Give credit where it's due, says CBSC

OTTAWA – A homeowner who had the chutzpah to take pictures of a bungled robbery attempt of his own home (the klutzy burglar fell from a second-storey deck) should have at least gotten an on-air credit for his work, the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council said today. A July 25, 2007 report that aired on CablePulse 24’s CityNews failed to identify the photographer of still photographs that were used in the report, and the majority of the CBSC’s National Specialty Services Panel said the omission was contrary to Article 11 of the Radio-Television News Directors Association – The Association of Electronic...