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Blundell’s religious giggles offensive, but on-side, says CBSC

OTTAWA – Dean Blundell’s CFNY-FM’s (102.1 The Edge, Toronto) morning show managed to bother yet another listener, who pushed their complaint all the way to the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council. The hosts of the show made jokes about Easter and Jesus Christ’s last day alive and while CBSC observed “many listeners would have found the remarks to be in extremely poor taste,” they did not violate the Canadian Association of Broadcasters’ (CAB) Equitable Portrayal Code. In the week before this past Easter, Blundell and others made jokes about Jesus’ choice to spend his last day with his 12 male disciples....