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Canada: CTV Admits Error

The Canadian television network CTV has admitted broadcasting inaccurate and misleading information by using the terms “Polish ghetto” and “Polish camp at Treblinka.”

The Polish ministry of foreign affairs noted that it took a year and a half of legal and diplomatic efforts before CTV admitted the error and issued a correction on the evening news.

Earlier, CTV had held that it used the adjective “Polish” in a geographical context. Following the intervention of the Polish embassy and Canadian-Polish organizations, however, the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council ruled that CTV’s explanation was unsatisfactory and ordered the network to issue a correction.