F-bombing local firefighters is a no-no, says CBSC

OTTAWA – Even if you don’t like a firefighters’ strike or their alleged tactics, you’re not allowed to tell them “F**k you” on the air, the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council said today. During an early afternoon interview with the assistant general director of the Montreal Fire Safety Department, CHMP 98.5 host Gilles Proulx repeatedly used the English epithet “F**k you”, a comment that he directed at the firefighters of Montreal. The CBSC concluded that the use of the f-word during a daytime broadcast at the Corus Entertainment news/talk station and the insulting comment directed at a group were in violation...