Radio Canada: Easier to Shoot a Black President in the White House »

Posted By rumple4skin 7 months ago in News

In a rehash of a tasteless and ignorant sentiment shared by few (?) Americans, a Canadian comedy program, shown on the French-language Radio-Canada network, recently came under fire for joking about the possible assassination of President Barack Obama. Oddly enough, the show ("Bye-Bye 2008") took place on New Year's Eve, nearly six months ago. But due to hundreds of complaints, something is finally being done about it.

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Journalists/reporters must have the right to keep their news sources confidential.

A Broadcast Doctrine law must be initiated to end foreign ownership of broadcast ...

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    myfairlady7 months ago

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    The producers of the show actually denied the skits had been racist.

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