From the link in the opening post. Others may have different “
takeaways” from it, but this is how I read it:
The CBC’s original mandate in the 1930s was to air Canadian news and entertainment over the radio waves. Comedy and drama shows were broadcast to compete with the popular programming emanating from powerhouses such as CBS Radio in New York. It also told farmers the weather and aired Hockey Night in Canada.
Taxpayers pay about
$1.2 billion per yearfor the CBC. Catherine Tait is the
president and CEOof the CBC. She is paid a
salary of between $422,600 and $497,100 per yearand is entitled to a performance bonus of up to 28%.
For perspective through budgets approved by Parliament, the prime minister of Canada total annual compensation of CA$357,800 (consisting of an MP's salary of CA$178,900 and the prime minister's salary of CA$178,900).
According to the journalism website
Blacklocks Reporter, which is not funded by the government, the total audience for the CBC’s 6 p.m. local TV newscasts at 27 stations was 319,000 people. That means less than 1% of Canadians watch the supper hour newscast.
Here’s a look at the CBC mindset from a former employee within the last year:
'To work at the CBC in the current climate is to embrace cognitive dissonance and to abandon journalistic integrity'
nationalpost.com
When the CBC says it is essential because it provides Indigenous languages services, it’s worth double checking the facts.
The CBC spent
$18.3 million on its Indigenous language television, radio and online services from April 1, 2018, to March 31, 2021. Over that same period of time, it spent more than $21 million on the salaries and benefits for its eight senior executives.
https://www.ipolitics.ca/news/majority-of-conservative-voters-support-defunding-the-cbc-but-not-attacks-on-media A clear majority of Conservative supporters strongly support taking public funds away from the CBC — but fewer support attacks on journalists, a Mainstreet poll suggests. Several...
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