Who, Exactly, Is The CBC News Div. Fighting?

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So.

Who, exactly, did the CBC ‘News Div.’ allegedly vanquish so that Mr. Baldrey could once again love the smell of napalm in the morning?

Evil Bloggers?

Partisan Pols?

Spittle-flecked citizens who refuse to watch the right TeeVee channels?

No.

Instead, their alleged combatant, whom they had to defeat at all costs lest the public start, you know, looking into other matters ‘conflicty’ when it comes to cozy media/pol relationships in this province, was none other than….

The CBC’s own Ombudsman:

CBC Journalistic Standards and Practices note: “The trust of the public is our most valued asset. We putting ourselves in real or potential conflict of interest. This is essential to our credibility.”

There is an extensive policy on the issue of conflict of interest, both in the journalistic standards and at a corporate level.

The journalistic policy states: “The credibility of CBC News and current affairs rests on the reputation of its journalists who are, and are seen to be, independent and impartial.”

It discusses the relationship between reporters and family members. “If a current affairs or news employee has a close relative, defined as spouse, parent, child or sibling who is a major actor in a story, that employee cannot be involved in the coverage.”

Now that last, bolded sentence is very clear and explicit

Which clearly means that….

If the CBC News Div. does not reassign their BC Legislature Bureau Chief, Mr. Stephen Smart, forthwith they will knowingly be in direct contravention of the CBC’s own clearly stated ‘Journalistic Standards and Practices’.

OK?

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