COMMENTARY: Media violence? Canada's private broadcasters are on this case

MEDIA VIOLENCE IS AGAIN in the news. A week ago, Professor Peter Jaffe and his coalition gave a press conference on the subject of media violence. It seemed to be for the benefit of the uninitiated. Did the group of teachers and parents even realize that much of what they sought was, in the case of television, already in place? Or did they have an ulterior objective in ignoring the huge efforts already made by Canada’s private broadcasters?And last week, M. Bernard Bigras’ Private Member’s Bill C-327 (An Act to amend the Broadcasting Act ) is scheduled for debate in...