Catherine Tait, president and CEO of CBC/Radio-Canada, defended the public broadcaster’s coverage of the Israel-Hamas conflict in a sometimes testy meeting with MPs Thursday.
Tait, who was called to appear before the House of Commons heritage committee after her term at the CBC was extended this summer, said CBC’s journalists are independent from government, the company’s executives and the board of directors and are free to report on the conflict as they see fit.
She defended the newsroom’s longstanding practice of not referring to attacks or their perpetrators as “terrorism” or “terrorists,” saying CBC journalists do not want to be seen taking sides in the conflict.
At the CBC it’s Hands off Hamas but woe to Trudeau’s critics …
.@CBC Ombudsman warns network to rethink coverage that disparages gov't critics as extreme or disreputable in purporting to fact-check the news: "When they do so they'd better be right." https://t.co/yzTaqzHkiH #cdnpoli @JonMontpetit pic.twitter.com/SUrJbLc4TD
— Blacklock's Reporter (@mindingottawa) October 10, 2023
