CBC recently published a story about 2 teenagers that were tricked into eating moose droppings on a school canoe trip. (The initial story is here and a follow up is here.) The way CBC presented the story and the public reaction to it got me, well, all worked up. So what did I do? I sat down to write a comment on their website and Facebook page. The comment turned into an essay. So when I tried to publish the comment on the website, it got cut off about a third of the way through and, since the story is no longer “breaking news,” the story (and my comment) are no longer easy to find on CBC Manitoba’s Facebook page. Sigh. But having vented, I want someone to be able to see what I had to say. If you’re interested, which, I’m sure, you aren’t, you can read it here.
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What a story. I didn’t read all the comments on the stories but from your response, I take it there was quite an intense response by the public.
I’m not sure the response was any more intense than it is for many other stories like this, but, for whatever reason, I got especially annoyed by the knee-jerk reactions to this one.