Radio-Canada ordered to apologize over Bye Bye 2008 (Obama assassination joke)

[Newsjock]

Source: CBC News

The federal broadcast regulator has ordered Radio-Canada to apologize to viewers and implement safeguards to prevent another broadcast like Bye Bye 2008.

The comedy show, aired on New Year's Eve 2008 on the CBC's French-language network, drew 250 complaints to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission.

The satirical show included jokes about blacks and anglophones that offended viewers, including a comedian suggesting Barack Obama would be easy to assassinate because a black U.S. president would stand out against the White House.

In a report released Monday, the CRTC found the sketch to be abusive and a breach of the equitable portrayal code of the Broadcast Act.

Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/arts/tv/story/2009/08/31/bye-bye.html

[Divine Discontent]

1. just a tad nasty... glad they got shamed.

[polly7]

2. That's some pretty sick comedy.

I'm glad they were shamed too .... and disgusted Radio Canada allowed it to air in the first place.

[Darth_Kitten]

3. To think, they pulled an Anne Murray special for it........

;)
Just kidding.

Seriously, I never heard it, but if it was offensive, it's good that something was done.