Wednesday, May 30, 2007

CBC Caught in Lie Trying to Squirm out of Charges of Anti-Catholic Bigotry

Leftists believe that there is no such thing as truth so lies come naturally to them:

"The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation independently approved a recently-aired anti-Catholic comedy that offended Catholics by depicting the Communion host as snack food, according to a spokesperson for Canadian Television Fund.

CBC denied approving the controversial pilot show of The Altar Boy Gang that ran May 11, which mocked the Catholic sacraments of Holy Communion and Confession. A public outcry following the show's airing led CBC Television's executive vice-president Richard Stursberg to send a letter to the National Post defending the CBC, in response to an editorial in the paper condemning the anti-Catholic bias.

While saying the CBC agreed with the Post that The Altar Boy Gang was "unlikely to appeal to audiences," Stursberg claimed the broadcaster was forced to run the pilot episode of the show.....

CTF, however, said broadcasters were not required to air programs against their discretion. Communications director MaryBeth McKenzie said CBC would have been fully aware of what was in the program and would have approved the script prior to production, in an interview published on CanadianChristianity.ca.

"It's the broadcaster that determines what kind of program they want to support and air," she said in a telephone interview from Toronto. Broadcasters abide by the Canadian Association of Broadcasters' Code of Ethics, which prohibits "abusive or unduly discriminatory material or comment", she said.

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