Editorializing must be clearly labelled, says CBSC

OTTAWA — The insertion of an editorial opinion during a CFRB Toronto news report about streaming services, without the comment being identified as opinion or kept distinct from the regular newscast, breached the Canadian Association of Broadcasters’ (CAB) Code of Ethics and the Radio Television Digital News Association of Canada’s (RTDNA) Code of Journalistic Ethics, the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council (CBSC) announced today. The CFRB news report on December 17, 2019 was about the federal government exploring the possibility of imposing a tax on OTT streaming services such as Netflix and Disney+. The newsreader, David McKee, introduced the news item...