Some people say Bell Canada and CRTC are at war after the federal regulatory body publicly ticked off Bell Media president Kevin Crull because he attempted to censor coverage of a CRTC decision by Bell-owned CTV News. Maybe, but the CRTC has been Bell Canada’s best pal in growing the enormous company to its present size. Bell Canada has a finger in so many pies that it would not be unusual (especially now) to see Mr. Crull inspecting the bus shelter ads on South Bayview. Yes, that agency is owned by Bell too. You can’t say where its influence is going to show up next. Maybe the CRTC is having regulator’s remorse about letting Bell grow to the size of a mountain. As far as Mr. Crull is concerned you can take a moment to feel sorry for him. He has bosses too, you know. The pressure on everyone at Bell seems to be intense. Crull wrote a very long explanation and apology for what he did and of course the people at CTV read every single comma on air. How humiliating for everyone, including Mr. Crull. Listen, we are the heart and soul of private enterprise at The South Bayview Bulldog. We know Bell Canada does not have the power to throttle news like it may occasionally throttle the Internet. But the company is way too big.
