Re:Unbias of the CBC, pure crap (Score 1)

"I know this as the fact as I am the one who contacted Randy White. I asked Heathers mother for permission to contact local politicians because we were all suspecting that this was a murder case and wanted to know what the lawmakers would do to change the laws on child killers."

Really http://www.cbc.ca/story/news/national/2000/11/14/b c_thomas001114.html says "Heather's mother, Jody, says nobody asked her permission to use her daughter's image in this way, and she wants the newsletter stopped"

So, who's lying? You or Heather's mother?

Also Mr. White doesn't even seem to be liked by fellow stories http://www.cbc.ca/story/election/national/2004/06/ 27/white_mackay040627.html

From The Province. Vancouver, B.C.: Nov 15, 2000. pg. A.6

"They took down the Fence of Hope on Saturday, three weeks after the body of Heather Thomas was discovered.

But the little girl's memory has hardly been laid to rest -- not when there are vote-hungry politicians on the prowl.

Yesterday, Heather's grieving mom lashed out at Canadian Alliance MP Randy White for using a newspaper picture of her slain daughter in a political pamphlet.

"You don't use my daughter's death to boost your campaign," Jody Thomas told Global TV.

"It's not right. I don't like it."

Her blunt message to law-and-order hardliner White: "Stop using my daughter.""

Also, the Vancouver Sun on Nov 22,2000 on A.5 ran a story by Katherine Monk. From the story "It's the preferred prop of Alliance leader Stockwell Day. Other candidates to capitalize on kids have included Liberal leader Jean Chretien, NDP leader Alexa McDonough, Alliance incumbent Randy White (who used an unauthorized image of murder victim Heather Thomas) and Liberal candidate Peter Warkentin (who used an unauthorized image of a kid with Paul Martin)."

The National Post run on Nov 15, 2000. pg. A.11 a story about what you are talking about. The full text is below

"VANCOUVER - The Canadian Alliance's justice critic is standing by his use of a photo of a murdered child -- even though the girl's mother has described Randy White's decision as "sick."

Mr. White, an MP for seven years who is running for re-election in Langley-Abbotsford, yesterday blamed the federal Liberals for creating a controversy that has seen him sharply criticized by Heather Thomas's mother.

"I am disappointed with the Liberal Party of Canada for trying to create a non-existent issue during an election campaign and for presenting [the newsletter] as anything other than an MP communicating with constituents on issues that are important to everyone," Mr. White said in a statement yesterday.

The Liberals said they had no idea what Mr. White was talking about. "The criticism did not come from us," Thoren Hudyma, a spokeswoman for the federal Liberal campaign in B.C., said yesterday. Steve Ferguson, the Liberal candidate in Langley- Abbotsford, was not available for comment.

Heather, 10, vanished in early October near her father's townhouse complex. Three weeks later, her body was found floating in a lake east of Vancouver. A 23-year-old man has been charged with abduction and first-degree murder.

Jody Thomas, Heather's mother, told CBC Radio she was appalled by Mr. White's use of her daughter's image. "It even sounds sick to a point," Ms. Thomas said. "You don't use that to get yourself elected. That's not right."

Mr. White did not return calls yesterday, but said in the statement the newsletter, House in the Valley, was not part of his re-election bid, but an ongoing effort to communicate with constituents.

The autumn 2000 issue of House in the Valley features a photo of Heather as part of a Vancouver Sun newspaper article on the girl's disappearance. The image appears above text outlining Mr. White's views on such issues as dealing with young offenders, the need for a national drug strategy, the reform of prisons and parole and policies to deal with illegal firearms."

Also in Daily News. Truro, N.S.: Nov 18, 2000. pg. A.9 "

NEWMARKET, Ont. (CP) -- Canadians won't stand for a politician who uses violent crimes or their victims as election props, says Conservative leader Joe Clark.

Voters will punish the Canadian Alliance and its leader, Stockwell Day, for citing high-profile criminal cases in the election campaign, Clark said Friday.

He slammed the Alliance for using the arrest of convicted pedophile Peter Whitmore and the death in B.C. of 10-year-old Heather Thomas for political gain.

"This is photo-op politics at its most crass, and it is unacceptable," Clark told a breakfast gathering of about 75 supporters in the riding of York North."

So, yes. The evil CBC. It's controls that many newspapers AND the other right wing party (at the time).

Powerful CBC.

There are more newspaper sources but I'll stop there.

Given all these sources, I question your story.