7.6 complaints per day: CBSC annual report

OTTAWA - While complaints from Canadian TV viewers or radio listeners continued to flow in at a rate of about 2,000 yearly (7.6 per business day), there were 125 decisions in the broadcast year 2005-05, says the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council annual report, released today. That’s an increase of 22.4% over the 102 decisions from a year prior. The Annual Report also provides statistical information about the complaints, an analysis of matters dealt with in the summary decisions, summaries of the formal Panel decisions, as well as details of the CBSC’s activities in the ethnocultural area.In 2004-05, the split between...