Publicly funded Canadian broadcaster declares Jerusalem to be in 'Palestine'
This is your Canadian tax dollars at work.Canada's publicly funded French radio broadcaster did a game show on Friday that included a question which required the contestants to place the city of Jerusalem in 'Palestine.'
This past Friday August 12, Radio-Canada, the French-language network of CBC News, broadcast a game show featuring a question which shockingly presumed Jerusalem to be a city in "Palestine".Let's go to the videotape (in French).
On a game show called "Connivence", Radio-Canada host Sébastien Benoit asked the following question to his contestants:Radio-Canada Host Benoit: "Which city in Palestine is known to be a place of pilgrimage for the Christians, Jews and Muslims?"
(Answer given by a contestant without hesitation): "Jerusalem!"
Radio-Canada Host Benoit: "It is indeed Jerusalem!" (Audience applause)
Remarkably, in one fell swoop, Radio-Canada has done something that Palestinians themselves have been unable to achieve in decades worth of trying. Our public broadcaster declared a state of "Palestine" with an undivided Jerusalem as its capital, except that in Radio-Canada's version, the exclusive sovereign to this land was the Palestinian Authority, not Israel.I don't know enough about the show or the broadcaster to discuss whether this was done maliciously or stupidly. Hopefully people who do know will show up in the comments.
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Radio-Canada, its programs, and journalists have a duty to uphold journalistic integrity which proscribes media coverage which is biased, misleading and partisan. By declaring all of Jerusalem to be a city of "Palestine", Radio-Canada has committed a serious journalistic transgression for which it must apologize. Please file a complaint with Radio-Canada's Ombudsman by sending emails to: ombudsman@radio-canada.ca. Please refer to the August 12 broadcast of the Radio-Canada game show "Connivence".
Labels: Jerusalem is the capital of Israel, Radio Canada, there's no such thing as 'Palestine'
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 4:50 AM
2 Comments:
This is probably due to malice breeding ignorance. Some of the best bloggers are on the case though and as it is the CBC is being sued by the JDL because it called it a terrorist organization. The newly established Sun TV network is doing a fine job exposing the CBC's bias.
The tide seems to be turning - let's hope and help.
Fortunately we have Honestreporting, which alerts us by email when anti-Semitic content reaches the mass media, so we can send a letter. It seems its pretty effective too, as I've heard some people here grumbling about all the pro-Israel letter writers. Usually the media outlet is forced to make an apology, and I would not be surprised if there is an on-air apology made here too.
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