Kill the TV but keep RadioOne and Two but go edgy on the talk segments with actu opposing views to engage Canadians in actual dialogue rather than a bunch of shitheads who talk like theyre at a funeral.
Majority of Conservative voters support defunding the CBC — but not attacks on media
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It's a problem with state broadcasters or "information agencies." As I've said, CBC had its day, when getting meeja out to all of Canada was necessary and important. No longer needed, it still won't die, because, and here's the inflexible, unavoidable truth. . . whenever you create a government program, regardless of how stupid, unnecessary, and ill-run, it instantly gets a constituency that will fight to the death (of boredom) because that's where the constituency makes its money.
There's also a huge difference between the CBC News network, and CBC's other interests. On TV you've got a lot of programs that are popular and people love (Schitt's Creek, for example. Corner Gas; etc). Then on the radio is the national and local programming (Information Morning, As It Happens, Ideas, Quirks and Qwarks, etc). So for all those screaming "Defund the CBC", that'd mean these programs get axed. That's a LOT of jobs lost, a LOT of information, documentaries and so on, lost, and I think a lot of people don't want to lose that. Sure it's programs "We" pay for because it is Government, but it's also damned good programming, regardless of medium.
But then my parents were CBC people when I was a kid; any trip in the car, or half the time the radio was on at home, it was on CBC. And despite hating it as a kid, now and then I'll listen on my car radio if something gets my interest, and I DO listen to the intro to As It Happens for the horribly bad/good puns it uses when giving highlights about the show, just before work.
So guess I am a bit biased.
Used to have a girlfriend who lived out in coal-mine country in southwest Virginia. When I'd visit her, I'd often drive back at night. No decent FM radio out there, but at night I could get CBC on skip from Windsor. Always interesting, best part of the drive.
If the show is any good, someone will pick it up. Doesn't need to be the taxpayer.
Nah, it doesn't have to be good. Long as it'll sell soap flakes.
Sad day for a lot of us locals, really. Soon as you saw those towers, you knew you were 'home'.
You are correct. Whenever governments create a program, it's almost impossible to close it down, especially if there's something in it for some people. Name one program that has been shut down where funds are dispensed to Canadians. If they were, Canadians would scream like hell, not realizing that they're asking gov't for support that the government itself is responsible for implementing which is why the program was created to begin with. It's a vicious circle.
Take funds from taxpayers, say that "some, or most" will go back to them which makes the program supposedly less harmful. Seriously people THINK! Why take the money to begin with if you're returning it - like Trudeau says that people will get back more than they've paid for Carbon tax. WTF? So what's the point in taking it to begin with if your simply giving it back? Of course, it's a lie, like all their lies. Canadians apparently don't give a crap b'cuz we're seeing our country go downhill & protesting Israel on behalf of terrorists is an example of just how far we've fallen.
The majority of CBC radio programming we get in BC is pure garbage. much is from Toronto, so totally irrelevant. What is produced here mostly has a strong left wing bias.
As opposed that they should do an extreme right wing bias?
Man, can get why you're so Anti-CBC though. Programming here is pretty varied, has both left and right wing 'biases' and overall, it's pretty good.
Least it's something I suppose.
If the CBC wants to be relevant again, it needs to return to its mission.
Strip it down to news, and do that better than anyone else.
It also means hiring based on merit, not ideology. Bring in people who can ask tough questions, chase facts, and challenge power, not those selected to mirror a particular worldview.
To be clear, there are still smart, principled journalists inside the CBC. But they’re working within a system that’s biased and disconnected from the very people it’s meant to serve.
Canadians don’t want to be managed. They want to be informed. They want facts to let them decide.
The CBC needs a hard reset. That means doing less, and doing it better. It means getting out of the pundit business and back into the business of reporting. Focus on news — local, regional, investigative. The kind of journalism private outlets are struggling to fund, but Canadians still rely on.
The CBC can no longer afford to act like it is untouchable. When you’re funded by the public to the tune of over a billion dollars a year, you owe Canadians a fulfilled mandate — true journalism. And right now, that’s not what Canadians are getting.
Inside the CBC, it appears dissent is discouraged. Editorial framing too often leans one way — a hard-left slant. This isn’t public service, it’s narrative management.
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Even though more and more of the public seem to be leaning toward broadcasters and publications that echo their politics, that is not the role of the national broadcaster. And that’s the problem.
The result? Public trust is eroding. And when trust in the national broadcaster falters, it drags confidence in journalism down with it.
This isn’t just about saving a broadcaster. It’s about restoring public faith in all people we rely on to tell the truth. And it must be done with a clear mandate to get it right, and soon, say, two years.
A Mark Carney government should put the CBC on notice: reform, or lose it. Effective immediately The billion-dollar subsidy should go on the chopping block.
Strip it down to news, and do that better than anyone else.
It also means hiring based on merit, not ideology. Bring in people who can ask tough questions, chase facts, and challenge power, not those selected to mirror a particular worldview.
