Canada's CBC Apologizes to Americans

http://americasnewstoday.com/stories/BRiT-09292008-CBCAPoLoGizes.html

The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation has decided a racially-tinged attack by one of its commentators on Sarah Palin was not such a good idea after all. Heather Mallick said in a September 5 column that Republican men were sexual inadequates and that Palin was a toned-down version of a porn actress. She then said Palin "added nothing to the ticket that the Republicans didn't already have sewn up, the white trash vote."

The CBC initially stood by Mallick, but after more than 300 reader complaints — and criticism from both Canadian and U.S. media — the CBC is now apologizing. The corporation's ombudsman said Mallick's assertions were not fact-based, and CBC's publisher John Cruickshank says "we erred in our judgment... Mallick's column is a classic piece of political invective. It is viciously personal, grossly hyperbolic and intensely partisan."

Meanwhile, Mallick has never apologized for her column and lauded the CBC for its initial support.

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[MEpianist]

We won't wait for Fox's apology for Red Eye's attack on the Canadian troops, scumbags.

[KSNaslund]

Mallick has always been intensely personal, but she makes a point about the "white trash vote". Quit being so quick to point the finger and gasp and think about it!

If you were "white trash" as it were, would you vote for the party with the black law- professor or the party with the hot chick and the war veteran?

Mmmmhmm...

[JeepinDG]

@KSNaslund The black law professor has done wonders to your economy, ---when do i get my portion of the stimulus package lol

[MEpianist]

It wasn't a joke you fucking simp. It was a xenophobic rant against Canadians. The joke was humorous places to go on vacation and Canada's perceived lack of a war role. The subtext was Canadian soldiers are cowards. WTF are you talking about "dead soliders" for, rube?

[dlwke2]

Who gives a crap if you know the tooth fairy. The bottom line is that show wasn't making fun of any troops, and you know it. You can say it wasn't funny, but to suggest that they were making fun of dead soldiers is just plain pathetic.

[MEpianist]

Excuse me but I know a Canadian captain fighting Obama's war in Kandahar. I also, unlike you, know humor. So you're a fucking joke when you try to tell me that it was just humor. Get a clue.

[dlwke2]

MePianist, you're a dumbass. You are too stupid to understand humor, and you think that Red Eye was bashing Canadian troops. You're a fool!

[keyboardplaya]

How can it be racist if the lady who wrote it is white too?

[lastardriver]

Why did she apoligize? she was right on. I would fuck the shit out of palin though. Ha ha.

[atomicskichick08]

Zing!

[KSNaslund]

Yeahyeahyeah, I don't know how someone can think she raises a point by speaking in such terms either, but that's not my point. By Webster, white trash are "culturally bankrupt", so how would they know that one may have higher executive experience than the other? To them, there's a hot chick, and a black man.

Before the election, Obama was the 7th most powerful senator in America, and has been senator for more than Palin's been governor of Alaska. What gives her more executive experience?