Sun News Network (commonly abbreviated as Sun News ) is a Canadian English C Category news channel owned by QuÃÆ' Â © becor MÃÆ'Â © he through a partnership between two of his subsidiaries, TVA Group (which retains 51% majority ownership of the company) and Sun Media Corporation (which holds the remaining 49%). The channel was launched on April 18, 2011 in standard and high definition and closed on 13 February 2015. It operates under a Category 2 license (then classified as Category C) provided by the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) in November 2010, after the network cancels the published effort for Category 1 licenses (then classified as Category A) which will grant them mandatory access to cable and digital satellite providers in Canada.
Sun News is distributed by most cable and satellite providers in Canada but is included in the channel level subscribed by only 40% of all Canadian households (5.1 million homes with pay-TV subscriptions). Quebecor has been searching for wider distribution for Sun News since its launch, mainly making failed requests for mandatory carriage on basic cable and satellite levels by 2013. Sun News is broadcast simultaneously on CKXT-DT (channel 51), an independent public television based entertainment in Toronto (with repeaters in South and East Ontario) labeled as "Sun TV" before commencing simulcasting Sun News from network launch until Quebecor submitted CKXT license in the fall of 2011. The existence of Sun TV before Sun News (and the fact the logo on screen the same used for CKXT's business) has caused Sun News sometimes mistakenly referred to as "Sun TV".
The network, known for its right editorial position, was overwhelmed by a bad view: the network reported an average of 8,000 viewers, much lower than its competitors, the CBC News Network and the CTV News Channel. This lack of viewers has contributed in part to failing to get a compulsory train, enjoyed by their competitors, by the CRTC. After a failed attempt to sell the network to ZoomerMedia (a company owned by Canadian television executive Moses Znaimer) and Leonard Asper, Sun News Network suddenly stopped working on February 13, 2015 at 5:00 am.
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History
License
From the earliest licensing efforts for Sun News, Quebecor is aimed at a network to replace existing company licenses for CKXT-TV's public entertainment independent station (branded as "Sun TV"), which is available at over-the-air in Toronto and via broadcast via rebroadcasters in Hamilton, London and Ottawa. In an initial submission to the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) in the spring of 2010, Quebecor requested that Sun News be granted a Category 1 digital custom channel license that will be returned to Category 2 after three years. Category Status 1, if the CRTC has approved it, will grant Sun News the same status as the CTV News Channel and CBC News Network, as it will require all Canadian digital television providers (both cable and direct broadcast satellite) to bring and offer Sun News to customers them if the operator has the ability to do so. However, unlike CTV News Channel and CBC News Network, operators will not have the ability to distribute Sun News via analog cables, only through their digital services (Category 1 status will not make the channel a mandatory part of any packet digital subscriber base, placed in basic digital packages subject to negotiations between Sun News and individual television providers).
Quebec originally requested Category 1 status for Sun News on the grounds that a combination of news channels, analysis, and programming of opinion will create a "genuinely new TV genre" that is different from all other news channels in Canada. The CRTC disagrees, however, and refuses the application in a letter July 5, 2010 to Quebecor. In his letter, the CRTC notes that Sun News is promoted as a news channel, and suggests that "news and analysis is a sub-category of the information programming category," which therefore does not, in the eyes of the CRTC, make Sun News unique. In addition, the CRTC has stated earlier in 2010 that it does not plan to entertain new applications for Category 1 licenses until at least October 2011. The international activist organizations Avaaz.org and other organizations petitioned containing more than 21,000 signatures to the CRTC to have a channel reject the category 1 category app and its deletion under "alleged credence allegations" and "news information integrity is reduced".
After the CRTC rejected the Category 1 application, an online petition titled "Stop Fox News North" was established. The petition claims that Prime Minister Stephen Harper sought to "encourage American-style hate media to [Canada] the airwaves" with Sun News, and that the network would be "funded with money from our cable TV costs" (contrary to "mandatory access" in-app requests Second CRTC Quebecor); The petition also cites Martin's column as evidence that CRTC chairman Konrad von Finckenstein is a "one person" who stands in the way of Sun News obtaining a preferential license. Author Margaret Atwood was one of the signatories of the petition, revealing he signed it not as a criticism of the possible right-wing Sun News agenda, but as a criticism of Harper's government style, particularly his government's efforts to speed up the Sun News license agreement.
Quebecor sends back the Sun News app under Category 2 status. Although Category 2 is not mandatory (cable and satellite operators are not forced to carry such channels), Quebecor re-enter the request for the "mandatory access" category category "no more than three years" , which affirms that the network will require a period of time "to effectively expose and promote its program to audiences in Canada" without requiring cable and satellite subscribers to add it to their packages; without mandatory access, Quebecor added, cable and satellite operators may choose not to offer Sun News to their customers, which could lead to Quebec or withdraw the plug on the project.
On October 5, 2010, Quebecor announced that it revoked its mandatory access request and applied for a normal Category 2 status without any special exception or train conditions. This move is widely regarded as an easier path for Sun News's licensing agreement (Category 2 licenses are routinely granted by CRTCs except for formats considered to be protected genres, where national news channels are not included). The CRTC grants Quebecor a 2-year Category license for Sun News on November 26, 2010; network status changed to Category C service on September 1, 2011, as part of restructuring overall broadcasting regulations during Canada's transition to digital television broadcasting.
