CRTC backs CBC over viewer complaint about Osama bin Laden coverage

OTTAWA – The CRTC has sided with the CBC and dismissed a complaint from a viewer over a headline broadcast on The National hosted by Peter Mansbridge. A viewer complained about a headline that aired on the May 5th episode of the show which introduced a report about the death of Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. The headline stated that bin Laden had “killed 3,000 people” during the September 11, 2001 attacks (the 9/11 attacks). The CBC followed its standard complaint process in responding to the complaint. On June 6, Mark Harrison, executive producer for The National, responded that exhaustive...