Wednesday, February 07, 2007

Creepwatch Update

I periodically follow up on stories I've followed in the past. This morning I was following up on this little gem, and discovered that some things have apparently moved.

At the time complaints had been filed about materials contained on Freedom Radio and a couple of other websites.

It would appear that either Canada's Human Rights Tribunal ruled in favour of the complaint, or was likely to, because there is a "letter of apology" lurking on the website. (Since I can't find a specific case on the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal website, it's also conceivable that the owner of the website has taken remedial action voluntarily. (Which, given the individual, suggests that legal counsel probably made it abundantly clear that they didn't have a leg to stand on - but that's pure speculation...)

I also noticed that a number of the more obnoxious shows have been expunged from the website:

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Keep watching Chandler's websites! The offending material has been removed from 3 websites, no doubt to prevent a formal hearing before the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal. Of course, if the Tribunal were to rule against Chandler, his name would be chiselled in stone beside other hate messengers, something that would not be helpful for his political aspirations. You should expect to see the final outcome of the complaints, probably before too long, unless they go to a Tribunal Hearing. STAY TUNED!

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