Here in "Harper" Canada, apparently our public broadcaster isn't free to air anything that might make our glorious supreme leader look bad.
'Free The CBC' Ads Calling On Feds To Stop Political Interference Won't Air On CBC
A little?
'Free The CBC' Ads Calling On Feds To Stop Political Interference Won't Air On CBC
An ad campaign calling on the federal government to "free the CBC from political interference" rolls out Monday, but the public broadcaster itself won't run the advertisements, reports the Ottawa Citizen.
Friends of Canadian Broadcasting, an "independent watchdog for Canadian programming," is lobbying against parts of the government's omnibus Bill C-60, passed in June, which give the Treasury Board a role in the CBC's contract negotiations.
“I’m a little surprised and disappointed that they wouldn’t take our money for the ads,” Ian Morrison, a spokesperson for FCB, told the Citizen.
“It proves our point a little bit about the nature of the problem.”
A little?