Are CTV and Global National Sanitizing News From The Robert Pickton Trial?
Written by D.L. McCracken Friday, 26 January 2007 A disturbing trend has been slowly developing in the shadow of the beginning of the Robert “Willie” Pickton murder trial which will no doubt dominate the news over the next year. At this juncture the public have been privy to only minor tidbits of the unspeakable actions allegedly committed by “the pigman” and what we know is indeed troubling to say the least. It is now the duty of our national news providers to fill in the blanks and report to the public in a succinct and thorough manner. But that’s not what we’re getting. If you have watched the national news broadcasts over the last few days, you will have already heard from CTV’s Lloyd Robertson and Global National’s Kevin Newman that, because of the disturbing nature of the facts coming out of the trial and because the facts may be too upsetting for viewers, they have decided to withhold certain aspects of the day’s proceedings. The only disturbing aspect of this trial to me is the
