Who will protect us from Fox?

[mom cat]

Who will protect us from Fox?
Censoring Al-Jazeera a double standard
U.S. cable news station abusive, openly biased


ANTONIA ZERBISIAS

Now that its critics have ensured that Al-Jazeera will never get on Canada's digital dial uncensored, will they now fight to protect us from Fox News?

Recall that, last week, the federal broadcast regulator gave a half-assed go-ahead to the Arabic-language news channel, requiring that distributors who add it to their offerings keep it free of "abusive comment."

That decision, complete with onerous guilty-until-proven-innocent restrictions, was reached after lobbying by both the Canadian Jewish Congress and B'nai Brith Canada who, naturally, were concerned about anti-Jewish hate speech.

Many people applauded how cable operators must tape and monitor Al Jazeera 24/7 to head off possible offensive material. So, now that the cable industry has yet another application to import Fox News before the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), will anyone call for Fox to be similarly muzzled to stop potentially "abusive comment" on the U.S. channel?

http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1090275619503&call_pageid=968867495754&tacodalogin=no

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

1. They should

several programs would never make it on the air, I bet.

[mermaid]

2. Of Course Not

Didn't you know Fox speaks the gospel truth...and anyone who thinks otherwise...is not worthy of consideration that they might be offended?

[NMDemDist2]

3. unfortunately al jazeera doesn't have the Murdoch clout

Murdoch's $$$ covers a multitude of sins :(

[CHIMO]

4. What Is Good

For Peter is good for Paul.
If the CRTC doesn't see it that way, well then Industry Canada will have to have the type of politicians that will see that the rules are implemented. The CRTC has made the rule thus they will have to be consistent or the politicians can answer. There is a minority parliament.