A B.C. group called Keep the RCMP in Surrey says it is filing a formal complaint with the National NewsMedia Council against the Surrey-based Indo-Canadian VOICE newspaper for an opinion piece it published June 14, 2022 referring to a 含羞草研究社渄isgraceful rowdy demonstration含羞草研究社� by 含羞草研究社渁 group of old white people.含羞草研究社�
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The NNC is a media watchdog based in Toronto, comprised of 15 directors and was established in 2015 to 含羞草研究社減romote ethical practices within the news media industry.含羞草研究社� It is an amalgamation of former press councils in B.C., Atlantic Canada, Manitoba, and Ontario.
The sentence in the 痴翱滨颁贰含羞草研究社檚 piece the campaign is particularly concerned about reads: 含羞草研究社淭he disgraceful rowdy demonstration in Surrey City Council recently by a group of old white people supporting the RCMP vividly shows how low this group can stoop and just how desperate they are.含羞草研究社�
Rattan Mall, editor of the VOICE, said he wrote the opinion piece.
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