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<div>Those of you who are concerned about the exclusion of Elizabeth May from the televised leaders' debate by the "Consortium of Broadcasters" may be interested in the statement on the link below. I wrote the CBC and CTV after the announcement excluding
May, and yesterday received this message from the Ombudsman of the CBC. I found it unusually thoughtful and forceful, and I think quite correctly shows that both the corporate mentality of the big media as well as the decline in journalistic principles and
standards among journalists themselves are responsible for such occurrences. Make sure you read beyond the first few paragraphs which describe a 2006 ruling by the Ombudsman (it went against inclusion) and see how different this one is. </div>
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<div>- Greg Michalenko <br>
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<div id="divRpF353761" style="direction: ltr; "><font face="Tahoma" size="2" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> CBC Ombudsman [Ombudsman@CBC.CA]<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, April 06, 2011 4:46 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> debate10@list.ca<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Consortium decision on leaders' debates<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt">I have published a blog on my website concerning the consortium decision on the leaders’ debates.<span style="">
</span>You will find it here:<span style=""> </span><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/ombudsman/2011/03/the-consortium-decision-on-the-leaders-election-debates.html" target="_blank"><font color="#800080">http://www.cbc.ca/ombudsman/2011/03/the-consortium-decision-on-the-leaders-election-debates.html</font></a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt">Sincerely,</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt">Kirk LaPointe</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt">CBC Ombudsman</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/ombudsman" target="_blank">www.cbc.ca/ombudsman</a></p>
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