Adbusters wins right to sue CBC, Global

VANCOUVER - Adbusters Media Foundation, the publisher of Adbusters magazine, has won its appeal in its case against the CBC and the Global Television Network. Adbusters sued the two media companies after they allegedly refused to sell airtime to Adbusters for its “socially minded public service spots”, with “little to no explanation as to why these citizen-produced messages are being censored”, its press release said. According to Adbusters, it brought its case against the CBC and Global because it believes “that the Canadian Charter grants every Canadian the right to access the public airwaves; to walk into their local TV stations...