CBC acknowledges "inappropriate" actions

To all the nay-sayers who say this is a non-story... even the bosses at the CBC disagree with you.

Aaron Wudrick has received an email from a VP at the CBC... I could comment, but I'll let you read it for yourself...

"I wanted to let you know that CBC news chiefs have looked at the allegations made yesterday.

They feel that the reporter's actions in pursuing the story were inappropriate and against CBC/Radio-Canada's Journalistic Standards.

They are continuing to investigate the particulars and will follow the disciplinary processes outlined in the CBC's collective agreement.

I imagine that the CBC Ombudsman will be responding to complaints and investigating what happened as well.

They want to make sure this doesn't happen in future."

Now that the allegations have been acknowledged by the brass, some of the heat can be lifted from the CBC as a whole... a good move on their part. (Of course, I still think a majority of their staff view the CPC as the enemy, and want them out of office, but that's a story for another day)

However, the acknowledgement by the CBC brass makes things a little more difficult for Liberal MP Pablo Rodriguez. Remember all his protests that "I wrote the questions all by myself"? Well, the bosses at the CBC are implying that they feel he got some inappropriate help. So who's telling the whole truth in this matter? Janke, as usual, has lots more to read about.

Bottom line is, the Liberals got caught on this one, plain and simple. They attempted to smear the Tories through the back door by going at Mulroney on the spectrum allocation... and it backfired. It backfired and blew up in their faces, and now there's going to be fallout to deal with. I like how Janke put it... "Will the Liberals be forced to defend itself against allegations that it manufactures the news Canadians are seeing?"

Hey Mr. Dion? Instead of your team trying to score cheap political points, why don't you order them to get down to the business of "making Parliament work"?

Oh, and while we're on the subject of getting down to business, how about we skip this whole inquiry fiasco? It seems that most Canadians don't have an appitite for it, and don't think it will be worth the millions of dollars we're going to spend on an it.

It looks like you've lost in the court of public opinion on this one, too.

Merry Christmas!