Imagine An Unelected and Unaccountable Body of Censors Stamping On a Human Opinion Forever

It only gets worse:

The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) used to be a regulatory body established by the federal government. As of late, the CRTC has been acting as a state censorship body. That the CRTC is even considering banning the Fox News Network from Canadian distribution due to complaints from activist groups shows just how broad the CRTC feels its mandate for controlling content is.

 

(Sidebar: this CRTC.) 

This:

The CRTC has opened a public consultation on a complaint from an LGBTQ rights group asking the broadcast regulator to ban Fox News from cable packages in Canada.

Interested parties and the public can submit their comments through the CRTC website until June 2.

Egale Canada first said in April it would file an application asking the CRTC to ban Fox News over “false and horrifying claims” made by host Tucker Carlson regarding transgender individuals.

(Sidebar: this Tucker Carlson.)

The group published an open letter following a March appearance on Tucker Carlson Tonight. The group said the Fox News “coverage aimed to provoke hatred and violence against 2SLGBTQI communities, particularly those who are Two Spirit, trans, nonbinary and gender non-conforming (2STNBGN).”

 

The same country that lets unelected and unaccountable morons in Quebec determine what it can and cannot watch, what telecommunications can join its tiny pool, that won't entertain a la carte options that might cut out the state-funded mouthpiece that no one watches (and who, aside from dictatorships, has state media?) is the same country that will ban kitten videos on Youtube for being too reactionary.

Vaguely related:

Oscar-winning actor Richard Dreyfuss issued some criticism for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ new diversity and inclusion standards, saying that the updated requirements for Oscar contention “make me vomit.”

Dreyfuss’ comments came during a wide-ranging interview on PBS’ “Firing Line With Margaret Hoover,” in which the actor discussed civics education in the United States, partisan discourse and the Academy’s diversity inclusion initiative.

“It’s an art. No one should be telling me as an artist that I have to give in to the latest, most current idea of what morality is. What are we risking? Are we really risking hurting people’s feelings? You can’t legislate that,” Dreyfuss told Hoover. “You have to let life be life. I’m sorry, I don’t think there is a minority or majority in the country that has to be catered to like that.”