CTV caught altering video - issues public apology

Skoob

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Dude, I've worked in newsrooms and at CTV on the weekend in the past. Believe me when I say this, a mistake like that can happen. They are usually caught and fixed before they air. I never liked splicing a clip together because of that reason, even when it made the clip shorter (which is very important in television). CTV is a shit show right now because they got rid of almost all of their senior leaders in the newsroom. Now, I cannot say what was in the hearts and minds of the reporter and editor, but I can tell you that how it happened is the most likely scenario. CTV has a journalistic ethics code that spells out and bans the use of taking clips out of context, and that's probably why they bot were fired.
I guess we just see things a little differently.
 
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Pee Pee and Sheer both have the most annoying faces of any politician, a piss stain and a turd.
Well we should not vote for someone that has an unsavoury looking face...let's just vote handsome looking officials because being handsome will run the country good... 😂 😂 😂 . Melany Joly should be the next PM because she's easy on the eyes...
 
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Dude, I've worked in newsrooms and at CTV on the weekend in the past. Believe me when I say this, a mistake like that can happen. They are usually caught and fixed before they air. I never liked splicing a clip together because of that reason, even when it made the clip shorter (which is very important in television). CTV is a shit show right now because they got rid of almost all of their senior leaders in the newsroom. Now, I cannot say what was in the hearts and minds of the reporter and editor, but I can tell you that how it happened is the most likely scenario. CTV has a journalistic ethics code that spells out and bans the use of taking clips out of context, and that's probably why they bot were fired.
No, I won't believe you when you said a mistake can happen...You're a biased liberal poster...this backlash is warranted...
 

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Well we should not vote for someone that has an unsavoury looking face...let's just vote handsome looking officials because being handsome will run the country good... 😂 😂 😂 . Melany Joly should be the next PM because she's easy on the eyes...
It would help if you also didn't vote for a lying POS who caters to fringe characters and is a lifetime politician who in reality isn't going to bring down groceries or anything else.
 

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Dude, I've worked in newsrooms and at CTV on the weekend in the past. Believe me when I say this, a mistake like that can happen.
Well then, in their world working there means you know nothing as experts know nothing. It is only them who can pull facts and fiction out of their ass and say it so it must be true.
 

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There’s no reason to believe CTV conspired against Pierre Poilievre. Here’s what the network actually did wrong: Peter Menzies in the Toronto Star
In journalism, as in life, assumptions are the mother of all screw ups.


Of course the rightie media will blow it all out of proportion!!
Just like the lefty media blew covid and the truckers convoy out of proportion.
 

silentkisser

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I guess we just see things a little differently.
Speaking as someone intimately familiar with CTV news....yes, we do. I mean, I would call this a major mistake that gives the organization a black eye. It is unacceptable. But I don't think it was done with the sole intention of making PP look evil. Not everything is a conspiracy.
 

silentkisser

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No, I won't believe you when you said a mistake can happen...You're a biased liberal poster...this backlash is warranted...
LOL

If you only knew how few seasoned people are working the weekends at CTV. And, while I am a Liberal, I do try to view things like this from both sides. It isn't always easy. But, in this case, the odds are more about it being a mistake then about it being a malicious slap to PP. And, to be honest, CTV did the right thing in apologizing. As for firing the two....That, I'm not 100% sure about.
 
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