bush_cheney2004 Posted February 17, 2014 Report Posted February 17, 2014 I know, eh? My wife is from Minnesota...is she allowed an opinion? Not according to the cabal recently formed to ban all Americans ! Quote Economics trumps Virtue.
On Guard for Thee Posted February 17, 2014 Report Posted February 17, 2014 Peter Gzowski was one of the greats. A giant in Canadian broadcasting. In the glory days, there was never an AM transmitter too far away that CBC couldn't be picked-up on the ol' car radio. Then AM was deemed to sound crappy and every station wanted to be FM stereo... Well if you are a Gzowski fan you should remember his political deal he did regularly, I think it was Wednesday, whatever, Kearns, Camp, and Lewis. What a lovely, intelligent, discourse where opinions were profferred, which caused you to think, and they did it politely without trying to outshout each other, like they do now, especially on FNC. God bless Peter. Quote
jacee Posted February 17, 2014 Report Posted February 17, 2014 (edited) Not according to the cabal recently formed to ban all Americans !Just pointing out the obvious: You don't have a horse in this race. It's not your tax money, not your programming, not your business.. Edited February 17, 2014 by jacee Quote
DogOnPorch Posted February 17, 2014 Report Posted February 17, 2014 Arthur Black is one of the few from that era you'll occasionally still hear on CBC...usually a 'report' from whatever island he's on...Salt Spring, I think. Quote Nothing cracks a turtle like Leon Uris.
DogOnPorch Posted February 17, 2014 Report Posted February 17, 2014 Just pointing out the obvious: You don't have a horse in this race. It's not your tax money. Xenophobic Canadian... ^^^ Quote Nothing cracks a turtle like Leon Uris.
bush_cheney2004 Posted February 17, 2014 Report Posted February 17, 2014 Just pointing out the obvious: You don't have a horse in this race. It's not your tax money, not your programming, not your business. . Ahem...this observation is apparently lost on some Canadians with respect to Americana as well. BTW, the CBC does use "my programming", "my wire services", and "my internet" ! Quote Economics trumps Virtue.
jacee Posted February 17, 2014 Report Posted February 17, 2014 Xenophobic Canadian... ^^^Don't like bullies.Don't care where they're from. Quote
DogOnPorch Posted February 17, 2014 Report Posted February 17, 2014 Don't like bullies. Don't care where they're from. You're just as much a bully in my eyes. Quote Nothing cracks a turtle like Leon Uris.
Shady Posted February 17, 2014 Report Posted February 17, 2014 Yes...taxes pay for the CBC...but one doesn't always agree with its politics. That's for sure. Agreed. It's a mouthpiece for liberals, financed by everyone. It's quite the racket. Quote
Shady Posted February 17, 2014 Report Posted February 17, 2014 We're a sea of pawn shop shows and hillbillies wrestling gators. But who doesn't like Rick and the Old Man? Get back to work! The old man is definitely my favourite. The old man for president! Quote
On Guard for Thee Posted February 18, 2014 Report Posted February 18, 2014 Arthur Black is one of the few from that era you'll occasionally still hear on CBC...usually a 'report' from whatever island he's on...Salt Spring, I think. He is on saltspring, or at least he was. I was showing my mother around when she came to visit me a few years back and we got off an early am ferry in Ganges and went to a coffee shop and there was Arthur. He was alone and I couldn't resist saying hello and he invited us to sit with him. We had some laughs, my mother was intrigued, the breakfast was tasty, and all in all it was a great start to the trip. Quote
On Guard for Thee Posted February 18, 2014 Report Posted February 18, 2014 Agreed. It's a mouthpiece for liberals, financed by everyone. It's quite the racket. So if it's a mouthpiece for Liberals, why do they invite Conservative members to all political discussions? Or at least the ones they are willing to turn up for, which seems to be declining with the current spate of scandals within their ranks. Quote
TimG Posted February 18, 2014 Report Posted February 18, 2014 So if it's a mouthpiece for Liberals, why do they invite Conservative members to all political discussions?The CBC is not as biased as Fox news or MSNBC because their mandate requires that they at least try to appear to be balanced. However, the choice of stories to cover and the slant given to those stories all demonstrate a strong left leaning bias. Quote
On Guard for Thee Posted February 18, 2014 Report Posted February 18, 2014 The CBC is not as biased as Fox news or MSNBC because their mandate requires that they at least try to appear to be balanced. However, the choice of stories to cover and the slant given to those stories all demonstrate a strong left leaning bias. Well let's see, I watch power and politics whenever I happen to be at home when it's on. There is always a group of reporters reporting, and perhaps you could label them "lefties" but there is also always, a liberal, an ndp, and a conservative either minister, parliamentary secretary, or whoever the party wants to make available,(their choice, not cbc's) to defend their individual positions. FNC uses people like Dick Cheney's daughter------to defend Dick Cheney. If that is supposed to be balanced reporting, well, that's why I don't watch fnc. Quote
TimG Posted February 18, 2014 Report Posted February 18, 2014 (edited) a liberal, an ndp, and a conservative either minister, parliamentary secretary, or whoever the party wants to make available.yep. yet with selective editing a biased reporter can make any politician sound like an idiot by airing clips which omit their strongest arguments while highlighting their weak ones. You see that kind of bias all of the time on CBC news reports. The most balanced CBC shows are the ones where they have a panel of speakers debating each other because the format severely reduces the opportunity for bias via selective editing. But these kind of shows are a small percentage of CBC programming so they are not enough to mitigate the bias in the rest of their coverage. Edited February 18, 2014 by TimG Quote
bush_cheney2004 Posted February 18, 2014 Report Posted February 18, 2014 (edited) Fox News Channel and Fox Business are authorized for distribution in Canada according to this bizarre, government controlled list of permitted foreign channels/stations complete with special rules for how many and which combinations of U.S. networks are allowed. The U.S. networks are identified by name. ...licensees distributing to their subscribers one set of U.S commercial stations affiliated with ABC, CBS, NBC and/or FOX and a U.S. non-commercial station affiliated with PBS pursuant to section 20 or 48 of the Regulations may distribute to their subscribers one additional set of such stations taken from this list. Licensees distributing to their subscribers two or more sets of U.S commercial stations affiliated with ABC, CBS, NBC and/or FOX and U.S. non-commercial stations affiliated with PBS pursuant to section 20 or 48 of the Regulations may not distribute an additional set of such signals taken from this list unless otherwise authorized by the Commission. http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/publications/satlist.htm Edited February 18, 2014 by bush_cheney2004 Quote Economics trumps Virtue.
