Cbc Official Says Appearance of Moseley on Tv Was Result of Poor Judgment

The general manager of the publicly-owned Canadian Broadcasting Corp. has conceded that its decision to permit the recent appearance of the British Fascist leader, Sir Oswald Moseley, on a television show was a “bad error in judgment” and “inappropriate.” The CBC official, Eugene Hallman, wrote to Louis Herman, chairman of the Canadian Jewish Congress-B’nai B’rith community relations committee, in reply to a telegram from the latter which had called the Mosley appearance “disgraceful.” Mr. Hallman wrote that CBC was “naive and misguided” to “assume that Moseley’s recent book and public appearances in the United Kingdom would result in anything but an effort on his part to justify his record as a Fascist.” But Mr. Hallman took exception to part of Mr. Herman’s telegram which accused the CBC of having given “aid and comfort to purveyors of hate” in the past and urged it to “immediately review program policies to eliminate publicity and platforms for racists.” The CBC official wrote that he would not wish to bar from the air individuals whose records or views may be considered reprehensible to many Canadians. “We cannot impose a kind of self-censorship on our media without putting into jeopardy the right of all significant points of view to be heard and discussed, popular, unpopular and sometimes profoundly distasteful,” he said.