could no longer be objective when it came to reporting on events in Afghanistan.
here's a piece on her network's web site about her (in French) http://www.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/dnc/c_st-pierre/c_st-pierre.html
The Canadians are currently kicking the Taliban's butt in a major battle in Afghanistan. The "troubled" Canadian deployment there seems to be pretty effective except for the propagandists at home.
I am not familiar with this. Did they come right out and say she was suspended for her views? Or did they give some other BS reason?
I appears from the story it was for her views.
appears they're anti-Canadian too!
I should read more carefully next time.
I look back to the early 50's in Plattsburgh,NY. Most summers my grandfather had to throw out the French Canucks free loading on his Lake Champlain property before we could use the various camps he owned.
Dang Canucks
Dang Frenchies
Merci madame St. Pierre, vouse etes une Canadienne magnifique!
GBTTNSAF!
Yeppurs. Only approved liberal opinions are allowed to be woven into newscasts.
The Canadians launched a big offensive against the Taliban last week. The media did nothing but crow about the four Canadian soldiers who gave their lives in this mission. There was barely a mention about how they smoked 200 Taliban "warriors" in the engagement.
Radio Canada does not want the expresisonof opinion which it calls "News" and "Reporting" to be compromised by anyone else's expression of opinion. It might get in the way of their tolerance and diversity.
Ain't it amazing that "objectivity" now includes a rigidly enforced neutrality toward the achievements of one's own military?
They won't even root for their own side and they demand we not question their patriotism...
They are not all bad. Quebec has always had separatists as well as very liberal socialistic values.
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