On Guard for Thee Posted February 18, 2014 Report Posted February 18, 2014 yep. yet with selective editing a biased reporter can make any politician sound like an idiot by airing clips which omit their strongest arguments while highlighting their weak ones. You see that kind of bias all of the time on CBC news reports. The most balanced CBC shows are the ones where they have a panel of speakers debating each other because the format severely reduces the opportunity for bias via selective editing. But these kind of shows are a small percentage of CBC programming so they are not enough to mitigate the bias in the rest of their coverage. PnP is not selective editing. It's people from the 3 main political stripes in front of a camera being questioned. And if they do play a clip to make some point or other, are you telling me the clip has been edited. Did Flaherty not meander on about income splitting and saying it needed some further thinking, or did he not? I hasten to add I'm not making a case one way or the other about income splitting, just that what was said, was said. Quote
On Guard for Thee Posted February 18, 2014 Report Posted February 18, 2014 Fox News Channel and Fox Business are authorized for distribution in Canada according to this bizarre, government controlled list of permitted foreign channels/stations complete with special rules for how many and which combinations of U.S. networks are allowed. The U.S. networks are identified by name. ...licensees distributing to their subscribers one set of U.S commercial stations affiliated with ABC, CBS, NBC and/or FOX and a U.S. non-commercial station affiliated with PBS pursuant to section 20 or 48 of the Regulations may distribute to their subscribers one additional set of such stations taken from this list. Licensees distributing to their subscribers two or more sets of U.S commercial stations affiliated with ABC, CBS, NBC and/or FOX and U.S. non-commercial stations affiliated with PBS pursuant to section 20 or 48 of the Regulations may not distribute an additional set of such signals taken from this list unless otherwise authorized by the Commission. http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/publications/satlist.htm BTW, in Canada we spell Fox news this way Faux News. That would be the other official language you may not be aware of, but go look it up. Quote
bush_cheney2004 Posted February 18, 2014 Report Posted February 18, 2014 BTW, in Canada we spell Fox news this way Faux News. That would be the other official language you may not be aware of, but go look it up. Clearly this is not the case, as my reference above from official government controlled CRTC demonstrates. The spelling in this government controlled list of permitted non-Canadian programming is "Fox News". Quote Economics trumps Virtue.
On Guard for Thee Posted February 18, 2014 Report Posted February 18, 2014 Clearly this is not the case, as my reference above from official government controlled CRTC demonstrates. The spelling in this government controlled list of permitted non-Canadian programming is "Fox News". Well, the government has to be polite. The rest of us can be real. Did you look up faux? Quote
bush_cheney2004 Posted February 18, 2014 Report Posted February 18, 2014 Well, the government has to be polite. The rest of us can be real. Did you look up faux? Not so real....permitted programming is government controlled. It is amazing that Fox News Channel is even available on so many Canadian cable networks. There must be high demand for "Faux News" in Canada, eh ? Quote Economics trumps Virtue.
On Guard for Thee Posted February 18, 2014 Report Posted February 18, 2014 Not so real....permitted programming is government controlled. It is amazing that Fox News Channel is even available on so many Canadian cable networks. There must be high demand for "Faux News" in Canada, eh ? Yes, just like there are some who like jerry springer and rush limbaugh. I suspect they are one and the same. Quote
TimG Posted February 18, 2014 Report Posted February 18, 2014 (edited) And if they do play a clip to make some point or other, are you telling me the clip has been edited.Lies had be told by simply deleting context from a clip. I have seen it happen over an over again on the CBC and other media when I have sources of information that give me the complete context. When I don't have the context I don't know - but that does not mean it is not happening. The CBC uses this technique to introduce a left wing bias into their reporting. Edited February 18, 2014 by TimG Quote
bush_cheney2004 Posted February 18, 2014 Report Posted February 18, 2014 Yes, just like there are some who like jerry springer and rush limbaugh. I suspect they are one and the same. This is because programming is not government financed and controlled. Quote Economics trumps Virtue.
On Guard for Thee Posted February 18, 2014 Report Posted February 18, 2014 Lies had be told by simply deleting context from a clip. I have seen it happen over an over again on the CBC and other media when I have sources of information that give me the complete context. When I don't have the context I don't know - but that does not mean it is not happening. The CBC uses this technique to introduce a left wing bias into their reporting. You sound like Donald Rumsfeld. Quote
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