Dustin Rabin A CBC handout photo of Wendy Mesley from Sept. 2009. TORONTO — CBC News has taken disciplinary action against journalist Wendy Mesley in light of her admission that she used a racist slur on two separate occasions during editorial meetings in the past year. Chuck Thompson, CBC’s head of public affairs, said an internal review confirmed Mesley “used offensive language” last fall and again recently, but a statement from Mesley has made it clear she used the N-word. I thought that by using the word in reference to journalism I was shining a light on anti-Black racism. I thought that by using the word in reference to journalism I was shining a light on anti-Black racism.

Source: Huffington Post June 26, 2020 01:30 UTC