<\/a>VATICAN ENQUIRER, NEW YORK \u2014 Canada\u2019s three largest broadcasters have begun dealing with Donald Trump in a way that many American networks only wish they could.<\/p>\n

CBC, CTV, and Global Television announced today that they have taken the unprecedented step of warning viewers that news clips of Trump \u201cmay contain exaggerations or outright fibs<\/a>\u201d.<\/p>\n

The move was driven by the networks receiving thousands of complaints that Mr. Trump is a \u201clying nutter with a gassy ego\u201d according to Troy Reeb, Vice President of News at Global.<\/p>\n

\u201cMay contain outright fibs?<\/em> Ha! We wanted to say \u201ccontains utter bull shite\u201d<\/a> but we couldn\u2019t get that approved,\u201d said Reeb.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur fact checkers were splitting their sides laughing but every once in a while they would catch their breaths and tell us we had to warn viewers that Mr. Trump is a ranting bigot who makes up 90% of everything he says. More than 90% actually.<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cSo we tagged Mr. Trump as a wing nut and a wanker.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBut we\u2019re not making judgmental comments on the U.S. election at all. We\u2019re just alerting our viewers that Donald Trump is bloody bonkers<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

The on-screen and announcer-read warnings began appearing on newscasts this morning and the wording is very Canadian in style:<\/p>\n

\u201cHey. Sorry to interrupt your viewing. The following contains material that could not be verified as even a wee bit true. It also contains bullying that may be offensive and damned annoying to some. Viewer discretion is advised. Thank you and have a nice day.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Phil King, President of CTV Programming, said his company considered moving Trump news to an entertainment or sports show but ultimately decided that would be jarring and unfair to those viewers.<\/p>\n

\u201cMr. Trump is a total white-arse isn\u2019t he? For me personally, the last straw was him telling \u201creal Americans\u201d to call the police on any new neighbours they don\u2019t like the looks of<\/a>,\u201d said King.<\/p>\n

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Trump took to Twitter twice today in response to the Canadian broadcasters\u2019 Viewer Discretion move:<\/p>\n

\u201c@realDonaldTrump<\/a>. I see Canadian news stations @CTVNews<\/a>, @CBCNews<\/a>, @Global_Television<\/a> are out to get me. Who cares? Are they Communists or just Socialists? Bernie Sanders should move there.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201c@realDonaldTrump<\/a>. My reply to @CBCNews question: \u201cI tried to phone your new guy @JustinTrudeau<\/a> to tell him I could make Canada great again too but he wouldn\u2019t take my call. Not going to say anything bad about him though. But he\u2019s sure pretty.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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