by CCRL | Feb 15, 2011 | Media Watch
Toronto, February 15, 2011 – On Jan. 29, a small private art gallery in Toronto issued a press release publicizing an upcoming show that includes a portrait of Pope Benedict riddled with obvious small, round holes and a representation of U.S. President Barak...
by CCRL | Feb 9, 2011 | Media Watch
TORONTO, February 9, 2011 (CCRL) – This week’s news of a new application for Apple’s iPhone, iPad and iPod touch has attracted a good deal of attention in the media, most of it accurate if a bit flippant in the headlines. (“Bless me iPhone, for I have sinned,”...
by CCRL | Feb 4, 2011 | Media Watch
February 4, 2011 – Thanks to the many League members, especially those belonging to our Facebook group, who urged Pepsico and the Super Bowl organization to cancel one of the submissions to the annual Super Bowl advertising contest. The submission satirized Holy...
by CCRL | Feb 4, 2011 | Media Watch
TORONTO, February 4, 2011 – The Rite, a suspense film featuring Anthony Hopkins, is based on a book by journalist Matt Baglio about the accounts of an American priest who has served as an exorcist. The movie, which opened in most centres Friday, January...
by CCRL | Jan 7, 2011 | Media Watch
TORONTO, January 7, 2011 – Over the past year, the League has been following closely some correspondence between one of our members and the moderator of CBC.ca’s message boards. The corporation’s response suggested that passages from the Catholic Catechism discussing...
by CCRL | Dec 17, 2010 | Media Watch
The recently-announced decision of the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council (CBSC) to censure some comments made by Rev. Charles McVety on his program Word TV (carried as a paid program on CTS) raises some challenging questions about the role of the voluntary body in...
