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CBC Apologizes for Mallick's Palin Smackdown

Posted by Tim / September 29, 2008

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CBC News Publisher John Cruickshank issued an apology yesterday for posting columnist Heather Mallick's much vilified article on the cbcnews.ca web site.

His desire to make amends is based on an assessment just released by CBC ombudsman Vince Carlin who, Cruickshank writes, doesn't fault [Mallick] for riling readers by either the caustic nature of her tone or the polarizing nature of her opinion. But he objects that many of her most savage assertions lack a basis in fact.

He goes on to explain:

Mallick's column is a classic piece of political invective. It is viciously personal, grossly hyperbolic and intensely partisan. And because it is all those things, [her] column should not have appeared on the CBCNews.ca site.

In a sign that Mallick's recovering from a gentle wrist slap, her latest column strays far from the political landscape and focuses on food and fat.

In other news, the NY Post has posted a video of Sarah Palin in a swimsuit pageant. Woot!

Oh. And then there's this gem of an interview on the CBS Evening News.

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W. K. Lis / September 29, 2008 at 01:47 pm
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I will reserve my comments until I see a video of Joe Binden in a Speedo LZR Racer swimsuit.
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joseph / September 29, 2008 at 03:03 pm
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CNN compared the real Palin interview with the SNL mock this weekend and revealed part of it wasn't even a mock at all, it was her real answer. Hilarious: http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=zeMypXCUWMw
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KSD / September 29, 2008 at 03:20 pm
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I totally support Heather Mallick and wag my shame filled finger at the CBC for bowing to American interests...shame, shame, SHAME!
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Tom / September 29, 2008 at 03:20 pm
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John Cruickshank is a gutless puke for not backing Mallick.

What she wrote was pretty obvious.
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Tom / September 29, 2008 at 03:21 pm
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John Cruickshank is a gutless puke for not backing Mallick.

What she wrote was pretty obvious.
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eeek / September 29, 2008 at 03:49 pm
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Wow, big surprise there!
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chenyip / September 29, 2008 at 04:15 pm
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Mallick gets vilified but Jack Cafferty gets to stand on his soap box with no reprise (on CNN no other!).

Don't get me wrong, they're both right and just in their opinions. But WTF?
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Mark Dowling / September 29, 2008 at 05:25 pm
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Well done CBC and Cruickshank. Go after the mother (within reason - CBC should have more standards than Fox News or Limbaugh) but leave the daughter bashing out - she's not running and has little choice about being paraded by her parents (plural) and their ambitiousness.
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Abby / September 29, 2008 at 06:47 pm
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Funny but why didn't you post the SNL skit that made fun of Obama and his corrupt Chicago connections?

Or why not the clip with Couric approvingly nodding as Joe Biden talks about FDR adressing the nation on TV in 1929 when the market crashed? FYI - FDR not president in 1929 and oh yeah, no tv either!!!

There's plenty of folly on both sides.
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Corina / September 29, 2008 at 08:20 pm
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Suffice it to say that SNL is worth watching again... how can we possibly post every single degrading skit? So many to choose from :)

Go Tina/Amy!
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ds / September 29, 2008 at 10:12 pm
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Sarah's hot...and well, Mallick's not. meow, meow.
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Tim / September 29, 2008 at 11:15 pm
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@Abby - because the topic here is Sarah Palin
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Abby / September 30, 2008 at 12:01 am
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@Tim... no it's just indicative of the bandwagon that most of the media have hitched themselves to..oblivious to what does not suit their agenda.
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rek / September 30, 2008 at 10:00 am
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Abby - What would the Toronto connection be for posting the Obama videos?
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Thrilla / September 30, 2008 at 11:35 am
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This censorship is shameful. I retrieved the article from Google Cache and posted it on my blog. Please do the same, so that the article stays up there on the web.
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Dubyew M. Dee / October 1, 2008 at 12:54 am
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Thank the sweet Lord in moose huntin' heaven that Fox will now, in its righteous journalistic outrage, never again accidentally refer to candidate "Hussein Osama, the well known Muslim", in any misleading, gratuitous way. Amen, and pass the hypocrisy.

CBC got played by their own guilt - for nothing. Suckers with principles are still suckers.
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