Government Owned CBC Has Stabbed Conservatives In The Back Again

[Liberalman]

Government Owned CBC Has Stabbed Conservatives In The Back Again

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/calgary/story/2010/05/05/mortgage-bank-shory.html

I have a feeling that CBC will be dismantled in the near future by the government that’s if the opposition sits on their hands and does nothing.

First it was the Afghan detainee story then the Jaffer fiasco now another sitting Conservative MP who is who is accused of being tangled in a web of fraud.

The Bank of Montreal is suing hundreds of people on real estate fraud where the company has lost $30 million in western Canada.

The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation or CBC is a government owned broadcaster that built radio and television stations all over Canada from coast to coast to coast late in the last century so everyone even those in the remote wilderness can enjoy the new communication medium.

The CBC developed a very good news gathering department and was given more freedoms in the type of news they broadcasted.

While most broadcasters are afraid of the government to the point of toning down their criticism of government policies the CBC has been the opposite where they will report the news, as it is wherever it leads them.

I would hate to see the CBC go but if they constantly go after the media muzzling government their days are numbered.

 

[JLM]

yep, I would hate to see it go. I listen to C.B.C. radio exclusively, it's good for news and they serve every segment of society from the upper crusters to the local hooker on the corner.

 

[YukonJack]

I used to listen to CBC radio for classical music, when I lived in Ontario.

Here in Winnipeg, where I live now, classical music on the airwaives is hard to come by (one French-speaking station, only).

So, if CBC can't provide a basic service, it deserves to be taken off the public trough.

 

[Slim Chance]

CBC's biggest problem is that they do not offer any real objectivity in their reporting style(s) and journalism... They open themselves up to being labeled politically partisan in the eyes of many.

 

[Liberalman]

CBC's biggest problem is that they do not offer any real objectivity in their reporting style(s) and journalism... They open themselves up to being labeled politically partisan in the eyes of many.

just like CTV where their top journalist get Senate appointment.

Licking Conservative boots get the other news networks more access to the PM

 

[JLM]

I used to listen to CBC radio for classical music, when I lived in Ontario.

Here in Winnipeg, where I live now, classical music on the airwaives is hard to come by (one French-speaking station, only).

So, if CBC can't provide a basic service, it deserves to be taken off the public trough.

Classical music is the only problem I have with C.B.C. - I like the old hard core C &W. music like Hank Thompson and Ray Price and of course Johnny Cash. Anyone interested in getting C.B.C. to change?

 

[Slim Chance]

just like CTV where their top journalist get Senate appointment.

Licking Conservative boots get the other news networks more access to the PM

Clarkson/Jean

It's a 2-way street.

 

[DurkaDurka]

The CBC won't be going anywhere, especially in a minority government situation.

 

[Slim Chance]

I can see their funding being played with.

 

[TenPenny]

I can see their funding being played with.

Just like when Jean Chretien gutted the CBC the last time.

I happened to be listening to Peter Gzowski interviewing him, and Gzowski actually lost his temper. 'But God damn it, Mr Prime Minister', he said, and then they cut to a break so he could calm down.

 

[YukonJack]

No free country should EVER need a public forum, such as a newspaper, radio station or television supported by confiscated taxpayer funds.

If they deserve support, they should earn it.

 

[pegger]

I agree that the CBC needs to be weened off public (re: taxpayer) funding.

I just don't like it when Governments create "faux" scandles to shut down criticism.

 

[YukonJack]

pegger, CBC should not be weaned off.

It should be CUT OFF, the sooner, the better!

 

[pegger]

YukonJack - you can't just "cut it off" and expect it to continue it's existance.

Give them a time line - 5 years - 20% reduction in support per year to zero - so they can get their private funding in place.

 

[Praxius]

CBC's biggest problem is that they do not offer any real objectivity in their reporting style(s) and journalism... They open themselves up to being labeled politically partisan in the eyes of many.

As I see it, both the CBC and CTV have their own political spins on the news and neither is better then the other in that respect.

It's pretty obvious the CBC has a Liberal bias & CTV has a Conservative bias and it's not just in the colors they use in their corporate identity.

When it comes to the CBC, I've noticed their reporting on the Liberals are slightly more favored when they can get away with it, while pulling out as many details and issues against the Conservatives.... while CTV does the exact same thing, only reverse the parties.

Even when it comes to issues not directly related to one particular political party, they will spin it so that if it relates to the views of one of the parties, like the war, same sex marriage, abortion, etc., they'll just slightly twist it in such a way that their report will either favor one party's ideals or the other.

The last blatant attempt in this I remember was when I was watching CTV's Newsnet one night and they were talking about the Conservatives & Harper and while the report was discussing something exposed as perhaps wrong-doing on the Con's part or that may cause them problems down the road, at the very end of reporting the details, the reporter decided to squeeze in a little comment of their own towards something he heard Harper say earlier in the day and spouted it off as though trying to give the impression he's a really great guy and has everybody's best interest at play..... while the quote of Harper's was polite and in good nature.... it had nothing to do with the news they were reporting and I couldn't even fathom why the reporter felt it was relevant to mention at that time other then for you know what.

I can't remember the exact report or date, but the finer details are irrelevant.... anybody who watches either news station can easily view the slight-of-hand political tactics each uses to favor one party over the other. It's certainly not to any level one would see in US news reporting, but it shouldn't be at any level period and should just stick to the facts and leave it at that.

That's kinda why I watch Global National/News more often.... they stick to the facts and relevant information and then move off to the next report.... if they have a political agenda like the CBC or CTV, then they're doing a damn good job at hiding it, because I can't see any real bias in their reporting towards any one political party.

As it goes for CBC and clashing with the Conservative government..... there's nothing to worry about, because CBC has been around forever.... it's a part of our heritage when one thinks about it, and for the Conservatives to attempt to shut down CBC due to not liking them for whatever reason, would create a large backlash across the nation and if all the other nails in the coffin they used in the past don't bury them, this little railway spike would do it for sure.

and the same would apply if the Libs tried to shut down CTV....

 

[YukonJack]

Let us not forget that CTV and Global flourish or perish on their own merit.

CBC, on the other hand is a bunch of incompetant nincompoops who need government handout for its survival.

 

[JLM]

Let us not forget that CTV and Global flourish or perish on their own merit.

CBC, on the other hand is a bunch of incompetant nincompoops who need government handout for its survival.

Global News is good. C.B.C. is good but maybe a little biased. C.B.C. deserves Gov't support as they don't do commercials and that in itself is worth a lot. Where C.B.C. shines is in the rural areas where in many cases (not Vernon) it's all we have.

 

[YukonJack]

JLM, are you serious? CBC do not do commercials?

 

[JLM]

JLM, are you serious? CBC do not do commercials?

Sorry, I should have specified C.B.C. radio.

 

[TenPenny]

CBC. Home to those incompetents like, say, Mike Duffy. Or Lloyd Robertson.

As opposed to CTV, home to those journalists such as, say, Mike Duffy and Lloyd Robertson.