TORONTO – Journalists at Sun News have revealed a shocking, fabricated story about how CBC journalists pronounce French-Canadian Olympic athletes’ last names in French despite the fact that they are an English television station.
“When I first heard CBC journalists pronounce ‘Charles Hamelin’ in a French way, I knew I was on to something,” explained Brian Lilley, the host of ByLine who invented this scandal. “No other news organization had the nerve to call this correct pronunciation what it was: an outrageous national outrage.”
Although he is proud of his creation, Lilley also acknowledged the part played by Sun contributor Harley Sims, who he referred to as a linguist during their interview.
“With his PhD in English focusing on Beowulf and house on the Ontario-Quebec border, Harley is one of the world’s foremost experts on issues of French pronunciation,” Lilley said of the man who was introduced as a terrorism and security expert in a previous segment. “Without his invaluable contribution, many Canadians could have been brainwashed by the CBC into using proper French.”
At press time, Sun News commentators were still having difficulty pronouncing the name of their Quebecois parent company, Québecor.
