This morning I heard a young man reading the national news on CBC-1. He pronounced Qatar as - Cat-tar. More than once, so it wasn't a stumble. He doesn't know that it's pronounced - Cutter.
Tried to find a way to get that information to CBC News but the old Comments section on the website is gone. Options include Facebook, Twitter and other social media, but they're set up in such a way that you're limited to comments on articles posted by the CBC.
Are CBC staff so sensitive to criticism that they've blocked input from the listening public? How do you learn proper pronunciation if there's no way for listener to contact newsreader? I don't want to bash the guy. I'd just like to stop him from making a fool of himself every time he opens the mike and reads a story on Qatar.