[Happening] CBC: "The phrase 'when anonymous players threatened to rape and murder female game developers' was intended to remind people quickly what [GamerGate] was about." - Willi... [x-post reddit] No, that's not an embellishment or exaggeration like a lot of clickbait titles that've been popping up on this subreddit lately. I almost wish it were. For the uninitiated, here's some background information on this thread: http://www.reddit.com/r/KotakuInAction/comments/35cfo2/cbc_is_at_it_again/ http://www.cbc.ca/player/Radio/Local+Shows/British+Columbia/On+The+Coast/ID/2666810307/ On May 8, 2015, during an interview with Interview with GTFO director Shannon Sun-Higginson, Stephen Quinn, the host of On the Coast, made the following statements: >...GamerGate was the full extent of the misogyny... and >[GamerGate] was, of course, when anonymous players threatened to rape and murder female game developers. Needless to say, I filed a complaint against the CBC with the CRTC earlier this month, and, just a few hours ago, received a response from Lorna Haeber, the Director of Programming for CBC Radio British Columbia, who, among other things, had the following to say: >As part of the preamble to the question, Mr. Quinn did try to put the issue of GamerGate into some context for the listener describing it as "when anonymous players threatened to rape and murder female game developers".  You took exception to that phrase saying there is "no evidence linking GamerGate supporters to any such incidents."  Again, the interview was not intended to explore GamerGate, and the phrase was intended to remind people quickly what it was about so the question being asked made sense. The entire letter is available for reading here: https://twitter.com/LunarArchivist/status/614260954046443520 Just so we're clear, here's what we've learned about the mainstream media from the CBC so far: 1. If journalists keep things sufficiently vague, they can safely avoid commenting on it. 2. You can apparently say anything you want about a specific subject, topic, group, or person as long as they're not the main focus of a news report or broadcast. 3. You can defame/slander/libel/misrepresent someone if it's the form of a reminder. By this ridiculous logic, I could use the phrase "went to court twice over child molestation charges" while explaining who Michael Jackson was, a statement that's technically accurate but also profoundly biased, dishonest, and disingenuous. Think about those points very carefully. If the wider implications of the above statements don't send a chill up your spine, then you haven't been paying attention. The always amazing William Usher offers his analysis here: http://blogjob.com/oneangrygamer/2015/06/cbc-defends-stance-that-gamergate-is-about-rape-murder-threats/ People, please upvote/reblog/retweet this stuff. We need everyone to see just how bad things with the CBC and the mainstream media in general are right now and how they could easily get much worse in the future if we don't do something about it before it's too late. This post was mirrored from http://www.reddit.com/r/KotakuInAction/comments/3b5clu/happening_cbc_the_phrase_when_anonymous_players/ and may have been edited at the original location.