Launch
After the planned launch on January 1, 2011 was pushed back due to start-up challenges and staff, Sun News was launched on April 18, 2011 with a ten hour countdown clock that ended when regular programming started at 4:30 am. Eastern time. O Canada is played before a special half-hour launch preview hosted by Canadian Live journalists and host Krista Erickson (who served as Sun of the newspaper â € " "Sunshine Girl" for the day). Particularly followed by the premiere of The Source with Ezra Levant , and the rest of the prime-time network talk program. The daytime news program debuted the next day on April 19th. Sun News is headquartered in a studio in Toronto, with additional studios located in Ottawa, Winnipeg, Vancouver and Calgary. Sun News also runs a news agency in Edmonton (shared with Sun Media), Montreal (shared with QMI Agency) and Washington, D.C., the only bureau maintained outside Canada.
Closure
Sun News Network struggled financially, losing $ 46.7 million over a three-year period, with a loss of $ 14.8 million in 2013 alone.
These channels are generally considered to be symbiotic with the Sun Media newspaper through a joint editorial viewpoint and network usage of Sun Media staff for some on-air content and reporting as well as through various Sun News Network hosts who write columns for the Sun chain. This relationship is expected to change as a result of the proposed sale of English print properties proposed by Quebecor and its associated websites to Postmedia Network, an agreement announced in October 2014 pending approval and refinement of the regulations. Although Sun News is not part of the deal, Postmedia says it will license Sun's name and brand back to the network for one year, after which the network must adopt a new brand. The Quebec division of Sun Media raises questions about the feasibility of Sun News Network as a stand-alone operation under the Quebec umbrella, since most of the company's remaining properties are entirely francophone, which can limit any potential synergies.
The more obscure the future of Sun News is the December 2014 report Globe and Mail that ZoomerMedia is in talks to acquire the network. Some reports of possible acquisitions cite sources who say that if an agreement has taken place, the channel could be rebooted from the unusual newsNews model of CityNews used by CITY/Toronto and CP24 both founded by ZoomerMedia CEO, Moses Znaimer. The Canadaland website reported on January 26, 2015 that negotiations with ZoomerMedia have stalled on the issue of severance packages for executives and that the channel faced an immediate shutdown, "within just two months", if dealing with Znaimer is not achieved. Reportedly, Quebecor Media made a final offer for Zoomer in February with a deadline of February 13, 2015 and Zoomer "did not want or could not fulfill" his offer. The eleventh hour offer by Sun News was reportedly created by Leonard Asper, President/CEO of Anthem Media Group specialist channel and former Canwest CEO; Quebecor, however, rejected an offer from Asper, who did not want to take SunSee's employee contract and employee severance package and executives.
Sun News Network ceased operations on February 13th at 5:00 am EST, with previous hour's closing news. No prior announcements by management, nor on-air announcements from the channel. After the last program, Repetition Byline with Brian Lilley , and following the promo for the Pat Bolland program, the channel displays a silent static card from the channel logo for 30 seconds, then switches to a black screen Leaving the cable operator to announce its own shutdown. Segment of Michael Arena's Arena with Sun News contributor Rachael Segal is the last segment ever recorded (aired several hours later) while David Akin Battleground is the last live broadcast on Sun News Network. The closure meant a loss of 150 full-time jobs and affected an additional 50 freelancers and contributors. Management released the statement after closing: "This is an unfortunate result, closing Sun News is certainly not our goal," according to Julie Tremblay, President and CEO of Media Group and Sun Media Corporation. "Over the past four years, we have tried everything we can to achieve sufficient market penetration to generate the profits needed to operate the national news channel, unfortunately, many obstacles to the transportation we encountered at the end of this venture... We thank all employees for their day-to-day efforts and the talent they have contributed to the channel.We wish them all the best in their future endeavors, "he concluded.
The operating license for Sun News Network is submitted to CRTC on March 4, 2015.
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Freight
In November 2013, Sun News Network is available in approximately 40% of homes in Canada. Since obtaining the Sun News license at the end of 2010, Quebecor negotiates carriage deals with individual cable and satellite providers. The owners of Quebec, Vidà © otron, carry the network, as well as systems run by Access Communications, Bell Canada, Rogers Cable, Eastlink, Sasktel, Shaw Communications, and Cogeco (preliminary agreement with Shaw is a six month free trial period at Shaw Cable systems in Ontario and Western Canada, Cogeco's permission for Sun News is limited to Ontario's system of service providers).
Sun News is also initially available on the air in Quebecor's Toronto-based CKXT-TV, which serves South and East Ontario, which has maintained a public entertainment format under the "Sun TV" brand until it began simulcasting Sun News on its network launch. This simulcast allows Sun News to reach an audience in Toronto, Ottawa, Hamilton and London (the last three cities via repeaters), either through CKXT broadcast signals or cable and satellite services forced to carry CKXT signals. Some operators outside the area also carry CKXT on their own policies. Although Quebecor intends to return the CKXT license in exchange for Sun News, it filed a February 2011 submission to the CRTC requesting to continue CKXT's operations through digital conversion in August 2011. This arrangement caused complaints by other broadcasters, and the Sun cable and satellite providers tried to "have both "by having both guarantee over-the-air coverage while requesting a customer fee for which a special channel is entitled. On 5 July 2011, the CRTC notified Quebec that it should justify its practice of using over-the-air signals to re-broadcast a dedicated channel; Quebecor replied on July 15 that they would agree to submit the CKXT license to the CRTC. As a result, CTXT Sun News' broadcast ended on November 1, 2011, when the main Toronto signal was turned off along with the Hamilton and London repeaters (Ottawa repeater was shut down on 31 August).
