It's your fault if you believe phony "news"

According to Chris Kelly, producer of the CBC fake news program This is That, it's more or less your fault is you believe much of what it broadcasts. Kelly appears to bring a whole new school of thought to the field of journalism ethics. This week the program ran a story, complete with a fake interview, that a Montreal Councillor was insisting that dogs in Montreal parks should be able to respond bilingually to commands. It was a ridiculous idea but it came from a place where there are many ridiculous ideas about language. It's hard to imagine that anyone who ran the story really believed such a mental feat is possible for canines. But it was -- and is -- entirely possible that Quebec can generate ideas of this quality.  The daily news run is loaded with stories which are ridiculous but which are also true (how quaint). Kelly is unfazed. "We obviously feel for the City of Montreal and city council who are probably getting some calls right now. We feel bad that that was an outcome of this, but it's a joke. A pretty funny one," said Kelly. "The overarching truth that we've noticed about this style of stuff is we live in a very knee-jerk age and people sometimes don't take the time to go beyond the 140 characters," Kelly said.