Well, here is a CTV Newsnet screwup! CTV Newsnet announced the Lucien Bouchard, former Premier of Quebec was dead but he was actually still very alive. Not only that, they attributed the report from Radio-Canada and they're saying CTV is crazy. Here's the article itself, with a link.
CTV apologizes - Lucien Bouchard not dead
(CBC) - CTV News apologized to Lucien Bouchard and his family Thursday for wrongly announcing that the former Quebec Premier had died.
CTV -- Canada's largest privately-owned TV network -- said it got the information from the CBC's French Language TV news channel, RDI.
RDI's News Director, Catherine Cano told the Canadian Press: "It's completely crazy and completely false." She demanded a retraction from CTV.
CTV's apology admitted the report "incorrectly attributed the source of the information to Radio-Canada."
Tom Haberstroh, CTV vice-president of news, said an investigation was underway to find out how the mistake was made. "What I can tell you is we take pride in Newsnet, we take pride in its accuracy and we made an incorrect report. We apologize for it and we're investigating it." He said the report was corrected within a minute of airing.
Cutting into regular coverage with a Breaking News graphic, CTV's 24-hour news network credited a Radio-Canada report and said Bouchard had died at the age of 66. Calling it dramatic news, political expert Mike Duffy began eulogizing Bouchard, saying he had a "profound impact on Canadian history" before stopping.
Duffy and CTV Newsnet anchor Kate Wheeler then said they were "happy to report Lucien Bouchard is alive and well." "I don't know why Radio-Canada has been reporting that but indeed, now we're glad to report he's still alive," Wheeler said on the air.
Cano said she and others at the English and French networks of the CBC pored over tapes to see where Newsnet might have gotten the idea. She said nothing even came close to saying Bouchard was dead.
"I'm so angry, I could sue," Cano said. "It's our credibility at play here."
Bouchard was included Thursday in special RDI programming dealing with the tenth anniversary of the 1995 Quebec independence referendum. He was a key player in that campaign. The illness that had almost taken his life a few months earlier was mentioned.
Duffy said CTV had been chasing the news for about 30 minutes before going live with the story, making phone calls to people close to Bouchard and the law firm where he works.
The law firm Davies, Ward, Phillips and Vineberg in Montreal confirmed Bouchard was in his office on Thursday, as his death was being reported on the air. Nicolas Rubbo, head of marketing for the firm, said Bouchard is fine and in good health. "I've just spoken to him and he's in great shape."
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