CBC will be downsizing.
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I don't believe PBS is 100% government funded. They receive X dollars and have to earn the rest.
Probably has to do with taxpayer funding propoganda shows.
You can always tell when someone has zero argument when they play the race card.
Congratulations
You said to remove the Suzuki shows. You rarely miss a chance to berate Suzuki. What are we missing? You obviously don't like him, so you advocate taking his shows off the air.
This CBC is biased stuff has gone on for years. The people who are there are
good journalists who ask tough questions that perhaps some on the left or the
right can't answer on a given day that's not bias its good coverage.
The CBC is an institution and provides differences of thought the current govt.
doesn't want people to have differences of thought. Not on medicare, justice,
voting, veterans, families, or trade. They are attempting to gut the foundation
of the nation in order to sell what they can for the future benefits of private
commercial interests.
They have done considerable damage worse than any other time they have come
to power. The problem is replacing them. This country is at a crossroads. We
have a government in power I wouldn't trust no matter what to be left at the hand
of power. At the same time I find it difficult to trust the others waiting in the wings
on their individual merits. What we need is a very close Minority Government in
order not to have progress or setback but to have stalemate until we can find a
suitable leader to take this country forward.
In the election next year I have two choices the Liberals or the NDP as the Greens
are little more than a societal movement who want to make decisions regardless
of consequences.
I will be watching closely. I cannot support the current government and sit back
while they dismantle this country and many of the programs that benefit seniors,
veterans, children, and future generations. Now have some programs at times got
out of hand Yes, but that does not mean you declare war on the institutions it means
you correct some of the problems.
I do not want to go back to the days prior to the Great Depression. And I don't want
to go back to the massive inflation of the mid and late seventies. I do want to see
programs for those in society who need help. A nation is truly judged on the way it
treats its most vulnerable in society
good journalists who ask tough questions that perhaps some on the left or the
right can't answer on a given day that's not bias its good coverage.
The CBC is an institution and provides differences of thought the current govt.
doesn't want people to have differences of thought. Not on medicare, justice,
voting, veterans, families, or trade. They are attempting to gut the foundation
of the nation in order to sell what they can for the future benefits of private
commercial interests.
They have done considerable damage worse than any other time they have come
to power. The problem is replacing them. This country is at a crossroads. We
have a government in power I wouldn't trust no matter what to be left at the hand
of power. At the same time I find it difficult to trust the others waiting in the wings
on their individual merits. What we need is a very close Minority Government in
order not to have progress or setback but to have stalemate until we can find a
suitable leader to take this country forward.
In the election next year I have two choices the Liberals or the NDP as the Greens
are little more than a societal movement who want to make decisions regardless
of consequences.
I will be watching closely. I cannot support the current government and sit back
while they dismantle this country and many of the programs that benefit seniors,
veterans, children, and future generations. Now have some programs at times got
out of hand Yes, but that does not mean you declare war on the institutions it means
you correct some of the problems.
I do not want to go back to the days prior to the Great Depression. And I don't want
to go back to the massive inflation of the mid and late seventies. I do want to see
programs for those in society who need help. A nation is truly judged on the way it
treats its most vulnerable in society
:lol:
It's just the CBC losing about what, 10% of it's handout budget?
Now they have to sell advertising on their little classical and jazz stations, drop HNIC, stombo and join the real world. No biggie. Live within your means, not remain firmly attached to the public teat is all.
It'll be ok.
It's just the CBC losing about what, 10% of it's handout budget?
Now they have to sell advertising on their little classical and jazz stations, drop HNIC, stombo and join the real world. No biggie. Live within your means, not remain firmly attached to the public teat is all.
It'll be ok.
You are the one assuming it is about race.
The CBC has a definite Liberal bias and has for as long as I remember. I think it perfectly reasonable to expect a taxpayer funded institution to be close to neutral. And I think it fair that a government which does not share those views to cut back on its funding.
I suspect you do not see the bias because it aligns with your bias. Same way some far right do not see the bias of FOX News.
Of course, if they start pledge drives and viewers contribute then they can be as biased as they want.
