Pedophile report needed warning, says CBSC

OTTAWA – A TQS news item about an Ontario pedophile didn’t contain any material that exploited kids, but should have been preceded by a viewer advisor, the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council said Wednesday. The report, entitled “Girl Assaulted Live”, was broadcast on November 2, 2006 during the 6 p.m. newscast. It explained that an undercover police officer was doing cyber-surveillance and encountered the live webcast of the assault, which occurred in St. Thomas, Ont. The officer determined the man’s location and contacted the police there who then arrested the man. The report included an interview with the officer, as well...