Jokes about murders went too far, says CBSC

OTTAWA – A radio hosts’ conversation about murders violated broadcast codes because it contained gratuitous violence and made light of a violent act, the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council (CBSC) said Thursday. The CBSC examined a segment of the Dean Blundell Show which is the morning show on CFNY-FM (102.1 The Edge, Toronto). On September 15, 2011, the hosts talked about two murders in Mexico that had allegedly occurred after the victims posted negative comments on social media websites about Mexican drug gangs. The two victims had been found disemboweled and hanging from a bridge. The hosts provided gory details about the state...