Even before Oct. 2023, trying to persuade senior CBC colleagues to report accurately on Palestinians was a struggle. Nor had there ever been direction from senior colleagues to push a certain group of people to do pre-taped interviews. (CBC told The Breach it “categorically rejects” the claim that interviews were “routinely cancelled”.) The senior producer raised his concerns via email to the executive producer, who then cc’ed one of the higher-up managers. (CBC told The Breach that it doesn’t recall there was anyone else who raised concerns in the meeting, but audio recordings show otherwise.)
