Radio-Canada apologizes for 'Bye Bye'

MONTREAL – Radio-Canada issued “a full apology” Wednesday “to anyone who felt offended” by its controversial New Year’s Eve special ‘Bye Bye 2008’. The network issued the apology at the request of the Black Coalition of Quebec, the statement read. As reported by Cartt.ca, Radio-Canada and the CRTC received a flood of complaints from viewers about the satirical variety show. The Globe and Mail also published a column critical of the program, saying the content “seems to have gone far over the line, even by Quebec's forgiving standards” in skits “featuring gags on the assassination of U.S. president-elect Barack Obama, prison rape,...