TORONTO — On October 23, 2025, the all-News station serving Canada’s largest market aired a news report that evening that shared the news that the owner of the American League Champions was giving away 500 tickets for every home game during the 2026 World Series. Details were provided in the report, noting that Rogers Communications Inc. is the parent of the Toronto Blue Jays.
There’s just one problem, one listener pointed out to the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council: Rogers also owns the station the report aired on and didn’t disclose it in its story. The CBSC agreed, calling it a breach of the Radio Television Digital News Association of Canada’s Code of Journalistic Ethics.