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C 3NEWS I MANITOBASATURDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2018 ● WINNIPEGFREEPRESS.COM
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K INSMEN Jackpot Bingo and CTVWinnipeg have reached an agree-ment on a new protocol following
the missing bingo ball fiasco on lastweek’s show.
The changes were triggered when aneagle-eyed viewer spotted a ball miss-ing from the tray before it was dumpedinto the bingo machine on Nov. 17.
It isn’t known whether the ball — B2— was ever in the blower from whichthe numbered balls were drawn.
The largest Kinsmen Jackpot Bingopot ever of $372,229 is being withheldfrom the winner or winners until theLiquor, Gaming and Cannabis Author-ity (LGCA) completes its investigation.
The Kinsmen said the missing ballmust have already been in the machinebecause all of the balls were retrievedafterward. The information was basedon reports from CTV staff becauseKinsmen has no access to the studio.
In the agreement reached with CTVon Friday, the bingo caller, usuallyKathy Kennedy, will now run througha step-by-step dress rehearsal of thebingo cycle before the broadcast.
The host will load the balls onto thetray, drop the balls into the chute andempty it into the blower. The blower willbe activated and the caller will pull all75 balls one by one from the machine.This will all be recorded on video.
“It’s something we’ve never done be-fore,” Kinsmen Jackpot volunteer chair-man Raj Phangureh said. “That will en-sure there weren’t any balls left over inthe machine from the week before.”
It will also demonstrate that the blow-er is working properly and that thereare no balls damaged in such a way thatwould compromise their movement inthe blower. A complete set of backupballs are available at every game incase one is missing or damaged.
During the broadcast, there will nowbe a slightly higher, top-down cameraangle to give viewers a clearer sightlineto ensure all the balls are in the trays.
As well, the game will not start un-til the Kinsmen approve. A Kinsmentelephone operator located off-site willinspect the tray shown on television be-fore giving the go-ahead by telephonefor the game to begin.
“We just don’t want a repeat (of lastweek). I think a lot of the time the
easiest task becomes the most over-looked task,” Phangureh said.
There will also be a single wide-anglecamera of the host and the bingo ma-chine recording the broadcast. It won’tnecessarily be aired, but will be avail-able in case of an anomaly.
In its investigation, the LGCA askedfor any extra footage from before or af-ter the broadcast. There was none.
“We’re really just doing this to coverall the bases. In some ways, I feel wemight be going overboard but it’s betterto be safe than sorry,” Phangureh said.
The Kinsmen didn’t necessarily feelpressured to restore the Jackpot Bin-go’s reputation, but the events of lastweek weighed on the minds of the orga-nization’s members, he said.
“We would hope we wouldn’t need tosave our reputation. I would hope thatthis is seen as, you know, the first timean honest mistake has been made, andwe were quite sure after the game thatall 75 balls were actually in play for thatgame,” Phangureh said.
The policy will be in place for today’sbingo. The jackpot starts at $15,000.
New protocol for Kinsmen bingoBILL REDEKOP
PREMIER Brian Pallister says he isconcerned Ottawa’s decision to subsi-dize news media outlets will under-mine their independence and theireffectiveness in reporting on nationalissues.
Pallister said he is not arguingagainst short-term help for an indus-try facing transitional challenges,but noted there are possible pitfallsto any prolonged financial aid.
“I think there needs to be somereflection and some considerationgiven to the potential dangers of suchpractices if they are long-term,” hetold reporters after question periodat the legislature on Friday.
“Transitional challenges are realand I respect that, and I understandthat the media face those challenges,but so do many other sectors in oursociety.”
Pallister said long-term mediafunding by Ottawa would raise con-cerns about the potential for percep-tions of bias.
He said he was not speaking aboutbias towards the federal Liberals,who are offering the aid, but towardsthe federal government in general.
“How easy will it be for the mediato criticize anyone else, any othergroup that is in receipt of federalfunding in years ahead? That wouldbe difficult. It would seem that therewould be a crisis of principle at thatpoint in time. I think there might bea natural reluctance to criticize thehand that is feeding one’s organiza-tion,” Pallister said.
Free Press publisher Bob Cox doesnot buy Pallister’s argument.
“The federal program is going tohave no effect whatsoever on jour-nalistic independence or the abilityof journalists to comment on any andall government actions, or on the ac-tions of other recipients of govern-ment support,” said Cox, chairman ofNews Media Canada, which has lob-bied for newspaper subsidies.
“If you think otherwise, you don’tknow much about the history of fed-eral support for journalism. It start-ed prior to 1867 with a postal subsidy
to publications so they could be sentto readers in isolated outposts — likeManitoba settlers. That program stillexists and funds magazines, commu-nity newspapers and farm, business,ethnic and Indigenous publications.Then there is the CBC, federallyfunded for the past 92 years, with astrong tradition of independent jour-nalism.
“The new program simply recog-nizes that newspapers and other non-regulated news outlets need help totransition in the digital age, and it’simportant to preserve their news-rooms in the interim. It’s importantand welcome support, and it will notcompromise what we do.”
This week, the federal governmentannounced it would start subsidizingCanadians’ subscriptions and dona-tions to news media as well as news-room salaries. A panel of journalistswould decide which agencies wouldqualify for support. Ottawa has ear-marked $595 million in subsidies overfive years, ending in March 2024.
Pallister said the subject needs apublic airing, and he’s seen little de-bate on the issue so far.
“I think the sounds of silence canbe most unhelpful at times,” he said.
NDP Leader Wab Kinew said theProgressive Conservatives are try-ing to use Ottawa’s proposed sub-sidies for legacy media outlets as awedge issue in the run-up to the 2019federal election. He said he doesn’tbelieve news organizations who ac-cept the funding would allow that tobias their coverage.
“It’s pretty clear that this premierdoesn’t have much respect for a freepress,” Kinew said, referring tothreats to sue the Free Press for itscoverage and to legislation passedlast session that would no longer re-quire certain government advertis-ing in newspapers. (The governmentsays it will delay proclamation of theadvertising provision.)
— with files from Jessica Botelho-Urbanski
LARRY KUSCH
Media subsidy a threatto independence: Pallister
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