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Doug Appeldoorn's avatar

Wow! CTV is pretty spineless. Fuck the trolls! Keep reporting, you are absolutely needed now more than ever.

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Alannah Hall's avatar

I am PISSED - and have written a scathing email to CTV

We are not the US.

I am going to g to put in extra effort to distribute your reporting far and wide. Spineless weasels.

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Barry D's avatar

I have done and will do the same.

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Laura Leigh's avatar

UG. What a loss for democracy, what a loss for you - sorry Rachel, you deserve better, and also what a loss for Canadians who need and want to be well informed during this important election. YUK, Booo 👎🏼

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David Flater's avatar

They want freedom to spout misinformation, disinformation and out and out lies. They can't handle the truth!

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Sc O's avatar

CTV will be hearing from me ... I hope they will hear from us all. This is exactly the transparent reporting we. NEED RIGHT NOW, not after the election.

CTV should have started your next segment by highlighting the trolls and backlash and exposing the person on Poilievr's team to show exactly the kind of followers PP has.

This is a story in itself, ffs.

Then let viewers know it's been reported to the RCMP (because they should have).

Then made a statement that the segment will continue, because that's how journalism works.

I'm so sorry our media have no spine. It's a fucking miracle they can walk upright.

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Tim Tucci's avatar

That's precisely what I was hoping they would do. You know, show INTEGRITY and draw a line in the sand in front of "his name is SKAMSKI for Christ's sake" and PP and the whole right-wing "Trollosphere". If they did maybe we'd see the start of a Tipping Point where big corporate media actually showed real integrity again. Nope. They're like Abe Vigoda in the God Father saying "It's just business"

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Marie Lauer's avatar

Wow! Do we live in the USA? I'm incredibly frustrated and disappointed. Someone like me- "Jill Public" relies on someone like you to help me understand this election and to fact check. It's just too onerous for me to do on my own. I miss the days when news coverage was unbiased and included true investigative reporting. The fact that these "men" are doing this to a woman just adds salt to the wound in my opinion. Truly disgusted with CTV news....keep up the good fight! We appreciate you and what you're doing.

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Jen's avatar

Down the road, after the election. We need the fact checking now not maybe someday in the future. Shame on CTV.

I’m so sorry Rachel. You are doing great work. I’m honoured to support.

I will also be emailing CTV.

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Caireen B's avatar

That is so disappointing! I was pumped that you were getting this opportunity because the work you do is important. I have come to really appreciate your insights and fact checks. Unfortunately this lines up with their other policy of not having journalists on the campaign either- almost like they are afraid of what might be revealed!

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Sc O's avatar

So, I just wrote CTV Morning a scathing email. If anyone else would like to join in, the email address I have is: ottawa.morning@ctv.ca

Enjoy!

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Bonnie Macdonald's avatar

Just when I had decided to give CTV another try after the Lisa Laflamme debacle, they go ahead and show themselves to be spineless shits who refuse to support women in journalism. Boycott back on.

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Donald Macpherson's avatar

Keep up the great work Rachel. So sorry this happened to you. You deserve better.

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George J Waters's avatar

That’s awful and shame on CTV and the trolls. You do have a lot of supporters. Take a breath but don’t give up. Your work is important, valued and it is recognized by many now and by many more in the future. Thank you and good luck!

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Dr. Shyam Ranganathan's avatar

So sorry this happened to you. After hearing this I decided to get a paid subscription to support your work. Hope others make this choice too.

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Annie Paquin's avatar

Thanks for being there, Rachel. Your words are not lost on us. Like everyone else said: I am sorry about what you are going through and you deserve better. CTV is weak.

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~davE's avatar

subscribed... f**k the trolls and CTV. Keep up the good fight and please stay safe

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Zzi's avatar

You better bet they’re getting a letter from me. You are leading the worthy cause of truth.

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