Give your opinion on the CBC

[JonB2004]

RE: Give your opinion on

Hey, we forfeited our money to the gun registry.

 

[Kreskin]

http://www.cbc.ca/passionateeyesunday/feature_151202.html

December 2002 - Passionate Eye. In it they asked tough questions about "the case" for war and potential fallout. This kind of journalism did not exist in the US, where it was treasonous to envision anything but war and Iraqi tickertape parades.

Kreskin

You could not be more wrong. That is why I think Canadians are way too isolated in their opinions of the U.S. - even though bombarded with tons of U.S. entertainment programming...you have little access to choice because the network programming is selected for your consumption and which networks are allowed.

Please tell me what part/side of the Iraq story wasn't covered by CBC before or after the start of the war.

 

[#juan]

Just a few of the countries with "national" TV networks

Australia, Austria, Britain, France, Germany, Japan

It seems that most countries have national, or public TV networks. Some countries have two or three.

 

[Finder]

I ment to say the last summer games were covered by CTV.

 

[Kreskin]

If you search the internet for Foxnews interviews etc with Bush admin officials during the run up to the Iraq war the focus of the interviews are primarily this:

1) How to convince ourselves that Iraq is in military breach of previous resolutions.
2) How to convince the UN to take military action with us.
3) How to get everything through Congress.
4) Which politicians don't seem to be with us.

That's about as deep as it gets.

 

[Finder]

Re: RE: Give your opinion on the CBC

If you search the internet for Foxnews interviews etc with Bush admin officials during the run up to the Iraq war the focus of the interviews are primarily this:

1) How to convince ourselves that Iraq is in military breach of previous resolutions.
2) How to convince the UN to take military action with us.
3) How to get everything through Congress.
4) Which politicians don't seem to be with us.

That's about as deep as it gets.

foxnews, makes me upsetm, sad and laugh. Sometimes at the same time. It's amazing the things they say sometimes.

 

[Kreskin]

Re: RE: Give your opinion on the CBC

If you search the internet for Foxnews interviews etc with Bush admin officials during the run up to the Iraq war the focus of the interviews are primarily this:

1) How to convince ourselves that Iraq is in military breach of previous resolutions.
2) How to convince the UN to take military action with us.
3) How to get everything through Congress.
4) Which politicians don't seem to be with us.

That's about as deep as it gets.

foxnews, makes me upsetm, sad and laugh. Sometimes at the same time. It's amazing the things they say sometimes.

If you feel like having one of those moments read the transcript of this interview. It's like they're on Bush's NSA warrantless wiretap legal defense team.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,190226,00.html

 

[I think not]

It's rather funny you are comparing the CBC with a privately owned television station, how about a more apples to apples comparison? Say PBS and CBC? And NPR with CBC Radio? See what you come up with, one thing you will find is they don't require $1 billion in public money to operate, 70% of their budget is raised via donations.

 

[Kreskin]

It's rather funny you are comparing the CBC with a privately owned television station, how about a more apples to apples comparison? Say PBS and CBC? And NPR with CBC Radio? See what you come up with, one thing you will find is they don't require $1 billion in public money to operate, 70% of their budget is raised via donations.

And when did that stop the right from complaining PBS was part of the vast leftwing conspiracy.

I like PBS.

 

[I think not]

It hasn't, but to compare Fox with the CBC is comparing apples and oranges. PBS is publicly funded to a certain extent, last years federal budget called for $360 million in federal money for all non-profit television and radio stations (that's about 400 across the country). I also like PBS doucmentaries, like Frontline and NOVA, that doesn't mean other stations don't have quality programming.

And if I may be frank, calling the CBC a pillar of Canadian Indentity is nonsense, I have never heard of other countries [with public television stations and radios] referring to them as a symbol of their indentity. You have so many other things to talk about, and some pick the CBC for crying outloud.

 

[#juan]

And what is your agenda ITN? Your first post on this topic called the CBC the Communist Broadcasting Company. Why does it bother you? You don't pay taxes in this country. As I've said before, CBC provides a service where private networks would never go because the revenue wouldn't be there.(They wouldn't make any money) Does Australia's national network run on donations? Does BBC run on donations? Does Japan's national network run on donations?

