Pierre Poilievre vows to blacklist CTV journalists after he was misrepresented in broadcast
The news item created the erroneous impression that Poilievre wanted to introduce a motion declaring lost confidence in Trudeau’s government because the Opposition leader was looking to scrap the Liberals’ dental coverage program. In reality, the Conservative leader had said he was putting forward a motion to trigger a “carbon tax election.”
OTTAWA—Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre on Tuesday vowed to blacklist all journalists belonging to one of the country’s largest news networks after an incident in which his remarks were manipulated.
The editing of the CTV news broadcast item created the erroneous impression that Poilievre wanted to introduce a motion declaring lost confidence in Justin Trudeau’s minority government because the Opposition leader wanted to scrap the Liberals’ dental coverage program.
The clip of Poilievre that misrepresented his comments and was used in the segment also appeared to be altered, combining words contained in a longer comment made by the leader that blasted the “NDP-Liberal government” for the economic and public safety woes he said had been inflicted upon Canadians.
In reality, the Conservative leader had said he was putting forward a motion to trigger a “carbon tax election.”
But Poilievre’s vow to blacklist the journalists is a “direct attack” on Canada’s democracy, the Liberal government’s Heritage Minister, Pascale St-Onge, told the Star Wednesday several days after the CTV news segment aired.
On Monday, CTV issued an apology for taking Poilievre’s remarks “out of context,” and attributed the error to a “misunderstanding during the editing process.”
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Update 27/09/24: CTV News says it has parted ways with two staff members who manipulated a clip of Pierre Poilievre
CTV! There was a time when I watched that channel because I had some faith in them but no more. Not for a long time!
“Pierre The Magnificent” just shot them down in flames when they tried to pull a funny. According to the organization they did ‘something’ with the two morons involved and most media organizations speculate they have been fired.
I’m not buying that bullshit at all. What really happened is that they are now on the midnight shift pushing mops in the basement of the building CTV is housed in.
They have to work they’re way up again.
Point: They’ll be awhile!