‘Misogynistic’ comments not a broadcasting code violation: CBSC

The Canadian Broadcast Standards Council (CBSC) ruled this week that a segment titled “Men are Better than Women” on the Kid Carson Show was not discriminatory. The segment aired on the morning show of Vancouver's CFBT-FM The Beat 94.5 on March 2, 2009. “During the segment in question, the hosts interviewed the author of a book and website entitled Men Are Better than Women. A listener complained that the content was discriminatory against women. The majority of the CBSC’s British Columbia Regional Panel concluded that the broadcast did not violate any broadcast codes,” the CBSC said in a release. On the program, American author Dick Masterson discussed women and his motivations for publishing a controversial book and website. “He made outrageous statements about women, asserted that women should not be allowed in the paid workforce, and concluded that men simply do everything better,” the release said. “The Kid Carson Showhosts and each of the callers challenged Masterson on every one of his points, questioned why he had such negative views of women, and asked what his own mother thought of his work. Carson also suggested that Masterson could not be serious and was only trying to be provocative in order to sell books.” The CBSC said one listener complained to the council that the program provided Masterson with a platform to express “misogynistic views." The Beat radio station said the hosts did not share Masterson’s opinions and that he would not appear on the program again. The CBSC said its B.C. regional panel looked at the complaint under the Canadian Association of Broadcasters’ (CAB) code of ethics, which contains provisions on abusive and unduly discriminatory comments based on sex, degradation and sex-role stereotyping. A majority on the panel concluded that the segment did not violate the code because the radio hosts and callers consistently and immediately refuted Masterson’s statements.

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