 

[I think not]

It doesn't bother me, does something have to bother me to make a comment? I think it's laughable some of you refer to the CBC as an element of Canadian Indentity.

Oh yeah, I have no agenda, that's a leftist term I never use.

 

[Said1]

It hasn't, but to compare Fox with the CBC is comparing apples and oranges. PBS is publicly funded to a certain extent, last years federal budget called for $360 million in federal money for all non-profit television and radio stations (that's about 400 across the country). I also like PBS doucmentaries, like Frontline and NOVA, that doesn't mean other stations don't have quality programming.

And if I may be frank, calling the CBC a pillar of Canadian Indentity is nonsense, I have never heard of other countries [with public television stations and radios] referring to them as a symbol of their indentity. You have so many other things to talk about, and some pick the CBC for crying outloud.

CBC airs a lot of programming that specifically deals with Canadian issues, from a Canadian perspective. I wouldn't say it's a pillar of Canadian identity, but rather a reflection of Canadian identity - things that happen in Canada or the world and how it affects us, specifically.

 

[darkbeaver]

It's rather funny you are comparing the CBC with a privately owned television station, how about a more apples to apples comparison? Say PBS and CBC? And NPR with CBC Radio? See what you come up with, one thing you will find is they don't require $1 billion in public money to operate, 70% of their budget is raised via donations.

We consider paying taxes to be indexed donations to the nation so that it can provide services to us at far less cost than the private sector would require. The private sector control of media serves the private sector it does not advance public institutions.

private media=bad
public media=good

 

[I think not]

CBC airs a lot of programming that specifically deals with Canadian issues, from a Canadian perspective. I wouldn't say it's a pillar of Canadian identity, but rather a reflection of Canadian identity - things that happen in Canada or the world and how it affects us, specifically.

Identity and television don't belong in the same sentance in my opinion. The CBC may produce historical documentaries, news pertaining to Canada and Canadian Content, but I cannot see how it is a reflection of Canadian indentity. PBS airs the same thing, American history, regional news and so forth, how does this constitute a television station being a reflection of American indentity? I can't see it.

 

[I think not]

We consider paying taxes to be indexed donations to the nation so that it can provide services to us at far less cost than the private sector would require. The private sector control of media serves the private sector it does not advance public institutions.

private media=bad
public media=good

Once upon a time, in the land where democracy was born, Greece, up until the early 1990's there were only 3 television stations, ERT1, ERT2 and ERT3 all run and funded by the government. Ask them if public media = good. Get yourself stuck with public only media and see how well it works.

 

[Toro]

RE: Give your opinion on

How can it be a pillar of Canadian identity when I can get 130 channels on my ExpressVu system?

 

[#juan]

It doesn't bother me, does something have to bother me to make a comment?

It must bother you if you call them the Communist Broadcasting Coorporation.

I think it's laughable some of you refer to the CBC as an element of Canadian Indentity.

I don't know where I said anything about Canadian identity. I said CBC provided a service to hundreds of communities in the north and the far north where without the CBC there would be no TV.

Oh yeah, I have no agenda, that's a leftist term I never use.

Agenda is a "leftist term? I hadn't heard that. Is anyone else allowed to use it?

 

[Kreskin]

CBC isn't the only station in Canada. But its content has more depth than the one's who need shock value ratings to survive.

 

[I think not]

It must bother you if you call them the Communist Broadcasting Coorporation.

I could of just as easily used Mother Corp, Canadian Broadcorping Castration or The Corpse. This is your home grown sarcasm, not mine.

I don't know where I said anything about Canadian identity. I said CBC provided a service to hundreds of communities in the north and the far north where without the CBC there would be no TV.

I never said YOU did, I have heard others say it, repeatedly, even in this thread it was mentioned at least once. Read.

Agenda is a "leftist term? I hadn't heard that. Is anyone else allowed to use it?

No apparently no one else can. The left has no agenda, it is reserved for the right.