Posted on 09/09/2008 1:32:42 PM PDT by Clive
Canadians have a friend in CBC columnist Heather Mallick — even if they don’t know it: Her latest column for the Ceeb’s web site is so appalling that it might finally convince whoever is elected on October 14 to clean house at 25 John Street.
A subtle, pervasive left-wing tilt in news coverage is one thing — CBC viewers and listeners are used to that. But over-the-top anti-American hate speech, coming on top of Neil Macdonald’s disgraceful spouting of debunked Sarah Palin conspiracy theories on The National last week, is another. The only advantages the taxpayer-funded CBC has in today’s crowded media market are professionalism and staid credibility. Yet Macdonald and Mallick are turning the broadcaster into just another left-wing blog. Why, exactly, should Canadians be paying $1-billion for agitprop they can get from DailyKos.com or Rabble.ca?
Mallick’s column — “A mighty wind blows through Republican convention” — advances two theses: (1) That John McCain’s selection of 44-year-old Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as his VP nominee was a crass gesture meant to appease the party’s “rural,” “unlettered” “white trash” base; and (2) that Palin herself is a tacky, badly dressed redneck who looks like a “porn actress.”
Then comes the coup de grace — Mallick’s assault on Palin’s family: “[17-year-old] Bristol has what is known in Britain as the look of the teen mum, the ‘pramface.’ Husband Todd looks like a roughneck; Track, heading off to Iraq, appears terrified. They claim to be family-obsessed while being studiously terrible at parenting. What normal father would want Levi ‘I’m a f--kin’ redneck’ Johnson prodding his daughter?”
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“Long live FReedom!
Long live Conservatism!!!”
BIG DITTO.
My deepest sympathy to you and your fellow Canadians (and everybody else up there) who had to pay for that column.
All the Parties up here talk about the need for more funding for health care and education, but God forbid if you suggest removing the subsidy for that sacred cow, the CBC.
RC Rublik
Posted at Bourque.com
CBC OMBUDSMAN BLASTS SCRIBBLER MALLICK OVER PALIN PIECE
http://www.cbc.ca/ombudsman/page/MALLICK-PALIN.pdf
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