CBC president shines light on hostility against journalists on World Press Freedom Day

By Amanda OYE

TORONTO – CBC/Radio-Canada is on a mission to make things safer for journalists at a time when attacks on them are becoming increasingly troublesome. “We no longer have the luxury of believing that attacks on journalists don’t happen in a country like ours,” CBC/Radio-Canada president and CEO Catherine Tait (above, right) said yesterday afternoon during a speech at the Canadian Club Toronto for World Press Freedom Day. “I’m concerned by three trends in particular: how social media is being used to abuse and intimidate journalists; how state actors and extremists are weaponizing these platforms to silence journalists; and how some are...