CBSC says CTV Vancouver and CP24 news broadcasts breached CAB codes

OTTAWA — The Canadian Broadcast Standards Council (CBSC) today released two decisions relating to separate news broadcasts by CTV Vancouver and CP24 in March 2021 that the CBSC says breached the Canadian Association of Broadcasters’ (CAB) Violence Code and Code of Ethics, respectively. The CP24 news broadcast also breached the Radio Television Digital News Association of Canada’s (RTDNA) Code of Journalistic Ethics, according to the CBSC. In the decision against CTV Vancouver, the CBSC says it received a complaint regarding a news report about a stabbing incident in North Vancouver that the broadcaster aired during its CTV News at Six...