Posted on 04/03/2003 12:23:42 AM PST by billclintonwillrotinhell
On March 22nd, Don Cherry of CBC's Hockey Night in Canada stood up for America and criticized the Canadian government for its anti-war, anti-American stance.
Now the CBC website has yanked the March 22nd Real Video link from its Don Cherry Coach's Corner homepage. I had viewed the entire 7-minute clip just the other night, but now it's the ONLY video clip that is missing from the entire hockey season's archives! This comes after Cherry delivered more harsh criticism of the Canadian government and anti-war "kooks" in a recent U.S. radio interview. The freshly-censored CBC web page is: http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/hnic/coach.html
The CBC has also released a statement to Canadian media, saying that it regrets Cherry's statements from the March 22nd segment in which the hockey commentator was wearing a star-spangled tie.
If you're as outraged as me that the CBC is now censoring one of its country's best spokesmen, you can file a complaint (as I already did) on their contact page at:
http://www.cbc.ca/aboutcbc/contact/index.html
It's bad enough that they have to burn our flag and boo our anthem, but now those pathetic Hosers are trying to muzzle Don Cherry!
"Our media up here is totally left wing," (Cherry) said. "It's socialist, left wing, pinko, commies. I got ripped to shreds in the left-wing media. That's the chance you take. I don't regret it and If I had to I'd do it over again.
"The true Canadians do not feel the way they do in Quebec there," he added. "Believe me, the majority of the people in Canada love the United States. We know you'd be there to help us and don't think too bad of us.
"It's just a damn shame (Canadiens fans) had to boo the Star Spangled Banner in Quebec," Cherry said on the radio program. "You have to realize it's Quebec and it's French Canadians."
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