Bell Satellite TV includes Sun News from its launch until the morning of May 3, 2011, when the channel was removed from the service at the request of Quebecor because there was no agreement on the cost of the train reached by Bell TV. Bell responded that the price Quebecor requested to transport Sun News in line with the more popular channel and considered too high for the "new and relatively untested" channel; In addition, Bell wants to treat Sun News as a terrestrial channel (in other words, make it available at no freight cost), citing its live broadcast on CKXT. (the blackout did not affect Bell Fiber TV in the Toronto area, which was forced to carry CKXT signals). Quebecor filed a complaint with the CRTC over the incident, alleging that Bell discriminated against Sun News and thus supported Bell Media's own news network, CTV News Channel and CP24. On 22 November 2011, Quebecor and Bell announced an agreement that would add Sun News to Bell TV's basic TV and satellite package outside of Quebec (an agreement for customers in the province is expected to be announced later). The Bell deal also includes the transport of three other Quebec-owned networks, Mlle, Yoopa, and TVA Sports.
Carrying trials of 2013
In January 2013, Quebecor once again filed a request with the CRTC for the mandatory train for Sun News Network, requesting that channel become a mandatory part of the cable and satellite provider's (analog and digital) base channel level. In response to the interventions submitted to the CRTC in March 2013, and in CRTC's public hearing held a month later, Quebec executives claimed that Sun News (one of several new and existing channels making transport proposals during the trial) did not receive treatment which is fair from cable and satellite providers who give their own news channels preferential treatment before Sun. As a remedy, Quebecor requests that Sun News receive mandatory placements at the base channel level by the end of 2017, at a per-customer cost of $ 0.18/month ($ 0.09/month in a particularly French-speaking market). Quebecor claims that the proposal is similar to what the CBC News Network and CTV News Channel previously enjoyed, and if approved, will help Sun News build audience and awareness levels of viewers and advertisers, and help alleviate the channel's financial losses (Sun News posted losses before taxes of $ 18.5 million for 2012). Quebecor does all the hauling, stirs audience support through social media campaigns ("Canadian TV First"), and declares to CRTC that anything short of a mandatory train will be the same as "death sentence" for Sun News, including the "must carry "the suggested (where the provider has to offer the channel to the customer, who can decide for themselves whether to add the channel to their package).
Sun News and eleven other applicants see their obligatory carriage requests rejected in a decision issued by CRTC on August 8, 2013 (some other channels see their mandatory requests granted or updated in the same decision). Specifically rejecting Sun News's request, the CRTC states that Sun does not clearly indicate that it meets the high bar for mandatory transportation, noting that Sun does not show its unique status among Category C news channels, nor does it effectively demonstrate outstanding commitment to first-run programming shopping; In addition, the Commission believes that Sun knew and accepted the financial risks of its initial launch without the guarantee of wagons and subsidies.
The CRTC's decision came at the time showing concerns about the affordability of cable and satellite services, worrying that while mandatory basic-level attendance will help Sun and his fellow applicants fulfill their respective mandates, the additional tariffs that channels will receive will be too much customer discomfort.
Although Sun News expressed disappointment over the denial of mandatory transport requests, the network believes their campaign serves as a "catalyst" for what is included in the CRTC's decision: addressing the broader issue of the rules governing the distribution of the Category C nation news channel, the Commission acknowledging that the rules it can serve as a "barrier" that prevents channels from having a "place of pride" on the broadcast system and reduces "the exchange of their ideas on issues of public concern." With that, the CRTC launched the review process of the rules, proposing new guidelines that would require distributors to offer all national news channels to their customers, as well as how channels should be packaged and priced, their proximity to the channel list, and how the train disagreements should be handled by the CRTC. The review resulted in a new rule issued by the CRTC on December 19, 2013: on March 19, 2014, Canadian television providers must offer all C category national news channels to their customers (but not necessarily at the lowest level of service); on May 18, 2014, all Category C news channels that have not been offered at the lowest service level should be included in "the best discretionary packages available in accordance with the genre and its programs", or offered to customers independently. CRTC Chairman Jean-Pierre Blais stated that the change was to ensure that Canada "has access to news services of interest to them and will therefore have the opportunity to be exposed to opinions on matters of public concern." Although the decision does not guarantee Sun News of favorable channel placement or per-customer fees previously sought, new rules are seen by network executives as "good news" and by one financial analyst as "gradually positive" for a struggling network.
Programming and content
Initially, Sun News featured a daily schedule modeled after the Quebecor's French language news channel, Le Canal Nouvelles, with content that its executives promote as "heavy news during the day, direct night conversations." During the daytime hours (from 6:00 am to 5:00 pm Eastern Time), the program emphasizes news coverage and news coverage; during the night hours (from 5:00 pm Eastern Time onwards), the emphasis shifts to personality-driven analysis and commentary programs. In November 2013, Sun began to refine its program, expanded the number of analysis and opinion content and sought to reduce repeated recurring coverage to further differentiate it from its competitors, the CBC News Network and the CTV News Channel.
