Thursday, August 18, 2011

Can You Help Me With My Complaint Against Sun News Network and Michael Coren?

I am reproducing the correspondence I just received from the CRTC regarding my complaint against Sun Tv regarding Michael Coren's recent racist comments. As you will see from the note, for the complaint to proceed, I need the specific details about the program in question, i.e., the time and date of the offending broadcast. Thanks for any assistance you can provide me with.


This is in response to your correspondence of August 13, 2011 regarding Sun TV.

We do appreciate what you are telling us; however, as noted in our attached fact sheet on the complaints process http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/INFO_SHT/G8.htm , the Commission does not conduct general programming reviews. In order to investigate complaints, we require the identification of a broadcaster and particular broadcasts, i.e. time and date. We also ask that complaints reach us within four weeks of the date of broadcast because licensees are required by regulation to keep tapes of the material they air for that time.

Should you wish to write back with details of broadcasts that typify your concern, we will be pleased to follow up on your behalf. In the meantime, I hope this is helpful.

However, having said this, I have taken the liberty of forwarding your correspondence to the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council (CBSC) which administers codes of industry standards and mediates complaints from the public involving their member stations. Should you wish to contact the CBSC directly, you may do so by writing to P.O. Box 3265, Station D, Ottawa, Ontario K1P 6H8, or at info@cbsc.ca. You can also reach them at 613-233-4607 or toll free at 1-866-696-4718.



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4 comments:

  1. Going through the CBSC is the best way to go. They are set up to investigate this kind of thing. I had good luck with them in the past. You should go over their codes to what you think has been violated and you can fill out their online form.

    You really do need to know the date and time when this was broadcast. Between checking the schedule of the program and the time line of the riots you should be able to figure it out.

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  2. Thanks for the suggestion. The reason I didn't submit the complaint to the CBSC is that I was under the impression Sun News TV had recently withdrawn its membership in that organization.

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  3. I don't think so. The Sun newspapers did withdrawal from the Ontario Press Council. I wouldn't be surprised if they do eventually.

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  4. Thanks. I think you're right. I just checked the CBSC website and Sun News TV is still listed as a member.

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