Radio / Television News

Parents decide what their children watch, CBSC says

OTTAWA - Episodes of the crime drama series ‘Law & Order: Criminal Intent’ and ‘Law & Order: Special Victims Unit’ did not violate the Canadian Association of Broadcasters’ (CAB) violence code, and therefore can air prior to 9:00 pm, the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council (CBSC) has ruled . The programs in question aired from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm on March 21, 2008 on OMNI.2 (CJMT-TV, Toronto), and a viewer complained that the episodes aired at a time when children were likely to be watching television. In ‘Criminal Intent’, the police officers investigate high profile crimes, and in ‘Special Victims...