And those evil conservatives want to cut down all the trees and put a smokestack on every corner .
Oh the horror .
The CBC has lost its way.
CBC gets about 1 billion in taxpayer funding every year.
Then it turns around and sells air time to advertisers in the private sector.
It also refuses to explain either to the government of the day or the Auditor General on what it spends taxpayer's money on.
It also has become highly politically biased, obviously a tax payer funded media organization must remain highly impartial or it should be privatized.
The CBC needs a complete redo.
From the ground up.
CBC Radio is pretty much fine.
It could probably use a slight increase in funding, tightening up its focus and expanding its coverage in remote areas.
CBC TV needs to be completely redone.
Scrap all sitcoms and romcoms....all of them, we have thousands of private channels providing that crap.
Scrap all pro sports, we have dedicated sports networks.
Scrap all local news, we have local news networks for that.
Fire most of the high priced upper management.
Fire Mansbridge, Solomon, Mesley, George Whateverthehellopolis, Lang and OLeary and all the rest of the high priced talking heads.
Increase made in Canada arts programming.
Ballet, live theatre, barbershop quartet's, comedies, dance troupes, mimes poets, clowns, rock and rollers and Maritime sea shanty singers.
Rick Mercer and This Hour has 22 minutes would survive as Canadian live comedy.
If it is Canadian and it has some artistic merit, show it.
Show amatuer sporting events.
Increase funding for new and more diverse Canadian documentaries.
Nature of Things and Suzuki would remain as would Doc Zone and The Passionate Eye.
Start putting funding into Canadian informational programming regarding health and sciences, history and geography.
In short increase all informative or informational programming.
Start using and supporting University and College students who are studying Journalism or RTA (radio, television arts).
Start using and supporting local and amateur filmmakers, cartoonists, claymation guys, budding producers and the like.
Let us know who these new people are.
Short on programming?
Pick up more International documentaries and arts but clearly identify what is foreign content.
PBS and BBC both could provide some decent foreign content as needed.
Increase OTA feeds to remote and northern regions.
There are thousands of channels full of crap and drivel freely available for public consumption.
Why shoul Canadian taxpayers be expected to fund more?
CBC gets about 1 billion in taxpayer funding every year.
Then it turns around and sells air time to advertisers in the private sector.
It also refuses to explain either to the government of the day or the Auditor General on what it spends taxpayer's money on.
It also has become highly politically biased, obviously a tax payer funded media organization must remain highly impartial or it should be privatized.
The CBC needs a complete redo.
From the ground up.
CBC Radio is pretty much fine.
It could probably use a slight increase in funding, tightening up its focus and expanding its coverage in remote areas.
CBC TV needs to be completely redone.
Scrap all sitcoms and romcoms....all of them, we have thousands of private channels providing that crap.
Scrap all pro sports, we have dedicated sports networks.
Scrap all local news, we have local news networks for that.
Fire most of the high priced upper management.
Fire Mansbridge, Solomon, Mesley, George Whateverthehellopolis, Lang and OLeary and all the rest of the high priced talking heads.
Increase made in Canada arts programming.
Ballet, live theatre, barbershop quartet's, comedies, dance troupes, mimes poets, clowns, rock and rollers and Maritime sea shanty singers.
Rick Mercer and This Hour has 22 minutes would survive as Canadian live comedy.
If it is Canadian and it has some artistic merit, show it.
Show amatuer sporting events.
Increase funding for new and more diverse Canadian documentaries.
Nature of Things and Suzuki would remain as would Doc Zone and The Passionate Eye.
Start putting funding into Canadian informational programming regarding health and sciences, history and geography.
In short increase all informative or informational programming.
Start using and supporting University and College students who are studying Journalism or RTA (radio, television arts).
Start using and supporting local and amateur filmmakers, cartoonists, claymation guys, budding producers and the like.
Let us know who these new people are.
Short on programming?
Pick up more International documentaries and arts but clearly identify what is foreign content.
PBS and BBC both could provide some decent foreign content as needed.
