CBC Ombudsman

Since the last blog post I have completed three reviews and launched one more. The first review examined a complaint about television and online reports on assistance to Canadian banks during the global economic downturn. While there was not a ...

In recent days three findings have been released. The first examined a public complaint that a CBC Television and CBC.ca report on so-called "robocalls" in the 2011 federal election was inaccurate and thus unfair. The report noted that the political ...

There are three recent findings arising from public complaints. The first review involved a complaint about bias and inaccuracy in a CBC.ca opinion piece by former Conservative cabinet minister Stockwell Day. His article looked at complaints in the Occupy movement ...

Since my last post I have released three findings and launched two reviews. The first finding involved a public complaint about a CBC.ca report on the health hazards of sugar. The complainant asserted that the report headline and content were ...

Since my last post I have completed three reviews and issued findings arising from those public complaints. The Office of the Ombudsman generally reviews complaints when the public is not satisfied with responses by CBC programmers to concerns. A review ...

Since my last post two findings have been released and one review has been launched. The first finding involved a complaint about an interview on CBC Radio's The Sunday Edition concerning a plant closure in Ontario. The complainant asserted the ...

Since my last post I have released five findings and launched two new reviews. The first finding involved a complaint CBC Television reports on The National concerning the shooting of Gabrielle Giffords, the member of Congress, in which six died ...

Jennifer McGuire, the editor in chief of CBC News, has today issued a statement on my recent finding involving the organization's Victoria legislative reporter. Her statement and reader comments are at: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2012/01/31/f-vp-mcguire-ombudsman-bc-legislature.html ...

In the last week I have released three findings and agreed to conduct two reviews. The first finding concerned a complaint that Early Edition, a CBC Radio British Columbia program, did not accurately describe a report calling for reforms to ...

Since my last post I have released five findings and launched six reviews. Findings are typically posted a day or two after they have been distributed simultaneously to the complainant and to CBC News. A few days later they are ...