FILE: Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre speaks at his party's pre-fall session caucus meeting in Ottawa, on Sunday, Sept. 15 2024.Photo by Bryan Passifiume/Postmedia

CTV News says it has parted ways with two staff members who manipulated a clip of Pierre Poilievre

Poilievre’s words had been edited to make it appear that he said a sentence he never uttered

by · National Post

CTV News on Thursday said it has parted ways with two staff members who altered and manipulated a clip of Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre on a recent newscast.

CTV news also apologized “unreservedly,” as the party had demanded over edits made to an interview he gave CPAC about the Conservatives’ recent non-confidence motion.

“A report on Sunday’s CTV National News broadcast did not meet our expected and required high editorial standards. We sincerely and unreservedly apologize for the manner this report went to air and the false impression it created,” it said on X, formerly known as Twitter.

It said an internal investigation found “two members of the CTV News team are responsible for altering a video clip, manipulating it for a particular story,” and that they are no longer members of that team. It didn’t elaborate.

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