The general attitude of Sun News, expressed by its founding executives, is life, "patriotic that is not shameful", and "less politically correct" than the CTV News Channel and CBC News Network, which Quebecor's management says is "unattractive" and leads Canada television viewers to switch to the US network for news. Sun News also takes a conservative approach that exemplifies the namesake of Quebec's English-language tabloids belonging to Quebec. Sun News' leans to the right and employs conservative and operative commentators in key positions in the air and off-air, leading to comparisons with the US-based Fox News Channel ("Fox News North" is an early daily term applied to deep networks media reports, punditry, and criticism). The management of Sun News openly underestimates his comparison with Fox News, saying that they only intend Sun News to emulate Sun's "impolite" and "provocative" approach, and that although some conservative voices will stand out, various [political] opinions "will be offered.
List of programs
The following is a partial list of Sun News Network programs scheduled regularly on January 2015:
- Business Day
- Straight Talk with Alex Pierson
- Talk Straight with Pat Bolland
- Straight Talk with Adrienne Batra
- Straight Talk with Jerry Agar
- Battlefield with David Akin
- Roll over with Brian Lilley
- Arena with Michael Coren
- Sources with Ezra Levant
- Weekend
- Canada in Rough
- Hard News at 60 with Alexandra Gunn
- Straight Talk at 60 with Alexandra Gunn
Controversy and criticism
Critique by former staff
Writing several years after leaving Sun News, former senior anchor Theo Caldwell wrote about the station's output that "the finished product is a bad television, even by Canadian standards." He also complained that he was not paid, despite his contract, and eventually quit as a result. Caldwell described management's view of the obligatory train as "hypocritical". "At first, when they imagined the station would be a huge success, they mocked the idea of ​​a mandatory train.When it became clear, however, that there was no winning amount of Suzuki-bashing and Justin Trudeau could save the company, they insisted it unfairly not to give Sun a stream of income guaranteed, on a credible basis that the CBC and CTV have received the same treatment decades earlier.It is dishonest, and it is surprising that Peladeau and Sun's management can make a striking reversal without a trace of irony. "
For reasons of channel failure, Caldwell wrote: "Simply put, if Sun is good, people will watch it.This channel is available in 5 million homes, but only collects several thousand viewers... The simple truth is that Sun News is a very bad television, and just a dysfunctional crew led by people like Peladeau who can expect to catch him. "
Former anchor Krista Erickson wrote an article for National Newswatch in 2015 that former Quebec vice-president Kory Teneycke, who was in charge of the channel, for criticisms calling it "pro-authoritarian" pro-Conservative party " often go to the gear "on the channel charge. Erickson blames Teneycke for the channels that reported during the 2011 federal election of a 16-year-old incident involving Jack Layton who was allegedly found at a massage parlor by police. "There is no arrest, no criminal prosecution, therefore no criminal behavior." On these facts, the justification of public interest is fairly thin, "according to Erickson, who claims that Sun News Network's management is still training his staff to handle the story. as if it were "the main sex scandal involving NDP leaders." Erickson also claimed that during the 2012 provincial elections campaign of Alberta, Teneycke "instructed me to stop reporting about Homophobic atrocities" conservative Wildrose candidates "and Teneycke" also demanded a segment that discusses Wildrose leader's notes about abortion removed from my program lined up ".
Erickson also claims that, if the CRTC approves the channel application for a mandatory carriage license, Teneycke plans to fire up to 50% of Sun News Network staff, whom he suspects as Liberal sympathizers or politically inconsistent with Teneycke's views, and replace them with former Conservative Party staff. Erickson also claims that Sun News contributors Michael Taube stopped being asked to appear on the channel after he declared disagreement with Harper's government proposal to allow revenue sharing.
licensing campaign 2010
In his column on August 19, 2010 at The Globe and Mail, Lawrence Martin claims, quoting an "insider", that CRTC chairman Konrad von Finckenstein was under pressure from Prime Minister Stephen Harper to resign from the commission and take other government positions, such as ambassadors, to facilitate Sun News to obtain the desired license. In a letter to The Globe and Mail von Finckenstein "categorically" denies any government intervention regarding Sun News or his term as chairman of the CRTC.
Initial content and programming
Before Quebecor withdraws its access request for Sun News (see above), the public interest group Friends of Canadian Broadcasting issued a briefing to the CRTC recommending that the Sun News app be denied, believing that Sun's mandatory access request is "very unfair" to other license applicants. However, Friends recommend that if Sun News does not win a license agreement, Quebecor should be required to make revenues for Canadian programming (similar to CTV News Channel and CBC News Network) and comply with the Canadian Association of Broadcaster Code of Ethics for balanced news and program coverage. The November 26th approval of the CRTC specifically included the requirement that Sun News would comply with the RTNDA Journalistic Code of Ethics and the Journalistic Independence Code as a member of the Canadian Broadcasting Standards Board. Sun News is considered to be a possible aid provider of a proposal by the CRTC to provide more licensed broadcasting stations the opportunity to broadcast false and misleading news (CRTC canceled proposals in February 2011).
