Tuesday, July 27, 2010

What Have We Got Here?

Cody LeCompte

How many articles here are from CBC? Take a look. I scanned through the first 20 pages and found two, both from CBC's Mark Kelly's program. The first one says (emphasis mine):
"By viewer request, the mother of Cody LeCompte also joins us. Her 19-year-old son is trapped in Cuba following a car accident, which is considered a criminal act in the country."
That's it. That's all. And guess what? It links to a Toronto Star article.

The second hit from CBC's Mark Kelly program is nothing more than a comment from a relative of the LeCompte family.

So okay. So CBC doesn't consider a story about a Canadian arrested in Cuba and about to go on trial because he was involved in a traffic accident worthy of coverage.

Almost a year ago to the day, a similar story occurred about a Canadian woman who was visiting relatives in Kenya. Remember the Suaad Mohamud story?

The CBC featured numerous stories on it.

So did the Liberal Party of Canada.

Leftie bloggers were all over it, too.

Admittedly, there are significant differences between the two stories, but only one is being milked for all it's worth by the Canadian left. Cuba. Communist country. Fidel Castro, best friends with Pierre Elliot Trudeau and his sons. Pierre Elliot Trudeau and his sons, best friends of the CBC. Hmmmm.

Suaad Hagi Mohamud. A woman "of colour". Hmmmm.

Cody LeCompte.  Just a white male. Hmmmm.

To this rule there is one notable exception. Hats off to Liberal Party member and former Dipper, Bob Rae.

But even he, traitor that he is, doesn't get any coverage from the CBC on this file.

CBC. J'accuse.

Labels: ,

0 Comments:

Post a Comment

<< Home