Spencer Fernando
June 15, 2021
-Spencer Fernando News&Commentary
An appalling expression of weakness and lack of judgement from CBC.
Go figure.
CBC has given Canadians yet another reason to push for the defunding of the state broadcaster.
The network apparently felt it would be appropriate to give a softball interview to Pakistan PM Imran Khan, giving him a platform to push for the censorship of Canadians online.
Here’s part of it:
“Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan appeared in an uncritical CBC Rosemary Barton live interview on Sunday in which he advocated for online censorship.”
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan appeared in an uncritical CBC Rosemary Barton live interview on Sunday in which he advocated for online censorship.
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan appeared in an uncritical CBC Rosemary Barton live interview on Sunday in which he advocated for online censorship.
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— True North (@TrueNorthCentre) June 15, 2021
As Andrew Lawton notes, both Barton and Khan seem to be on the same page:
“The prime minister of Pakistan called for online censorship in an interview on state television in Canada and got zero pushback. In fact, it was the host who set up the premise that governments should be censoring internet speech.”
The prime minister of Pakistan called for online censorship in an interview on state television in Canada and got zero pushback. In fact, it was the host who set up the premise that governments should be censoring internet speech. pic.twitter.com/5YeGaTQ43u
— Andrew Lawton (@AndrewLawton) June 14, 2021
Why the hell should Pakistan be lecturing Canada on anything?
To say this is a disgrace would be understating it.
First of all, there’s no problem having different people do interviews.
But for the interview to be so uncritical, and for CBC to put Canada in a situation where we are being lectured by the head of Pakistan is pathetic.
Consider that Pakistan has an absolutely dreadful human rights record, where the rights of religious minorities are practically non-existent.
Indeed, Pakistan sentences people to the death penalty for ‘blasphemy.’
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