Letter to CityTV/Breakfast Television/Cable Pulse 24

I’ve been following the status of the ongoing protest of the Rogers rate plan for the iPhone at http://ruinediphone.com, and checking Google News regularly for news updates. I found it interesting that while the other major news organizations in Canada have carried the story in one form or another, and yet CityTV has made no mention of it.

CityTV was quick with the “BREAKING NEWS!!!! Ted Rogers announces that Rogers will be carrying the iPhone in Canada this year!”. It’s nice to have an in in the Rogers organization to carry this story first, but where’s the story on the backlash? Are news providers in this country not supposed to be unbiased?

Here’s a copy of the feedback I provided to the station:

As a loyal Breakfast Television/Cable Pulse TV viewer, 
I have to ask myself, why is there no mention of the 
ongoing protest of Rogers iPhone rates not being 
covered by your station?

In case you haven't heard, Rogers announced the plan 
rates for the iPhone 3G last Friday. The response 
on the Internet has been less than favourable, with 
a large protest at http://ruinediphone.com as   well
as groups on facebook.com. The other news stations 
have covered it (those being CTV, Global, and CBC). 
Newspapers have covered it, most notably The Globe 
and Mail has multiple articles. Even    International 
Websites and Newspapers have been carrying it.

So why hasn't CityTV/Breakfast Television/Cable Pules 24?

I'm beginning to think that this ownership by Rogers 
is hampering these stations abilities to report unbiased
news. These stations certainly made a point to tout that 
Rogers was going to be carrying     the iPhone within this 
year. I saw Kevin Frankish speak of it numerous times. 
Your site archives, list multiple stories. Not one  on 
the backlash.

The lack of story coverage has lead me to question the 
trust I have    placed in your news organization.

Thank you

~Shawn

I really don’t expect to hear much from them, other than a fluff response of “all news is important to someone, but we can’t cover everything”, while they’re running stories that “Britney Spears is looking for a new house in a less trafficked area”.

I think it’s funny how a simple little thing like a rate plan has made me question the integrity of an entire organization.

Way to go Rogers!