Give your opinion on the CBC
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I forgot to mention how much I love listening to CBC Radio Two while at work. I can blast the metal, punk, hardcore stuff at home all night, but I am most productive during the day when I get my Mozart on.
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Well jeez, of course the CBC is biased. How could it not be? It's run by fallible human beings. Any source of news and information but the trivial is going to have a bias, no way around it. You just have to understand what the bias is, make allowances for it, and go to more than one source, while also understanding that you're biased as well.
I pay very little attention to television so I really can't speak to that, but the tuner on every radio around here is pretty much welded onto the CBC's frequency, mostly because commercial AM radio in Regina contains no information at all, it's all C&W music (which, sorry folks, I really hate, with a few notable exceptions) or very low grade talk radio run by people whose major purpose in life seems to be to provoke controversy, not facilitate useful exchanges. On the FM dial there are some good rock stations, but their information content is pretty much nil as well.
Ah, but CBC radio, now there's a noble and useful institution. It's generally inclined to be liberal (note the small l; it's not Liberal) in its editorial positions on the usual spectrum of how such things are defined, as most of Canada seems to be, according to the polls I hear about (and no, not just from CBC), and in my distinctly not very humble opinion it is one of the best and most useful and unifying cultural forces in this country. I think it's worth every penny it costs me as a taxpayer. Anytime I'm at home or in the car, CBC radio is on. If you really want to know what's happening in this country and around the world, there's no better source, and the CBC delivers it with wit, style, and grace. For commercial-free, high quality information and analysis, nobody does it better than CBC radio.
Edited 'cause I spelled a few things wrong. I hate it when I do that.
I pay very little attention to television so I really can't speak to that, but the tuner on every radio around here is pretty much welded onto the CBC's frequency, mostly because commercial AM radio in Regina contains no information at all, it's all C&W music (which, sorry folks, I really hate, with a few notable exceptions) or very low grade talk radio run by people whose major purpose in life seems to be to provoke controversy, not facilitate useful exchanges. On the FM dial there are some good rock stations, but their information content is pretty much nil as well.
Ah, but CBC radio, now there's a noble and useful institution. It's generally inclined to be liberal (note the small l; it's not Liberal) in its editorial positions on the usual spectrum of how such things are defined, as most of Canada seems to be, according to the polls I hear about (and no, not just from CBC), and in my distinctly not very humble opinion it is one of the best and most useful and unifying cultural forces in this country. I think it's worth every penny it costs me as a taxpayer. Anytime I'm at home or in the car, CBC radio is on. If you really want to know what's happening in this country and around the world, there's no better source, and the CBC delivers it with wit, style, and grace. For commercial-free, high quality information and analysis, nobody does it better than CBC radio.
Edited 'cause I spelled a few things wrong. I hate it when I do that.
CBC stands for Canada's cultural identity and values. That being neutral. Nothing. There is no agenda. That's what Canada stands for. It has no agenda. Is being anti-bigotry a fringe political socialist movement? Is not giving a rats butt about gay marriage a communist manifesto? Is questioning the non-evidence presented in the case for war a liberal lefist commie conspiracy?
I believe the CBC is about as good as it gets on the world stage when it comes to news coverage because it is closer to neutral than anything produced elsewhere.
I believe the CBC is about as good as it gets on the world stage when it comes to news coverage because it is closer to neutral than anything produced elsewhere.
something like 65 to 70% of Canadians believe the CBC is bias in favor of the Liberal Party, and that is saying something seeing as how 70% of Canadians are not Conservative supporters.....
Re: RE: Give your opinion on the CBC
The number of people who believe something has nothing to do with whether it's true or not. You'd need to do a long and tedious analysis of all of CBC's news and information coverage over an extended period of time to demonstrate bias. Hasn't been done, as far as I know, though I did see an analysis of CBC's coverage of the last election--in the Globe&Mail I think--that didn't point to any particular bias toward one party over any of the others.
It's quite common for people on all sides of the political spectrum to claim one or another news source is biased against them. I've never seen a convincing demonstration of it. The key word is "convincing."
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The number of people who believe something has nothing to do with whether it's true or not. You'd need to do a long and tedious analysis of all of CBC's news and information coverage over an extended period of time to demonstrate bias. Hasn't been done, as far as I know, though I did see an analysis of CBC's coverage of the last election--in the Globe&Mail I think--that didn't point to any particular bias toward one party over any of the others.
It's quite common for people on all sides of the political spectrum to claim one or another news source is biased against them. I've never seen a convincing demonstration of it. The key word is "convincing."
The CBC
is the best source of unvarnished, unwashed news we have. It may not be perfect, but it is the best we have. CBC documentaries are among the best in the world. A billion dollars? Rather the CBC than gun control, or a whole lot of other things we spend a similar amount on..
is the best source of unvarnished, unwashed news we have. It may not be perfect, but it is the best we have. CBC documentaries are among the best in the world. A billion dollars? Rather the CBC than gun control, or a whole lot of other things we spend a similar amount on..
There are some people (like me) who are not able to afford the extra cable services needed to access all the news channels... which is pretty much what I think one would have to do to get the full picture on almost any story - the truth usually lies somewhere in the middle...searching for well researched and objective news can become a full time occupation... so for those of us who are aware that our news is being provided with a slant - this way or that - we have to rely on the best we can get - for me, that is the CBC - biased or not, I still feel that the quality of journalism and reporting retains the integrity and intention of showing the whole picture - in most cases - yes, I'm generalizing, but I guess I prefer to see reporting that engages us to dig a little deeper, think a little harder... Some of my faves: The National, The Hour, The Passionate Eye...
I don't really think CBC is biased unless the likes of Peter Mansbridge is left alone to interview someone like Don Cherry - did anyone see that?
In any case, it seems to me that the reports are left to present things the way they want, this could go both ways, although mostly left.
In any case, it seems to me that the reports are left to present things the way they want, this could go both ways, although mostly left.