Fox would be proud: An Open Letter to the Toronto CTV News. by risa
To whom it may concern:
It is 6:21 pm on Wednesday, September 21, and I just finished watching a segment on the Toronto CTV news about this summer–described, to my horror, as the “best summer ever.”
I take it that heat and sunshine dominated as “best” factors, and the forty-four disgusting, pollutant-overloaded, impossible-to-breathe, too dangerous to BE outside, killer smog days were just a blip on an otherwise perfect summer.
I miss the CBC every time I watch your newscast. The aforementioned report is but one of many skewed “news” items: the gas price hike an occasion to sympathise with “poor” SUV drivers who cannot afford to go to the lake; the sensational, incessant coverage of the Alicia Ross disappearance (selective, considering women go missing all the time); exploitative reports on the Katrina “refugees”…
I guess Global will get my “audience commodity” share until the strike ends. Kudos on terrible journalism. Fox would be proud.
Natalie Kallio
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