The contents of the early hours and days of Sun News received some criticism and controversy, with critics and columnists commenting on the heavy self-promotion network and choice of opening night topics, including some criticisms of the CBC (see also below) and a little talk about political campaigns is ongoing (by chance, the Sun News debut comes two weeks before the federal election). Ezra Levant was also collected for relying on "old news" during the first edition of The Source , including featuring a controversial 2005 cartoon depicting Muhammad. Unfavorable criticism came from TV Glossary and TV critic John Doyle, who branded Sun News a "fantastic unfit broadcasting", and from Winnipeg Free Press columnist Brad Oswald , who commented that the network "lacks ideological zeal and financial means to achieve self-declared goals alters TV history."
Drawing the attention of sex Sun News received attention early on, both with columnist Rick Mercer and Ottawa Citizen Dave Dutton among those who tweet about "baby shots" during Sun's first day. Later that week, columnist Tasha Kheiriddin of the National Post slammed Sun News over a "low-cut, sleeveless" outfit from the network's female anchor; Maclean Washington bureau chief Luiza Ch. Savage, in agreement with Kheiriddin, charged the network as "TV Skank" on his Twitter feed (comments he later deleted). Sun News's management has defended their "right to bare" anchor, as did New Democratic Member of the Parliament (NDP) Olivia Chow - who launched a sleeveless display during the April 21st appearance at The Roundtable "It's not what [women in politics] wear that matters, that's the idea they put forward."
2011 federal election reporting
Sun Media, and Sun News in particular, were involved in two separate stories during the last week of federal elections in 2011 centered on two federal party leaders. The first centered on a photo that appeared to show Liberal Party leader Michael Ignatieff posing with US military forces in Kuwait at the end of 2002, months before the 2003 Iraq invasion. The source of the photograph was the Conservative Party operative Patrick Muttart, who has advised > pro bono to Sun News on its broadcast presentation and offer the photo to Sun Media, which contains a story that alleges Ignatieff's involvement with the US plan to attack Iraq. Sun Media did not run the photo, as it was illegible and did not convincingly prove Ignatieff's presence with US forces. Sun Media chief Pierre Karl PÃÆ'Ã… © ladeau, in an editorial for Sun's letters, claimed that the photo was an attempt to not only undermine Ignatieff's campaign but also the integrity of Sun Media and Sun News. The incident led to the removal of Muttart from the campaign of Conservative leader and incumbent Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
On April 29, 2011, Sun News carried a report stating that NDP leader Jack Layton was present at Toronto's massage clinic when police visited him in 1996 on suspicion of being a brothel. Layton, who was never accused of any wrongdoing, called the Sun News report a "dirty campaign", while Layton lawyer Brian Iler said in a statement that Layton "has no knowledge that the location of the therapist may have been used for illicit purposes Layton's wife and fellow NDP Member of Parliament, Olivia Chow, confirmed the 1996 appointment and denounced "any remarks about mistakes" on her husband's side. Ontario Provincial Police launched an investigation into how police records about the incident leaked to Sun News, whose report quotes an anonymous squadron deputy officer in Toronto.
Conflict with and criticism of CBC
Sun News Network (and, historically in the print media, Sun Media) has often criticized and persistently criticized the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, and accused the Crown-owned broadcasters (who secretly called Sun Media as "The State Broadcaster") -musus bias and misuse of taxpayer's funds. Quebecian's channels and network of newspapers filed hundreds of requests for Access to Information seeking details on how the CBC spent a budget of 1.1 billion US dollars. The CBC's refusal to fill many of these Access to Information requests led to a court case filed against him by the Canadian Information Commissioner. Sun News often broadcasts news and publishes articles accusing people of paying taxpayer dollars. CBC President Hubert Lacroix called the attack "a dirty campaign." CEO of Sun Media Pierre-Karl PÃÆ'Ã… © ladeau accused CBC of advertising with almost all media companies but hers.
During the 2014 Winter Olympics, Hosts Byline host Brian Lilley broadcast a segment that criticized CBC's personality for announcing the names of Olympic competitors from Quebec in the French way rather than angering them. Canadian English does not have a single standard for dealing with non-English names; some speakers abused them while others tried to follow original pronunciations as closely as possible, but no practices were considered objectively objectionable, and many international news organizations around the world followed the latter practice as a matter of respect for the personalities they covered. Lilley apologizes for the segment the next day.
CBSC verdict
Sun News Network, as a mandatory requirement of its broadcast license, has membership in the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council (CBSC), and must comply with the Code of Conduct written by CBSC members. The Code violation occurred on December 22, 2011, when Ezra Levant, in a commentary on The Source, denounced Chiquita Brands International and his ethical notes after the company declared it would stop using oil produced from Alberta's oil sand. Speaking in Spanish, Levant told his Hispanic Chiquita executive to go have sex with his mother. CBSC received 22 complaints about the use of Levant obscenity, some noted that it was one of the most disgusting contempt in Spanish. Although Sun News and Levant went on to argue that the phrase could have several meanings, Levant later admitted that he intended to use the term in its literal, most vulgar sense. With that, CBSC stipulates in June 2012 that, although Levant has the right to criticize Chiquita and its management, its use of Spanish vulgarity violates Article 6 of the Code, which requires "full, fair and appropriate news presentations, opinions, comments and editorials" content; as a result, Sun News is required to issue an on-air CBSC decision announcement.
