...born with the gift of laughter and a sense that the world was mad

 Ex-“devil-worshipper” contacts Coren: Upon reading Michael Coren’s column about Omar Khardr in the Toronto Sun last Saturday, an employee of our taxpayer-funded public broadcaster (and, being a Ceeber, a potential al-Jazeera recruit) took time out from his busy schedule to send Coren his unvarnished thoughts via email. Coren has made it the subject of today’s column:

…"You were kidding, right? No matter. That material is about as funny as a good old-fashioned waterboarding joke. Disgraceful." Richard Goddard goddardr@cbc.ca. o (+001) 416-205-5950 f (+001) 416-205-5731. Q on CBC Radio ONE. Canada Qs up: Afternoons 2 - 3:30, Evenings 10 - 11. Shipping Address: Office 2H109-D, Canadian Broadcasting Centre, 205 Wellington St. W., Toronto, Ont. M5V 3G7."

Perhaps I don't quite understand the mandate of the CBC and its employees, but I assumed that public time, money and equipment were supposed to be used for the public interest and not for private opinion and political vendettas.

If the message were purely personal, at the very least it revealed an intense ideological position from a producer who makes decisions about what should be on the public airwaves. But if it were purely personal why did it list so many CBC contact details? Was this an official CBC statement and if so could the directors of the corporation please explain their stance in greater detail?

My new friend is listed quite extensively at the CBC website. "Before joining The Current, Richard Goddard had an eight-year career in the devil-worshiping world of advertising. When he wasn't drinking blood or flogging the spoils of slave labour, he relaxed by producing for CBC Radio in Vancouver and later, Toronto. The sweet taste of truth eventually proved irresistible and Richard soon found himself producing regularly for local and national shows like Global Village, DNTO, Metro Morning and now, The Current."

TWADDLE

Pretentious twaddle aside, that sweet taste of truth requires a certain open-mindedness, especially when it comes to dealing with issues such as foreign policy, the United States, President Bush, Islam, terrorism, Canada's role in Afghanistan and our government's attitude towards its citizens abroad. Do we seriously, do we honesty and truly for a moment, do even the most liberal and leftist among us believe that Goddard is genuinely even-handed on these issues?...

The Ceeb? Even-handed? Why strive for even-handedness when you’re certain you’ve got a lock on truth?

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