Marketplace

Marketplace appears to be Canada’s watchdog. Wendy Mesley seems to represent Canadians as she goes out investigating various consumer issues throughout the nation. She is cute and spunky and well researched. This is award-winning journalism at it’s finest. What most people do not realize however, is that to win that many awards one must continually be in the hunt, and if the hunt gets lame, one must stir up some action.

The fact is, as a result of high demand that Marketplace is our very own television version of the National Enquirer. Only it is even better for journalists in Canada because they can’t get sued for what they say. Due to this protection Marketplace has harassed several businesses and stolen the dreams of numerous distributors from multitudes of companies. Single mothers who had invested time and energy into Free Life Gogi Juice, and charity workers who were involved in Manatech have their own version of what happened when Wendy Mesley showed up to “expose” their companies and offer up some free bad press.

The fact is that all of the above mentioned companies are legal, morally sound and offering an opportunity to people who would not have had an opportunity any other way. None of these companies have been shut down by the government and in fact each of them continues to offer their products and services and to bring average Canadians out of poverty every year.

When Wendy warns consumers about loosing money in what she has labeled a “scheme” what she is really doing is destroying somebody’s business in order to stay in business herself. When they interviewed Dr. Earl Mindell of Free Life Gogi Juice they showed up unannounced and caught him on his doorstep. They intentionally aggravated him and then ran that as part of their footage. Manatech also has bore the brunt of CBC deceitful interview process. When their CEO Sam Caster willingly participated in an interview it was later cut and pasted to make them appear to be selling some kind of snake oil and claiming cures for things they had never claimed a cure for. Manatech to this day has been fighting to come back for their market share that was deliberately stolen from them by sensationalist journalism.

So are we surprised that Business In Motion was a recent target of Marketplace? No. Not at all. In fact, we are delighted. It means that we have made a significant impact on the market and we have been noticed by the television tabloids. We need to thank them for the free publicity.

Marketplace was true to form when they interviewed Alan Kippax of BIM. They interviewed him for well over an hour on tape but yet managed to edit out all of the exemplary things he had to share and only show him in about two minutes of footage that was taken out of context. The “expert” that was interviewed in connection with the travel industry was highly motivated by his desire to line his own pockets, and has a personal history of animosity towards Mr. Kippax. It was very nice for Marketplace that they found such an individual. Too bad they did not ask what his motive was.

If you would like the rest of the story about CBC Marketplace check out this 3 part YouTube video that gives an explanation from the other side. Before a jury comes to a conclusion they are required to examine the evidence from both the accuser and the accused. So have a look at both sides of this story and then YOU decide.

To get the facts go to Part 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7Jg_ZNNx-o
Part 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wj5iBrqpRr0
Part 3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_T8AfD62_VY&feature=related

Another enlightening piece of evidence can be listened to by conference call. Just dial 1-218-844-0951. The pin number is 249249#