Previous incidents that received more attention and complaints, but which had different results, occurred during the June 1, 2011 broadcast of Canada Live , when Krista Erickson discusses public funding for the art program with dancer interpreter Margie Gillis. During the discussion, Erickson took an aggressive verbal tone toward Gillis's soft spoken, shouting at Gillis's response and challenging his comments about the lack of affection among Canadians when, quoting Erickson, "We have lost more than 150 soldiers who have served in Afghanistan!" Although Sun News was founded by Erickson and his behavior in Gillis interviews, CBSC will receive 6,676 complaints from viewers over the incident, far more than twice the average annual rate of complaints received by the Council. After reviewing the complaint, CBSC stipulated in February 2012 that there was no violation of Clause 6 of the Code, stating that Erickson's question line, albeit strong, did not go into personal attacks.
Other incidents occurring on the The Source (apart from the above mentioned Chiquita incident) involved the July 4, 2011 broadcast, when Ezra Levant and journalist/blogger Kathryn Marshall discussed city and provincial government funding. program in Edmonton that provides residential and studio space for the Edmonton artists; during discussions, the Levant often (and sometimes Marshall) calls the program "free housing" for artists. On July 6th, Levant retracted the comment "free housing" after reading viewer comments that blamed it for not verifying its claim (the project's residents paid rent), even though he stood up with his objections. for government funding for the project. The CBSC, having received 40 complaints over the incident, side with Levant and Sun News in deciding that there is no violation of the Clauses Code 6 and 7 (the final clause concerning fair treatment of controversial issues) has occurred.
"Gypsy" comment
On September 5, 2012, Sun News Network hosted Ezra Levant broadcasting "The Jew vs. the Gypsies" commentary on The Source, in which he accused the Romani people of being a criminal group and said: "This is gypsies, cultures identical to deceivers The phrase gypsies and swindlers have been so historically interchangeable that the word has entered English as a verb: he stroked me Gypsies are not race They are a group without a shift They rob people of the blind. Their major economies are theft and beggars, and for centuries these highway gangs mocked the law and robbed across Europe. "
Following the complaint, Sun News Network removed the video from its website and issued an apology: "Two weeks ago on the Sun News program" The Source "we looked at the issue of claims by the Roma refugees.After the broadcast we received some complaints from audiences feeling that the broadcast reinforces the negative stereotype of the Romans We have completed the review of the material and we agree that this content is inappropriate and should not be broadcast.Not Sun News intent, or anyone employed by Sun News, to promote negative stereotypes about people -Rose of Rome We regret our mistakes in this broadcast, and we apologize selflessly to the Romans and to you, our viewers. "
Bernie Farber, former CEO of the Canadian Jewish Congress, victims of the Holocaust Nate Leipciger and Avrum Rosensweig of Ve'ahavta: The Canadian Jewish Humanitarian and Volunteer Committee published an opinion in the National Post that condemned Levant's commentary as "despicable screed "and argued that" [t] the time has come for all of us to reject hatred and bigotry - against any group ".
Gina Csanyi-Robah, executive director of the Rome Community Center in Toronto, described the broadcast as "almost nine minutes of racist hatred speeches broadcasting our community," "one of the longest and most sustained broadcasts of hate-and-whiteness to every community in Canada that we have see it since our organization was founded in 1997 "and as" racially, prejudiced and openly condemned. "The center complains against Sun News with the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission and the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council and against the Levant with the Alberta Law Society as well as with the Toronto Police Service.
In March 2013, Levant apologized for his statement saying his harsh words "will be an example of what not to do when commenting on social issues". It was later reported that police and crown lawyers had recommended allegations of resentment laid against the Levant but Ontario Attorney General's office refused to give charges due to fears that the trial would be "a bit of a media circus".
The Canadian Broadcasting Standards Council later ruled in September 2013 that the Levant broadcast was "in violation of the Canadian Broadcaster Code and Fair Equality Code," and that his comments about Rome were "rude and overly discriminatory against ethnic groups, and violated other provisions of [code ] about negative depictions, stereotypes, stigmatization and degradation. "
On January 23, 2013, Levant showed a protest video that took place in front of the Sun News office in Toronto where the protesters objected to Sun's coverage of Unemployed Movies. The Levant replays the clip on the next broadcast and begins to identify one pair by name claiming that they are "professional protesters." The couple then contacted Sun to complain that it was not them in the clip, that they had not attended the protests or even in Toronto at the time. "The CBSC National Service Special Panel concluded that the Sun News Network violated Clause 6 of the CAB Code of Conduct to include inaccurate information on the talk show Levant has admitted his mistake on the February 8th episode of The Source.
Incident 2011 Citizenship Week
On October 18, 2011, The Roundtable held a ceremony at Toronto Sun News studios to commemorate the celebration of the Population Week of Canada. Producer Sun News, instead of sending a crew to one of several citizenship ceremonies in the Toronto area (as proposed by Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) initially), offered to have 10 new Canadians take the Oath of Citizenship in his studio (showing that the network just wants to cover the oath, rather than a full, on-air ceremony). The Toronto CIC office rushed to arrange 10 newly sworn citizens to reaffirm the oath in Sun News at the request of the network, and the ceremony took place as planned on October 18, with Roundtable anchor Alex Pierson and Pat Bolland presenting the group as if indicating that they took the oath for the first time (though the presiding judge made it clear during the broadcast that this was merely a reaffirmation of the oath). However, in the February 2, 2012 Canadian Press report, which relies on documents and e-mails released under the Access to Information Act, about six out of 10 people who reaffirmed the oath were actually CIC employees, who were there to be filled with citizens who must retreat due to other commitments and ensure "the right numbers" for Sun News broadcasts. (the names of employees of CIC and Sun News in e-mail, which were deleted in the CP report, revealed later in the report by other outlets).
