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Wednesday, January 24, 2007

Public backlash to Pickton media coverage, by Tony Burman

In his regular online column, CBC news' EiC lays out his expectations for coverage of the Pickton trial. It will be interesting to see if his predictions pan out.

...But in Canada at least, there seem to be the beginnings of a backlash to too much coverage of the awful details. One commercial B.C. television station covered it extensively on Monday during the daytime, but cut back at the crucial supper-hour in the face of public complaints."

Posted by Jeromy Lloyd at 6:23 a.m.  

Labels: CBC, media perception, opinion

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