Complete and accurate information a must in public affairs programming, says CBSC

OTTAWA – The Canadian Broadcast Standards Council (CBSC) today released two decisions — one involving a segment of CTV investigative journalism program W5 and another involving The Vassy Kapelos Show on Bell Media radio station CFRA in Ottawa — which found in both cases the broadcaster “had not provided a full, fair and accurate presentation of facts, and had not corrected the errors," contrary to the Canadian Association of Broadcasters’ (CAB) Code of Ethics and the Radio Television Digital News Association of Canada’s (RTDNA) Code of Journalistic Ethics, according to a CBSC press release. The W5 segment titled “Dog Fight," which looked at pet custody disputes, aired on March 11,...