CIC was criticized for his role in the incident, while opposition members in the House of Commons of Canada blamed Immigration Minister Jason Kenney for "deceptive" affirmation rites (e-mails disclosed in CP reports as coming from SunMedia) ca address seems to indicate that Sun News offers to "falsify oath" on-air). Kenny and his office, after the February 2 CP report, insisted that they were not made aware of the Toronto CIC's actions on the show until the day before the CP report was released, blaming CIC Toronto officials for their "bad handling" and "logistics" problems. "Kenny's press secretary , Candice Malcolm, went a long way to offer culpa mea to Sun News in the February 3rd appearance at The Roundtable .
Pat Bolland, in a February 3 interview with Candice Malcolm, acknowledged that both Sun News and the government "have some eggs on our faces [sic]," but both he and fellow Roundtable host Alex Pierson insist that they personally does not know the CIC's actions or the true citizenship status of the participants when they are presenting the event to the viewers. The management of Sun News will claim no further knowledge as well, with spokeswoman Luc Lavoie stating that "our viewers are deceived by well-meaning bureaucrats [CIC] who make bad decisions", and cites, by name, producer Sun News (who left the network a month after the incident) for his role in the incident. However, the explanation from Kenney and Sun News offices was questioned in June 2012, when a new Canadian Press report revealed that they both knew the secrets of civil servant attendance at Roundtable broadcast, and that Sun was "given a choice" to use it on-air. Kenney, in response to a new CP report, backed away at an earlier mistake by CIC bureaucrats, claimed in the House of Commons that "at every Canadian citizenship ceremony invited to reaffirm, including public servants," and that the incident of Sun News was "perfectly normal and legitimate".
Sun News was criticized for the incident: columnist Heather Mallick of the Toronto Star , after the original CP report, called the broadcast a "play" that "ridiculed our democracy [and] journalism", while Star < i> the editorial stated that Sun failed viewers to "misrepresent the reaffirmation ceremony as a citizenship". Sun News has a defender, however: Host Sun Krista Erickson defends the roles of his colleagues, branding the original CP story as "very misleading" and "totally unfair attack". CTV News Channel Don Martin also said that Sun is not to blame, other than "not having the resources to attend the real ceremony". The February 2 CP report noted that Toronto CIC officials have cast doubt on the broadcast, and an official recommends that Sun News, if the network wishes to do so, presents a full future citizenship ceremony (not a reinstatement), either in the studio or at a CIC ceremony scheduled.
Justin Trudeau's photo
In the Sept. 15, 2014 edition of The Source Ezra Levant displays a photo of Liberal leader Justin Trudeau, taken and tweeted by Trudeau's official photographer, posing with a wedding party and kissing the bride on the cheek. In comments criticizing Trudeau and public media coverage of him, Levant used the photo to claim that Trudeau "pushed himself into the picture in an intimate way" on an occasion in which, Levant argued, the bride should be kissed by only her father and man. men. The Levant went a step further, drawing a line from Trudeau's actions to Trudeau's parenthood, former Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau (called Levant as "whore") and Margaret Trudeau. Levant's statement drew criticism from Trudeau's office on Sept. 23, stating that Sun Media "broke the boundary... editorial integrity" in broadcasting "personal attacks on the Trudeau family." (The bride in the photo and her father-in-law will publicly state that Trudeau is permitted to pose in the photo and to kiss the bride.) In a show of displeasure with Sun Media, Trudeau's office announces that she will "continue not to get involved" with print, , and Sun's online channels through to Quebec or "solving problems." Sun Media will offer apologies before the September 29th broadcast of The Source , with an announcer saying the segment is in bad taste and expressing an apology to Trudeau, his family, and viewers, though Levant does not apologize for himself. The Trudeau office, in turn, offered acceptance of an apology.
Rating and views
Ratings for Sun News are consistently poor, especially among the 25-54 year markets most wanted by advertisers; at least one Sun News show first drew a zero rating in 25 to 54 demographics.
On the first night of the Sun News event on April 18, 2011, 37,000 viewers across the country aired a half-hour preview show, with 31,000 viewers still watching the first regular program, The Source with Ezra Levant ; other first-day viewership levels include 31,000 for Charles Adler and 17,000 for Byline with Brian Lilley . However, after that first night, the first week viewers were greatly reduced, with the network attracting 12,000 viewers on April 20, only 1,000 of them in the demographic age 25-54 that advertisers want. The number of viewers did not increase in the week; on April 22 at 07.00. Eastern Time, 11,000 viewers watched Sun News, far behind the CBC News Network number for that hour (263,000) and even behind CNN US imports (38,000).
In June 2011, Sun News reached an average of 12,900 viewers, who placed it in front of all BNN business special channels but far behind the CBC News Network and CTV News Channel.
