I think you mean Keith Morrison. Speaking of which, this is the type of story Dateline would have done before it became True Crime Theater.
As for the origins, from the few Indigenous people I know, it does seem that who is Indigenous is an issue that is of some importance to the community, but the definitions of who qualifies seem to vary from person to person. The theoretical issue would be if she was winning awards that were reserved for Indigneous people when she wasn't. That said, during the peak of her fame, I don't think such a beast existed given that she was it. I watched the first three minutes or so, and it didn't really hold my interest. On Sun, Oct 29, 2023 at 2:53 PM Doug Eastick <[email protected]> wrote: > I haven't watched the episode in question, but I have seen the series > before. It is typical "Investigative Journalism" where they go deep in a > subject. Can't recall if there is a US equivalent, but I'm thinking of > Keith Robertson. > > I'm really not sure what stirred the origin of this story. > > > /Doug > [email protected] > > On Fri, Oct 27, 2023, 9:02 p.m. Kevin M. <[email protected]> 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. 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