The blogosphere rises up against CTV's Ottawa bureau chief

C-Junk on Bob Fife:

Now, if journalists hold political beliefs as Fife does ... so strong that they can't keep their mouths shut about those beliefs, even while “reporting” the news, then they have broken public trust. They can't be relied on to bring political news, free and uncluttered from bias, into the living rooms of millions of people. They have now become a propaganda organ of a specific line of thinking, and if that line of thinking happens to be the one holding power, then they become a branch of "state" propaganda. If there ideological "side" doesn't hold power, then they become complicit in trying to topple an elected government.

So, how free and open is democracy, when journalists can openly shill for one side and effect how millions think. It's called manipulation ... not freedom ... it's called failure of duty ... not openness ... it's called a dangerous manipulation of democracy ... not journalistic integrity.

Poor Bob Fife. I imagine the complaint box at CTV News is full. Now bloggers and their readers are filing complaints with CTV sponsors, too.

Should Bob issue a public apology for calling social conservatives knuckle-draggers? As if we are all inbred examples of ape-humans? Stay tuned.