I can’t often say this, but I agree with every word Kevin wrote in post below.
Sent from Gmail Mobile On Mon, 30 Oct 2023 at 6:47 AM Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Mon, Oct 30, 2023 at 3:58 AM Diner <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Can't comment on the episode, but I read the article last week after >> seeing a Twitter link to it, and it seems remarkably well-researched. > > > I don’t dispute the validity of the documents they found, but they framed > the information in a heavily biased way (seeking comment from family of the > brother who allegedly raped her, for instance). They ascribed malicious > intent with no basis. The facts were what they were, but the conclusions > drawn were baseless. > > >> https://www.cbc.ca/newsinteractives/features/buffy-sainte-marie >> >> I don't have a vested interest in the story either, although I did see >> the documentary about her on American Masters last year. I thought it was >> well-done, although I still don't think she's a major artist. >> >> On Friday, October 27, 2023 at 9:02:21 PM UTC-4 Kevin M. wrote: >> >>> Canadians will have to tell me whether the tone of that story was >>> typical of that series. I found it tainted with so much bias that I >>> couldn’t help but wonder who emotionally wounded the reporter to make him >>> feel that way. >>> >>> I have no vested interest in the ethnicity of the woman in question; I >>> don’t know enough about her to care about her background, but they very >>> clearly did. Everything from the sinister music normally reserved for axe >>> murderers and rapists to the darkened almost noir-like old photos reeked of >>> bias. Maybe she made up her background, or maybe she misunderstood her >>> background, or maybe she simply didn’t know… didn’t matter to the reporter… >>> he was out to tarnish her reputation and destroy her career. That was some >>> truly, remarkably, unbelievably bad television. >>> >>> On Fri, Oct 27, 2023 at 5:31 PM 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> It's on the 'toob, and not blocked outside Canada... >>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMsqCWNCUc4 (link) >>>> B >>>> >>>> Mark Jeffries, Oct 27th: >>>> >>>> Tonight's episode of the CBC's long-running newsmag "The Fifth Estate" >>>> will contain a report supposedly revealing that an "iconic Canadian singer" >>>> is not what she claimed to be for many years--folk singer Buffy >>>> Sainte-Marie, the first indigenous winner of an Oscar in 1982 for >>>> co-writing the "Officer and a Gentleman" theme "Up Where We Belong," >>>> believes that she is the subject of the report and that the report wrong, >>>> saying that the Canadian pubcaster interviewed her last month her ancestry >>>> and being sexually assaulted as a child and that although she does not know >>>> everything about her ancestry, "I know who I am": >>>> >>>> >>>> https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/buffy-sainte-marie-responds-pretendian-1235628540/ >>>> >>>> The above contains a video statement from Sainte-Marie--Americans will >>>> only be able to see the program if they live near the Canadian border and >>>> can pick up a CBC station OTA or on cable or if it is put online. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "TVorNotTV" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>> >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/251f9292-2fb6-4948-9b54-b96e46683e60n%40googlegroups.com >>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/251f9292-2fb6-4948-9b54-b96e46683e60n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>> . >>>> >>> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/019b2672-5a22-432f-a2f7-9080de6b8120n%40googlegroups.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/019b2672-5a22-432f-a2f7-9080de6b8120n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4Ckt9%2B448zGs7GNjER03%3DrvFmoBnbV6C3XJdQSCfx4DNA%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4Ckt9%2B448zGs7GNjER03%3DrvFmoBnbV6C3XJdQSCfx4DNA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. 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