Jan 9, 2015 | Mental Health
I have been in a running battle with the CBC regarding media bias over Israel and their inability to call a terrorist a terrorist. My latest complaint to the CBC ombudsman has been answered. The link is below. And my complaint was dismissed. I am enclosing the...
Dec 15, 2014 | Mental Health
Here is the link to the Ombudsman’s Report agreeing with my complaint against their October 24 “Q” panel discussion on mental illness and terrorism. Hold the Diagnosis: Linking mental illness and violent acts reinforces stereotypes; precise and...
Dec 13, 2014 | Mental Health
On October 24 the CBC ran a programme on "Q" about the murder of Cpl. Cirillo who was standing guard at Ottawa's War Memorial. I complained about the stigmatizing of the mentally ill in what I saw as an attempt to pivot away from terrorism. I have won...
Dec 12, 2014 | Mental Health
We are still all a-twitter over the CBC and Jian Ghomeshi. Would that we cared as much about the portrayal of the mentally ill on CBC as much as we care about the women who allege to have been harassed/assaulted by the Ghomeshi. Would that the Canadian taxpayer be as...
Dec 3, 2014 | Mental Health
The past few weeks readers have been deluged with the diagnoses by lay people regarding mental illness. According to many pundits at the Globe and Mail, the National Post, the CBC, the two men who murdered our soldiers were not terrorists, they were mentally ill. The...
Nov 28, 2014 | Mental Health
We have come to rely on the media to keep us informed of local and world events-with an unprejudiced, unjaundiced eye. It behooves them to investigate before they pontificate. No simple task. I write a great deal about media bias because it’s...
