Saturday 15 November 2008

Where else but Canada?



Where else but Canada would the host of a fishing show be reprimanded for broadcasting political propaganda during an election campaign?





In a nutshell, Darryl Cronzy the host of "Going Fishing" had Conservative leader John Tory on the show in September 2007.


As you could predict when the boys were chatting between fish, some pretty lame jokes were made.

That prompted a viewer to complain to the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council on the grounds "that fishing programs are supposed to be about fishing".





I shudder to think what would happen to me if everything I said during a fishing trip either:
A) Had to be strictly true
or
B) Politically correct




Saying a fish “went down like a liberal on election day” would not only be pretty mild but actually might raise the tone of the event.




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