Last Wednesday, I heard something on GNR 640 that I’ve never heard before – business reporter Lou Schizas issuing a kind of retraction about something he’d said the previous day. I didn’t hear the original broadcast he was referring to, but I did think it was unusual for him to issue a mea culpa. After all, he rarely apologizes for anything.
 
It turns out Schizas had made some kind of bizarre remark about the plight of detained illegal migrant children in the States, and an apparent claim that one of the most famous photos of the past few years involving a dead Syrian child being picked up from a beach wasn’t what it seemed to be.
 
His carefully chosen words about not meaning what he’d said was supposed to be the end of it.
 
But clearly it’s not.
 
Now Canadaland has stepped in to do a rehash on what happened, complete with transcripts of what was said on air and the restored audio, which had been removed from the station’s website. (You know there’s trouble brewing when you have to pull the recording from your own site.)
 
Schizas has never been shy about offering his opinions, even when they’re not business related. I wonder if the heat from this will make him think twice.

Oakley is on vacation this week, which conveniently makes it impossible for him to comment on the issue. I'm sure the station hopes the entire thing will go away long before he returns.  
 
You can read the story here.