CBSC Censures Quebec Jock Over Gay Skater Comments

[DToTheJ]

In the wake of Canadian cable sports network commentators talking about figure skater Johnny Weir, suggesting he undergo "gender testing" after his appearance in the Vancouver Olympics, CHOI-FM personality Stephane Dupont stood by the RDS duo of Claude Mailhot and Alain Goldberg on the air, insisting that Weird was "a queer in a sport for queers".

The Canadian Broadcast Standards Council has deemed Dupont's comments "scornful, derisive and denigrating".

More info:
http://www.cbc.ca/arts/media/story/2010/12/23/gay-comments-weir.html

 

[Tincap]

In the wake of Canadian cable sports network commentators talking about figure skater Johnny Weir, suggesting he undergo "gender testing" after his appearance in the Vancouver Olympics, CHOI-FM personality Stephane Dupont stood by the RDS duo of Claude Mailhot and Alain Goldberg on the air, insisting that Weird was "a queer in a sport for queers".

The Canadian Broadcast Standards Council has deemed Dupont's comments "scornful, derisive and denigrating".

More info:
http://www.cbc.ca/arts/media/story/2010/12/23/gay-comments-weir.html

Was that a Freudian slip?

~BG

 

[azumanga]

Of course, Dupont worked for CHOI-FM, which almost lost its license a few years back over Jeff Filion's remarks.