Radio / Television News

CTV News chastised for its “Terror in Toronto” newscast

OTTAWA - The Canadian Broadcast Standards Council says the CTV News broadcast on CFTO-TV on the day 17 people were arrested in Ontario on terrorism-related charges violated the industry’s own Code of Ethics. In a decision released Monday, the Council’s Ontario Panel said CFTO (CTV Toronto) breached Article 4 of the Code on privacy, and it has ordered the station to issue an on-air statement to acknowledge its mistake. “In the view of the Panel, there was an unsupportable invasion of privacy of the accused individuals, not to mention their families or others living at the same addresses,” the Panel...