In August 2011, Qubecor Media Inc. stated that on August 12th, Sun News has a higher viewership than CTV News Channel during the period from 3:00 to 10:00 pm. Eastern Time and higher than the CBC News Network at 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm. period. This channel also has the highest show of 89,000 for 09:00. Eastern time from Byline . Next Thursday August 18th, Sun News Network has a higher viewership than CTV News Network from 1:00 pm - 10:00 pm. with Charles Adler receiving 62,000 viewers and Byline collecting 80,000 viewers. However, the next day, the number dropped to 30,000 for Adler and 19,000 for Byline . On December 28th, the highest-rated event was The Source with Ezra Levant , gathering 38,000 viewers. Byline with Brian Lilley attracted 35,000 viewers. However, only 5,000 and 6,000 of the viewers each come from the coveted 25-54 age demographic. Charles Adler draws only 8,000 viewers at 8:00 pm. with zeroes in the 25-54 year age group.
On April 18, 2012, one year after the launch of Sun News, Canada's BBM rating report reveals that for 24 hours from 2:00 am today to 2:00 Eastern Time next day between August 31, 2011 and March 31, 2012, Sun News occupies the premises fourth among English-language news channels in Canada, carrying only 0.1% of viewers, a fraction of the ratings for CBC News Network (1.4%), CNN (0.9%) and CTV News Network (0.8%). Requests for Sun News to comment on or outline ratings are denied.
According to documents filed by Sun News Network with CRTC in January 2013, the channel has 16,400 viewers in an average minute. Other sources report the number is much lower, with CBC reporting that by 2013, Sun News only attracts, on average, 8,000 viewers at any given time.
Staff
Sun News is headed by Kory Teneycke, vice president of development for Quebecor and former communications director and chief spokesman for Prime Minister Stephen Harper. Teneycke briefly abandoned Sun News after a storm erupted over his criticism of Sun News critics (see 2010 licensing campaign above); During the interim (September 2010 to January 2011), Sun News was led by Luc Lavoie, an old Quebec executive and, like Teneycke, a former Prime Minister spokesman (he worked under Brian Mulroney).
At its launch announcement in June 2010, Sun News was named David Akin and Brian Lilley as national bureau chiefs and senior correspondents; both men serve as air hosts. The first direct provider of Sun News is the national talk show host, Charles Adler; Winnipeg-based Adler was named in September 2010 to host an analysis/night show on the network (Adler's titular show was canceled in September 2013, following a host air chat with Kory Teneycke). Two more significant employees occurred in October 2010, when Sun News hired CBC News reporter Krista Erickson to serve as host and reporter while hiring Western writer, columnist and Western Standard founder Ezra Levant to host late house Performance analysis of the afternoon. During the summer of 2010, Sun News made an introduction to comedian Rick Mercer (who declined), while also denying rumors of a bid for Kevin Newman, who left his anchor position at Global National in August and is currently hosted for CTV News Channel. Theo Caldwell was also tapped to host a business-oriented afternoon show, but quickly fell in the summer of 2011 and was replaced by Michael Coren.
Sun News employs Toronto mayor Rob Ford and his brother, Toronto city councilman Doug Ford, to host a weekly news show on the network, Ford Nation in November 2013. The Ford brothers had previously hosted home of a Sunday afternoon call-at a show on Toronto CFRB radio station, and their recruitment by Sun comes in a period of chaos for Rob Ford, who has faced charges about his actions at the office. Ford Nation , despite garnering a respectable audience for the network, was canceled after just one broadcast, on November 18, reportedly due to the cost of recording and editing programs as well as lack of experience with medium television.
Use of Sun Media print staff
In addition to the on-air staff listed below, as well as international content agreements with CNN, Sun News relies on a portion of the staff and resources of the Sun's chain and other Quebec-owned newspapers; a number of Quebec print journalists have been trained on their newsgathering TV tasks in addition to their regular newspaper and website tasks (the Sun News logo, in fact, is patterned after Toronto Sun ' On-air staff (on shutdown)
Anchors and hosts
- Journalist
Commenters, experts and contributors
Previous on-air staff
- Charles Adler - Adler host (leaving September 13, 2013 after the event cancellation); now a radio host on Sirius XM satellite radio.
- Mark Bonokoski - Sun Media columnist; former host substitute for The Source and Charles Adler
- Theo Caldwell - The Caldwell Account (left on 27 June 2011)
- Joan Crockatt - former consultant and scholar Sun News (former MP for Calgary Center)
- Krista Erickson - Canada Live host and Evening News Update anchor (leaving January 2013; is a UK-based correspondent for CBS News, currently studying in law school)
- Rob Ford and Doug Ford Toronto mayor and city council, respectively - host of Ford Nation (canceled after one episode aired on November 18, 2013)
- Andrea Slobodian - reporter and co-anchor based in Calgary AM Agenda (now at CKY-DT in Winnipeg)
- Mercedes Stephenson - military analyst (formerly with the Center for Military and Strategic Studies at the University of Calgary) and Daily Brief co-host (leaving Sun News a week before its launch, currently with CTV News Channel)
- Neelam Verma - former morning show host First View
See also
- The Rebel Media - an online political news channel, featuring several former Sun News Network personalities, created by Ezra Levant after the death of Sun News Network
References
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