It doesn't pay to be a Conservative Commentator in Cannuckistan
From Lifesite comes news that "morally" Conservative columnist, TV host and Radio commentator Michael Coren has been fired from CFRB radio:
Holiday (CFRB General Manager Pat Holiday) said Coren was let go after a Monday program where Coren "picked on a group of people" (fat people) and "said things you just don't say on the radio". On radio, added Holiday, "You can do a lot of things. What you just can't do is take personal attacks."
So what were the personal attacks, you ask?
Coren was not picking on real people but had created a fictitious character so as to illustrate a point about the current debate on obesity.
How is a "fictitious character" amount to a personal attack? Doesn't a person need to be involved for it to be personal? Definition #1 in my dictionary for personal is "of or pertaining to a person." So what person was attacked? But this really bugs me:
Asked later in the interview if Coren's comments were actionable, Holiday responded, "This particular instance couldn't be actionable because he made the person up so he was faking it on top of it. But if it was a real person, our license would be hanging out to dry right now."
Why would any comment affect your license if it was factual? If it was slanderous, let the slandered party sue Mr. Coren. But your license should never depend on comments by a host. Of course, we all no that in PC Cannuckistan they do, but that does not make it less ridiculous. And shame on Pat Holiday for not having the guts to stick up for Coren, especially considering the fictitious character element of this.
Also, if Mr. Coren had said something sexual, something crude, wouldn't the MSM have ran this story. Why did I, who reads 2 newspapers a day in Michael Coren's market, have to stumble upon this on Bourque.org? Where are they when one of their own is fired for his words?
That sound you just heard is free speech, whimpering on it's deathbed, the whistling is the MSM, pretending not to notice.
Holiday (CFRB General Manager Pat Holiday) said Coren was let go after a Monday program where Coren "picked on a group of people" (fat people) and "said things you just don't say on the radio". On radio, added Holiday, "You can do a lot of things. What you just can't do is take personal attacks."
So what were the personal attacks, you ask?
Coren was not picking on real people but had created a fictitious character so as to illustrate a point about the current debate on obesity.
How is a "fictitious character" amount to a personal attack? Doesn't a person need to be involved for it to be personal? Definition #1 in my dictionary for personal is "of or pertaining to a person." So what person was attacked? But this really bugs me:
Asked later in the interview if Coren's comments were actionable, Holiday responded, "This particular instance couldn't be actionable because he made the person up so he was faking it on top of it. But if it was a real person, our license would be hanging out to dry right now."
Why would any comment affect your license if it was factual? If it was slanderous, let the slandered party sue Mr. Coren. But your license should never depend on comments by a host. Of course, we all no that in PC Cannuckistan they do, but that does not make it less ridiculous. And shame on Pat Holiday for not having the guts to stick up for Coren, especially considering the fictitious character element of this.
Also, if Mr. Coren had said something sexual, something crude, wouldn't the MSM have ran this story. Why did I, who reads 2 newspapers a day in Michael Coren's market, have to stumble upon this on Bourque.org? Where are they when one of their own is fired for his words?
That sound you just heard is free speech, whimpering on it's deathbed, the whistling is the MSM, pretending not to notice.
posted by Brian at 07:40
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