Monday 23 August 1999
By eBroadcast Staff and agencies.

Is this tranny a sexist?

A Canadian woman recently filed a complaint with the Canadian Broadcasting Standards Council accusing Bugs Bunny of making a sexist remark, and demanded that the council “offer a televised apology to woman viewers of Global Television.”

The CBSC rejected her complaint after viewing the episode (and probably having a good laugh). “We do not believe that this episode of Bugs Bunny portrays women in a negative way, or that it contravenes any provision of the Sex-Role Portrayal Code,” a statement said.

“Moreover, there is nothing in the demeanor of Bugs Bunny or any other character or element of the episode of the 'Bugs Bunny and Tweety' show which suggests a program attitude which could be broadly interpreted as constituting 'negative or degrading comments on the role and nature of women.’

We have now officially heard it all.