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Showing athlete’s death at Olympics was “relevant and appropriate”, says CBSC


OTTAWA - CTV’s coverage of the fatal luge accident at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games did not violate broadcasting standards regarding the depiction of violence or the respect for human dignity, the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council (CBSC) has determined.In a practice run just prior to the start of the 2010 Winter Olympics, a luge athlete from Georgia named Nodar Kumaritashvili died when his luge flew off the track and he struck a post.  CTV broadcast footage of the accident several times on the day the accident occurred.  The video showed Kumaritashvili’s run, including a distant and slightly obscured view of his...