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CBC News apologizes for column attacking Palin
National Post (Canada) ^ | Sunday, September 28, 2008 | Melissa Leong

Posted on 09/28/2008 7:50:22 PM PDT by Vision Thing

CBC News apologized Sunday for publishing a column about Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin, conceding that it was "viciously personal."

More than 300 people complained to the CBC ombudsman about a column that ran on Sept. 5 on CBCNews.ca by award-winning freelance writer Heather Mallick.

The article, "A mighty wind blows through Republican convention," reportedly said Ms. Palin was chosen to appease the party's "rural," "unlettered" "white trash" base and said that the vice-presidential nominee looked like a "porn actress."

CBC News publisher John Cruickshank said in a letter that the public broadcaster erred in judgment.

(Excerpt) Read more at nationalpost.com ...


TOPICS: Canada; Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: mallick; media; palin; whitetrash
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1 posted on 09/28/2008 7:50:24 PM PDT by Vision Thing
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To: Vision Thing

Apology rejected.


2 posted on 09/28/2008 7:51:32 PM PDT by Wally_Kalbacken
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To: Vision Thing

once its out there, its out there.....


3 posted on 09/28/2008 7:51:41 PM PDT by cherry
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To: Vision Thing

They don’t mean it. Communists never mean it when they say sorry.


4 posted on 09/28/2008 7:51:49 PM PDT by TheWasteLand
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To: Vision Thing
CBC News apologizes for column attacking Palin

What a bunch of flaccid losers the CBC folks are.
I guess they've never heard that you shouldn't ever apologize
for doing something you enjoy!
5 posted on 09/28/2008 7:51:56 PM PDT by VOA
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To: Vision Thing

Kinda late now, the damage has been done.


6 posted on 09/28/2008 7:52:20 PM PDT by madison10 (Pray for the brave Republicans in Congress...)
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To: Wally_Kalbacken

Rally on Palin!

At the very least, she had nothing to do with the 700 Billion that is about to be extracted from our wallets.


7 posted on 09/28/2008 7:53:00 PM PDT by padre35 (Sarah Palin is the one we've been waiting for..Rom 10.10..)
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To: Vision Thing

IOW, the jury should disregard that statement.


8 posted on 09/28/2008 7:53:57 PM PDT by DCPatriot ("It aint what you don't know that kills you. It's what you know that aint so" Theodore Sturgeon))
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To: TheWasteLand

Damn straight they don’t mean it. As an ex-Canuck who lived through 2 nimrod anti-US PM’s in Cretien and Martin, they’re more anti-American than CNN and MSNBC combined, believe me.


9 posted on 09/28/2008 7:53:57 PM PDT by max americana
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To: madison10

fire the person, otherwise, apology is meaningless


10 posted on 09/28/2008 7:54:04 PM PDT by 4rcane
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To: Vision Thing

WaPo Editor (David) Broder Says ‘No Such Thing’ As Media Bias

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2091011/posts


11 posted on 09/28/2008 7:54:04 PM PDT by hiho hiho
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To: cherry

You can’t un-ring a bell.


12 posted on 09/28/2008 7:54:35 PM PDT by South40
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To: Vision Thing
1) Took yah long enough!

2) I'm sorry, I don't care for that sorry...

13 posted on 09/28/2008 7:55:20 PM PDT by NordP (PALIN POWER: She's Reagan in heels, Teddy Roosevelt in a dress & like Rummy at a press conference!)
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Don’t worry about it CBC. The damage has already been done.


14 posted on 09/28/2008 7:57:49 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Hey America! Here's your "crap" sandwich! Eat up!)
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To: Vision Thing

As an apology, the CBC needs to run a special on all the lies, including their refutations that the LW have concocted about Sarah Palin, and describe the sources as accurately as possible, as well as the media outlets that have disseminated the lies in the first place.


15 posted on 09/28/2008 7:59:58 PM PDT by Post Toasties (It's not a smear if it's true.)
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To: Vision Thing

Isn’t that special.


16 posted on 09/28/2008 8:01:27 PM PDT by keats5 ("I hope for his sake, Joe Biden got that VP thing in writing."- Rudy)
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To: VOA

The CBC folks are going to have to do something to show that the old whore who works for them is serious ~ like convince her to commit sepukku ~ and I’m sure they know how to arrange that.


17 posted on 09/28/2008 8:01:46 PM PDT by muawiyah
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To: Vision Thing

“rural, unlettered, white-trash base.”

it must be that all the people who work at cbs are vermin.

IMHO


18 posted on 09/28/2008 8:03:44 PM PDT by ripley
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To: Vision Thing; All
I have a good friend from Canada who moved to the U.S. because he is a high achiever and likes the environment here better than the Canadian Nanny state. He tells me the media in Canada, particularly the CBC is scum. In his opinion the Canadian media is even worse than the MSM in U.S. He will be getting his U.S. citizenship soon but not in time for 2008 election. He is the type of immigrant we need more of.
19 posted on 09/28/2008 8:04:27 PM PDT by truthguy (Good intentions are not enough!)
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To: Vision Thing

Worthless without firing the individual in question and parading her before one of the Canadian Human Rights Tribunals.


20 posted on 09/28/2008 8:06:51 PM PDT by Harry Wurzbach (Rep. Thaddeus McCotter is my hero.)
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