CBSC raps SRC over controversial 'Bye Bye' show

OTTAWA – The Canadian Broadcast Standards Council (CBSC) has found that parts of Radio-Canada’s controversial New Year’s Eve special ‘Bye Bye 2008’ violated the public broadcaster’s codes, regulations and conditions of license. Radio-Canada and the CRTC received a flood of complaints from viewers about the satirical variety show, so much so that the CRTC, who usually handles complaints regarding the public broadcaster, asked the CBSC to examine the broadcast due to its “considerable experience with complaints about broadcast content” and “its well-recognized panel process” before making its own decision on the complaints The CBSC’s Quebec regional panel examined the 210 complaints...