Increase OTA feeds to remote and northern regions.
There are thousands of channels full of crap and drivel freely available for public consumption.
Why shoul Canadian taxpayers be expected to fund more?
Reason? Like you can't figure it out?
How about this: He has a political agenda and uses the CBC as a platform to spew his agenda as if it were his own personal television broadcaster.
He got ran out of the suzuki foundation for the same reason as above, so why allow this tard a publicly funded soapbox from which to preach?
CBC has long been very Canadian. That might sound a bit obvious,but it truly brings the Canadian expierence to the room.
As for the Liberal aspect to it, I've often thought the same. But look at the work done for Jim Flaherty today. Very nice and a tribute to the man befitting a Canadian run station.
I think most actors , and artists have a Liberal bent and that could bleed through. Although the Lang and O'Leary exchange comes off as a Conservative buffet.
Watching the National on Thursday is a must for me , if nothing other than to watch Rex Murphy. I had a bur up me **** when he criticized Neil Young's recent foray into the oil sands projects.
CTV's Question Period is a definitive Conservative piece. When Jane quit the Sunday morning show , she did so with the words"Now that we have a Conservative majority ,my job is done here". To a great applause and guffaws from the QP crowd .
CBC is our Canadian identity coming through the idiot box. I think given larger sums of money one would enjoy it much more.
His voice might not be yours, but if I would choose to listen to that voice I would want his and his platform.
Someone has to do it, and he does it well.
As for the Liberal aspect to it, I've often thought the same. But look at the work done for Jim Flaherty today. Very nice and a tribute to the man befitting a Canadian run station.
I think most actors , and artists have a Liberal bent and that could bleed through. Although the Lang and O'Leary exchange comes off as a Conservative buffet.
Watching the National on Thursday is a must for me , if nothing other than to watch Rex Murphy. I had a bur up me **** when he criticized Neil Young's recent foray into the oil sands projects.
CTV's Question Period is a definitive Conservative piece. When Jane quit the Sunday morning show , she did so with the words"Now that we have a Conservative majority ,my job is done here". To a great applause and guffaws from the QP crowd .
CBC is our Canadian identity coming through the idiot box. I think given larger sums of money one would enjoy it much more.
Suziki is a scientist and a environmentalist! What do you expect from the man?
His voice might not be yours, but if I would choose to listen to that voice I would want his and his platform.
Someone has to do it, and he does it well.
CBC was doing quite well until Harper's crowd gutted them. For some people "public Broadcasting":is a dirty word. Virtually all countries have public broadcasting, Most have more than one public station. Soon, with the Harper government, Canada's TV will be all American. Is that really what you want? Harper has the idea that if he controls what we watch, he can control what we think.
If Mansbridge or any of the national journalists were in the U.S., they would become institutions like Cronkite was. Replacing the CBC with American TV is not the answer.
Might I suggest that anyone who expected the CBC to be apolitical was being perhaps a trifle naive?
Who payeth the piper calleth the tune.
Who payeth the piper calleth the tune.
If you are right-wing, then you will perceive even perfectly objective news (if there were such a thing) as being biased to the left. People often forget to take into account their own biases when assessing the bias of others.
I'm an environemtnalist, but I happen to think Suzuki is over the top. That said, Nature of Things was often a great show. HNIC is gone, I gather. I can't think of a single CBC show, though I don't watch much TV. CBC co-produced The Tudors (which was aired on Showtime for some reason) and that was an excellent show. Kids in the Hall--was that CBC? That was a funny show.
It's hard to support the CBC when I can't think of a decent show they've had for years.
I'm an environemtnalist, but I happen to think Suzuki is over the top. That said, Nature of Things was often a great show. HNIC is gone, I gather. I can't think of a single CBC show, though I don't watch much TV. CBC co-produced The Tudors (which was aired on Showtime for some reason) and that was an excellent show. Kids in the Hall--was that CBC? That was a funny show.
It's hard to support the CBC when I can't think of a decent show they've had for years.
I don't think they're "forgetting," but perhaps I credit wingers with more intelligence than they possess.