Radio comments about disabled person violates code, CBSC finds

OTTAWA - Negative comments about person with a disability made during the morning show on Toronto’s CFNY-FM (102.1 The Edge), violated the equitable portrayal code, the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council (CBSC) has found.The Edge’s morning show, called The Dean Blundell Show, features news, weather, music, humorous banter among the three hosts, and, occasionally, in-studio guests. One recurring guest was Spencer Miller, a man with cerebral palsy who referred to himself as "Spencer the Cripple” and appeared on the program to speak frankly about life with a disability.The CBSC received a complaint about the January 5, 2009 segment, which a listener called “offensive...