Wednesday, November 05, 2008

Do You Feel Guilty CTV?

Do You Feel Guilty Sir? This was what CTV talking head Dan Matheson asked the father of Brandon Crisp in an interview a few days ago. Now that we have heard that Brandon Crisp's body has been found, will Dan Matheson ask him the same question? Could a reporter be anymore insensitive to what this family was going through? Shame on CTV!



Do You Feel Guilty Sir? What a stupid question to ask the parent of a missing child. What was he trying to do, get a "got you" moment?

My heart goes out to the Crisp family. I have a fifteen year old boy who plays the same game, and as a parent, I have had to restrict video game time too. I thank God that my child is still with me safe for another day.

For Dan Matheson to accuse the father of being guilty for his son leaving is despicable. Can you imagine what the father feels knowing that the last time he ever saw his child, they were mad at each other?

Do You Feel Guilty Sir? will ring in Brandon's fathers ears forever, thanks to Dan Matheson and CTV. A story is obviously more important to CTV than real compassion for a father of a missing boy.

Do You Feel Guilty CTV?????

7 comments:

Fay said...

CTV never fails to show Canadians over and over the contempt they feel for hard working Canadians .
I caught this clip that day and thought, that father does not deserve that.
My heart goes out to this family, as parents we love our children and try to raise them to be all rounded, balanced individuals.

Bec said...

I saw this interview live and thought that I was hearing things from this horrible jounalist.
This guy should be off the air but so should a few others.
As a Mom, I have been in that family's shoes and I had a happy ending.
This idiot should lose his job for more reasons than this interview. He does this all of the time.

Anonymous said...

With any luck, Brandon's father will realize that Matheson is simply an ignorant jerk and will forget the incident. Hopefully, the outpouring of support will more than compensate for this jerk's ignorance.

The Star allows comments on most of its stories and I remember reading a comment from one person who said that Brandon was getting attention because he was cute, blond and white. People can be so downright ignorant.

As for journalists - by and large, they are jerks.

Joanne (True Blue) said...

Despicable question by Matheson.

It might be worth an email to CTV.

Anonymous said...

There is no reason for his father to feel any guilt. Let's face it - sometimes kids can be a pain in the butt and very trying, to say the least. Kids, like adults, are not perfect and the argument over the game probably had been going on for some time. His father did the normal parental thing - how many times did our parents take away our things or priveleges? Given that a swat on the rear end is now considered a criminal act, restriction of priveleges is the next best thing.

Anybody who has had a teen knows that, wonderful as they are, there are certain issues or moments where the parent is facing an irrational and illogical obstinate brick wall.

Matheson should be ashamed of himself - the timing of the question was, in itself, incomprehensibly rude. The question, itself, could have been worded far differently as in: "I hope that you are not blaming yourself for this". Mr. Crisp's reply was wonderful and he certainly, in his inimitable style put Matheson in his place.

Anonymous said...

Joanne, good idea but I doubt if CTV would pay attention. At best it could say that we misunderstood Matheson and that he was asking the question from a compassionate POV as in to tell Crisp that he should not feel guilty if he said that, yes he did feel guilty. As it was, Crisp replied in a very logical and intelligent manner.

Anonymous said...

It's a legitimate question considering the circumstances. I think it's more appropriate for a print article, where the father would have time to chew on the question and answer, not be shocked by it's bluntness on live TV. But if you're trying to give the audience an understanding of this father's pain, guilt may be a factor, and is perfectly valid.