CRTC dumps proposal to ease rules on false news

A stupid and terrible idea that would set a horrible precedent.

What, you don't believe in "small government" and "less regulation?"

There are enough lies in advertising and labelling already.

If there was a ban on false and misleading news before, how come the media regularly gets away with broadcasting and printing only the most violent side of protests, and never what the protests are about, much less talking to anyone who is not acting violently about what they are doing there? Seems awfully misleading to me. Especially when nine hundred people get arrested and the CBC acts like nothing happened.

Making up BS and trying to pass it off as truth. Perhaps a job opportunity has opened up for you. Unfortunately for you, you're the only one that finds your BS credible.

Why the suprise, it's been going this way since the 60's and for the record, it's a non partisan phenomenon and this is just another symptom of the breakdown of real journalism as we knew it.

Now every story true or not can be maginalized as propaganda, lies or half truths and taken with a grain of salt, which is convient when people don't want to lose a discussion because of ridiculous things like the truth.

The SUN TV clowns, Ezra Levant, and Michael Coren must all be dancing in the streets over this one.

It seems a little more than a coincidence to be sure.

This is a stupid decision and should be nixed for the Fail that it is.

Can't get away with playing a song with the "faggot" in the lyrics, but misleading or misinforming the public is OK.


I'm confused.

That's exactly what I was thinking!

That wasn't the CRTC, but a Private Radio regulatory body.

That wasn't the CRTC, but a Private Radio regulatory body.
I know.

Just commenting on what a strange world we live in, where we must take extreme caution and mesures not to offend one single person in this country in the slightest, but where we don't give a shit about the quality of the information being diffused.

Guess it's the product of living in a digital society... we must get the information as soon as possible... even if it's completely wrong. If they didn't get it right the first time, they can always come back and correct it, not that we'll be paying attention anymore.

Therein lies the dark place. 'The 9/11 hijackers came from Canada!' and the like.

Meh, the CRTC has been allowing telecom companies to lie about and misrepresent their products and services for a while now. This was only a matter of time.
See, the problem is, when provided with actual facts, people can make their own informed opinions/decisions. But gov'ts these days don't exactly want the general population thinking for themselves, it's too hard to retain power.
What really scares me is, I see this as an opportunity for partisan news organizations to intentionally start spreading misinformation about the "other" party and passing it off as news, ie; we'll be getting less real news and more bullshit propaganda.