To be clear, there are still smart, principled journalists inside the CBC. But they’re working within a system that’s biased and disconnected from the very people it’s meant to serve.
Canadians don’t want to be managed. They want to be informed. They want facts to let them decide.
The CBC needs a hard reset. That means doing less, and doing it better. It means getting out of the pundit business and back into the business of reporting. Focus on news — local, regional, investigative. The kind of journalism private outlets are struggling to fund, but Canadians still rely on.
The CBC can no longer afford to act like it is untouchable. When you’re funded by the public to the tune of over a billion dollars a year, you owe Canadians a fulfilled mandate — true journalism. And right now, that’s not what Canadians are getting.
Inside the CBC, it appears dissent is discouraged. Editorial framing too often leans one way — a hard-left slant. This isn’t public service, it’s narrative management.
Leslie Roberts: CBC has eroded trust in journalism. It must be reformed — National Post
The CBC needs a hard reset. It must get out of the pundit business and back into the business of reporting
The result? Public trust is eroding. And when trust in the national broadcaster falters, it drags confidence in journalism down with it.
This isn’t just about saving a broadcaster. It’s about restoring public faith in all people we rely on to tell the truth. And it must be done with a clear mandate to get it right, and soon, say, two years.
A Mark Carney government should put the CBC on notice: reform, or lose it. Effective immediately The billion-dollar subsidy should go on the chopping block.
Of course they should but they won’t.If the CBC wants to be relevant again, it needs to return to its mission.
Strip it down to news, and do that better than anyone else.
It also means hiring based on merit, not ideology. Bring in people who can ask tough questions, chase facts, and challenge power, not those selected to mirror a particular worldview.
To be clear, there are still smart, principled journalists inside the CBC. But they’re working within a system that’s biased and disconnected from the very people it’s meant to serve.
Canadians don’t want to be managed. They want to be informed. They want facts to let them decide.
The CBC needs a hard reset. That means doing less, and doing it better. It means getting out of the pundit business and back into the business of reporting. Focus on news — local, regional, investigative. The kind of journalism private outlets are struggling to fund, but Canadians still rely on.
The CBC can no longer afford to act like it is untouchable. When you’re funded by the public to the tune of over a billion dollars a year, you owe Canadians a fulfilled mandate — true journalism. And right now, that’s not what Canadians are getting.
Inside the CBC, it appears dissent is discouraged. Editorial framing too often leans one way — a hard-left slant. This isn’t public service, it’s narrative management.
Even though more and more of the public seem to be leaning toward broadcasters and publications that echo their politics, that is not the role of the national broadcaster. And that’s the problem.Leslie Roberts: CBC has eroded trust in journalism. It must be reformed — National Post
The CBC needs a hard reset. It must get out of the pundit business and back into the business of reporting
The result? Public trust is eroding. And when trust in the national broadcaster falters, it drags confidence in journalism down with it.
This isn’t just about saving a broadcaster. It’s about restoring public faith in all people we rely on to tell the truth. And it must be done with a clear mandate to get it right, and soon, say, two years.
A Mark Carney government should put the CBC on notice: reform, or lose it. Effective immediately The billion-dollar subsidy should go on the chopping block.
It means defunding it & having it rely on "subscribers" to keep operating!If the CBC wants to be relevant again, it needs to return to its mission.
Strip it down to news, and do that better than anyone else.
It also means hiring based on merit, not ideology. Bring in people who can ask tough questions, chase facts, and challenge power, not those selected to mirror a particular worldview.
To be clear, there are still smart, principled journalists inside the CBC. But they’re working within a system that’s biased and disconnected from the very people it’s meant to serve.
Canadians don’t want to be managed. They want to be informed. They want facts to let them decide.
The CBC needs a hard reset. That means doing less, and doing it better. It means getting out of the pundit business and back into the business of reporting. Focus on news — local, regional, investigative. The kind of journalism private outlets are struggling to fund, but Canadians still rely on.
The CBC can no longer afford to act like it is untouchable. When you’re funded by the public to the tune of over a billion dollars a year, you owe Canadians a fulfilled mandate — true journalism. And right now, that’s not what Canadians are getting.
Inside the CBC, it appears dissent is discouraged. Editorial framing too often leans one way — a hard-left slant. This isn’t public service, it’s narrative management.
Even though more and more of the public seem to be leaning toward broadcasters and publications that echo their politics, that is not the role of the national broadcaster. And that’s the problem.Leslie Roberts: CBC has eroded trust in journalism. It must be reformed — National Post
The CBC needs a hard reset. It must get out of the pundit business and back into the business of reporting
The result? Public trust is eroding. And when trust in the national broadcaster falters, it drags confidence in journalism down with it.
This isn’t just about saving a broadcaster. It’s about restoring public faith in all people we rely on to tell the truth. And it must be done with a clear mandate to get it right, and soon, say, two years.
A Mark Carney government should put the CBC on notice: reform, or lose it. Effective immediately The billion-dollar subsidy should go on the chopping block.