CTV violated broadcast code with Dion interview, says CSBC

OTTAWA – CTV’s broadcast of three false starts of an interview between anchor Steve Murphy and Liberal leader Stéphane Dion violated provisions of the Radio Television News Directors of Canada (RTNDA) Code of (Journalistic) Ethics and the Canadian Association of Broadcasters’ (CAB) Code of Ethics, the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council (CBSC) ruled Wednesday. The interview took place during the October 2008 federal election campaign, and each restart was requested by Dion and granted by Murphy, CJCH-TV (CTV Atlantic)’s news anchor. Murphy’s first question to Dion was: “If you were prime minister now, what would you have done about the economy and...