Columnist: CBC’s Lang should resign

Toronto Globe and Mail business columnist John Doyle called for CBC business journalist Amanda Lang‘s resignation due to what he argues is compromised reporting and interviewing.

Doyle writes, “The other day, Lang was in Regina to speak to the Chartered Financial Analysts Society of Saskatchewan. The Regina Leader-Post reported that ‘the peppery CBC business journalist’ had loads to say on innovation and productivity.

“At about the same time, in The Guardian, no less, George Monbiot was writing about the Lang story, the CBC and the controversy as an example that ‘those who are supposed to scrutinize the financial and political elite are embedded within it.’ Monbiot writes, ‘CBC refused to answer my questions, and I have not had a response from Lang. It amazes me that she remains employed by CBC, which has so far done nothing but bluster and berate its critics. This is grotesque.’

“It’s always bracing when outsiders look at Canada, its cronyism and system of privilege. Monbiot is correct – it is grotesque. It’s time for Lang to get down off her high horse and go away. This is about the CBC’s reputation, not hers, which is already in tatters.”

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