French CBC Cited for Prime Time Porn, May Jeopardize License Renewal

French CBC Cited for Prime Time Porn, May Jeopardize License Renewal

OTTAWA, October 29, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Federal broadcasting regulators have blamed the state-funded Canadian Broadcasting Commission (CBC) for airing pornography during a prime-time program on its French television network.

The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) reprimanded the CBC on Tuesday for broadcasting on April 26 the French program "Fric Show" at 7:30 PM, despite the particular episode's focus on pornography-related issues, at a time when children could be exposed to its content.

According to the Canadian Press, the CRTC found the episode's scenes of "women nude in front and back" and "explicit sexual intercourse" justified the complaints of parents that the CBC had in fact aired pornography during prime-time and far before the "watershed hour" of 9PM, when government regulators agree to turn a blind eye toward programmed indecency.