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Manitoba chiefs claim CBC promotes racism
by Scott Gilbreath ~ February 12th, 2009
Manitoba chiefs want the provincial government to scrutinise the CBC because allegedly racist comments have been posted at CBC News online.
Media organizations are creating a forum for online racism by allowing readers and bloggers to comment on stories on news websites, Manitoba First Nations leaders said Wednesday.
So, allowing readers and bloggers to comment is necessarily racist?
They’re now calling on the Manitoba government to investigate the CBC, in particular, for violating Canada’s hate laws.
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There are “persistent bloggers who pounce on almost any story dealing with First Nations or indigenous issues and use it as an excuse to rant against or ridicule indigenous people,” Swan Shannacappo [of the Sandy Bay First Nation] said.
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Aboriginal leaders called on the Manitoba government to investigate the CBC for violations of Canada’s hate laws and pass on the findings to federal regulators.
Two Manitoba cabinet ministers express sympathy for the chiefs’ censorship campaign, but elect to pass the buck claim they can’t provide much help.
Both ministers said that because CBC and the Internet are federally [sic] responsibilities, there is little the province can do except encourage the Southern Chiefs to file a complaint with the CBC’s ombudsman and a complaint with the Canadian Human Rights Commission.
I would not wish a CHRC complaint on anybody, BUT—if the CBC becomes a target, perhaps our national public broadcaster will, at last, take seriously the threat that Canada’s “human rights” commissions present to freedom and democracy.
h/t: Tongue Tied 3
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