Public proceedings mean public proceedings, says CBSC

OTTAWA – Publicly identifying a plaintiff in a lawsuit is not a breach of privacy, the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council said on Tuesday. A January 2008 Global Edmonton (CITV-TV) news report told the story of an adult woman who was suing her foster mother and the daughter complained that the report had revealed her name and showed photographs of her as a child and young adult. The CBSC concluded that the broadcast did not violate the woman’s privacy under the Radio-Television News Directors Association of Canada (RTNDA – The Association of Electronic Journalists)’s Code of (Journalistic) Ethics. Aired during Global...