W5

W5 (a/k/a W-FIVE or W5 with Eric Malling) is a Canadian news magazine television series which has aired on the CTV Television Network since 1966. The title refers to the Five Ws of journalism: Who, What, Where, When and Why? Its magazine format is considered an inspiration for a number of similar programs, including the American 60 Minutes which premiered two years later.

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For several years in the late 1970s and early 1980s, the program used a portion of Supertramp's "Fool's Overture" as its theme music.

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W5 came under controversy during the 1970s when it aired an featured called "Campus Giveaways" that used incorrect statistics to conclude that students were eroding white Canadians' opportunities for a secondary education and benefitting from public universities funded by Canadian taxpayers, without exploring the statement's backgrounds. It has been alleged that the feature was specifically directed to form a negative view towards Chinese and Chinese Canadians. As well, it did not determine if the people filmed in that particular episode were actually Chinese or Chinese Canadian. After protests by Chinese Canadians, of which included Dr. Joseph Wong (later founder of the Yee Hong Centre for Geriatric Care), W5 retracted this statement and apologised. This event also lead to the formation of the Chinese Canadian National Council in order to form a stronger voice representing Chinese Canadians nationwide.

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Hosts and reporters associated with the show have included:

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• Ken Cavanagh
• Henry Champ
• Wei Chen
• Tom Clark
• Bill Cunningham
• Frank Drea
• Tom Gould
• Helen Hutchinson
• Doug Johnson
• Peter Kent
• Ken Lefolii
• Michael Maclear (1977-78)
• Victor Malarek
• Eric Malling (1990-1996)
• Christine Nielsen
• Susan Ormiston
• Jim Reid
• Morley Safer
• Elliott Shiff
• Sylvia Sweeney
• Patrick Watson

The addition of high-profile journalist Eric Malling in 1990 led to the series being renamed W5 with Eric Malling during his tenure with the program.

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