The Michael Coren Show
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The Michael Coren Show is an hour-long Ontario
-based panel show hosted by Michael Coren
which deals with current events and social issues. It aired weeknights on the Crossroads Television System
, a multi-faith television network with affiliates in Ontario and Alberta. The showed aired on CTS from 1999 until June 30, 2011 when Coren left CTS to join the Sun News Network where he will join a nightly talk show named The Arena.
The show typically features Coren and up to four guests. Weekly regulars on the panel include outspoken freelance writer David Menzies
, liberal Muslim Tarek Fatah
, journalist and broadcaster Marianne Meed Ward
, former MP Carolyn Parrish, CUPE
leader Sid Ryan
, communications consultant Simon Kahn, conservative activist Manu Raj, legal agent and socialist Harry Kopyto
and high profile guests including prominent politicians. Topics of discussion regularly include provincial and federal politics
, social issues, gay marriage, abortion, religion
and healthcare. The show is known for debate on controversial issues (for example, Coren has hosted numerous shows on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and radical Islam versus moderate Islam
, with guests who have strong stances on both sides of these issues).
Programs on the Middle East have proven contentious in the past with leaders of both the B'nai Brith and Canadian Islamic Congress
facing recriminations for controversial remarks. In the aftermath of program aired on October 19, 2004, Adam Aptowitzer
, Ontario chairman of the B'nai Brith Institute for International Affairs, was forced to resign his position after arguing that Israel had used terror against Palestinians legitimately stating that "When Israel uses terror ... to destroy a home and convince people ... to be terrified of what the possible consequences are, I'd say that's an acceptable use to terrify somebody." On the same broadcast Mohamed Elmasry
, president of the Canadian Islamic Congress, asserted that all adult Israelis are legitimate targets of attack as a consequence of their service in the Israel Defense Force. Elmasry apologized for his comments and offered to resign - his resignation was rejected by the CIC.
The Michael Coren Show was also the name of Coren's Sunday evening radio program on CFRB and has also been the name of past radio shows he has hosted on various radio stations.
On his blog, Coren stated that the show garnered over 200,000 viewers everyday.
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-based panel show hosted by Michael Coren
Michael Coren
Michael Coren is an English-Canadian columnist, author, public speaker, radio host and television talk show host. He hosted the television talk show The Michael Coren Show on the Crossroads Television System from 1999 to 2011 when he moved to the Sun News Network to host an evening talk show, The...
which deals with current events and social issues. It aired weeknights on the Crossroads Television System
Crossroads Television System
Crossroads Television System, or CTS, is a privately held Canadian television system.CTS airs predominantly Christian-based religious programming, most notably 100 Huntley Street, The Michael Coren Show and LIFE Today with James & Betty Robison, as well as other religious and faith based...
, a multi-faith television network with affiliates in Ontario and Alberta. The showed aired on CTS from 1999 until June 30, 2011 when Coren left CTS to join the Sun News Network where he will join a nightly talk show named The Arena.
The show typically features Coren and up to four guests. Weekly regulars on the panel include outspoken freelance writer David Menzies
David Menzies
David Menzies is a Canadian freelance writer. He writes in the automotive section of the National Post. Menzies, sometimes called "The Menzoid," is also a weekly guest on CTS' The Michael Coren Show on Wednesday nights and "Adler on Line" on Corus Radio on Friday afternoons; he is also a weekly...
, liberal Muslim Tarek Fatah
Tarek Fatah
Tarek Fatah Urdu: طارق فتح is a Canadian political activist, writer, and broadcaster. He is the author of Chasing a Mirage: The Tragic Illusion of an Islamic State published by John Wiley & Sons. In the book Fatah challenges the notion that the establishment of an Islamic state is a necessary...
, journalist and broadcaster Marianne Meed Ward
Marianne Meed Ward
Marianne Meed Ward is a politician and journalist, currently elected as city councillor for Ward 2 in Burlington, Ontario- Career before 2010 :...
, former MP Carolyn Parrish, CUPE
Canadian Union of Public Employees
The Canadian Union of Public Employees is a Canadian trade union serving the public sector - although it has in recent years organized workplaces in the non-profit and para-public sector as well...
leader Sid Ryan
Sid Ryan
Patrick Cyril "Sid" Ryan is president of the Ontario Federation of Labour and a longtime Canadian labour union leader and politician.-Biography:...
, communications consultant Simon Kahn, conservative activist Manu Raj, legal agent and socialist Harry Kopyto
Harry Kopyto
Hirsch Kopyto is a Canadian paralegal, broadcaster and political activist.-Early life:Kopyto was born to a Polish Jewish family in a Displaced Persons' camp in Ulm, West Germany immediately following World War II. His entire family except for his parents and a brother were killed in the Holocaust...
and high profile guests including prominent politicians. Topics of discussion regularly include provincial and federal politics
Politics
Politics is a process by which groups of people make collective decisions. The term is generally applied to the art or science of running governmental or state affairs, including behavior within civil governments, but also applies to institutions, fields, and special interest groups such as the...
, social issues, gay marriage, abortion, religion
Religion
Religion is a collection of cultural systems, belief systems, and worldviews that establishes symbols that relate humanity to spirituality and, sometimes, to moral values. Many religions have narratives, symbols, traditions and sacred histories that are intended to give meaning to life or to...
and healthcare. The show is known for debate on controversial issues (for example, Coren has hosted numerous shows on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and radical Islam versus moderate Islam
Islam
Islam . The most common are and . : Arabic pronunciation varies regionally. The first vowel ranges from ~~. The second vowel ranges from ~~~...
, with guests who have strong stances on both sides of these issues).
Programs on the Middle East have proven contentious in the past with leaders of both the B'nai Brith and Canadian Islamic Congress
Canadian Islamic Congress
The Canadian Islamic Congress refers to itself as Canada's largest national non-profit and wholly independent Islamic organization without affiliation to any foreign group, body, or government and says it represents -- Sunni and Shi'a Muslims, men and women, youth and seniors...
facing recriminations for controversial remarks. In the aftermath of program aired on October 19, 2004, Adam Aptowitzer
Adam Aptowitzer
Adam Aptowitzer is a tax and charity lawyer in Ottawa, Canada. He studied at the University of Ottawa Law School and subsequently opened his own law firm in Toronto, Canada in 2002...
, Ontario chairman of the B'nai Brith Institute for International Affairs, was forced to resign his position after arguing that Israel had used terror against Palestinians legitimately stating that "When Israel uses terror ... to destroy a home and convince people ... to be terrified of what the possible consequences are, I'd say that's an acceptable use to terrify somebody." On the same broadcast Mohamed Elmasry
Mohamed Elmasry
Mohamed Elmasry is a Canadian engineering professor, imam, and has been a leader in the Canadian Muslim community. He was born in Cairo, Egypt and received his Bachelor of Science in 1965 from Cairo University. He continued his studies in Canada earning a Masters and Doctorate degrees in...
, president of the Canadian Islamic Congress, asserted that all adult Israelis are legitimate targets of attack as a consequence of their service in the Israel Defense Force. Elmasry apologized for his comments and offered to resign - his resignation was rejected by the CIC.
The Michael Coren Show was also the name of Coren's Sunday evening radio program on CFRB and has also been the name of past radio shows he has hosted on various radio stations.
On his blog, Coren stated that the show garnered over 200,000 viewers everyday.