Wikipedia, CBC/Radio-Canada: Honest?

[August1991]

I used to contribute to Wikipedia. Now, I don't.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thoughts_on_Flash

[August1991]

Let me read the letter! Provide a link. What did Jobs say?

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CBC and Radio-Canada are the same as wikipedia. Boring, predictable.

Edited Monday at 01:51 AM by August1991

[August1991]

Here's the link that modern Apple (and the CBC/Radio-Canada) typically want to ignore:

https://web.archive.org/web/20100501010616/http://www.apple.com/hotnews/thoughts-on-flash/  

[Moonlight Graham]

CBC News is propaganda.  I might visit CBC News once a month just for curiosity to see how bad it is.  CBC News on television isn't as bad, they mostly stick to major stories unless the talking heads come on, which is when I turn the channel.

[Michael Hardner]

5 hours ago, Moonlight Graham said:

CBC News is propaganda.  I might visit CBC News once a month just for curiosity to see how bad it is.  CBC News on television isn't as bad, they mostly stick to major stories unless the talking heads come on, which is when I turn the channel.

Any news source has bias.  CBC is as bad as The Star but not The Sun.  Where do you draw the line?

Flash was garbage.

The fact that Wikipedia works at all gives hope.

[Moonlight Graham]

14 hours ago, Michael Hardner said:

Any news source has bias.  CBC is as bad as The Star but not The Sun.  Where do you draw the line?

They should just report the news, like the Canadian Press does.  Being as biased as The Star is unacceptable for a public broadcaster.  At least you admit their bias, thank you.

I still watch The National sometimes.  The first 30-40 minutes are good, it's just the main headlines and the facts.  Then the last 30-40 minutes comes the "personal interest stories" or commentary and other stripe.  I don't mind the Coyne/Hebert panel since there's differing views and they aren't too biased.

The CBC News website....i don't even bother.  I look for news that's much more dry and trying to be less politically correct, like CTV News or Globe and Mail.  Then I will go to The Star, CBC News, National Post, and some smaller outlets to find stories of opinions on the left and right that the "dry" more objective often won't cover.

People on twitter will post stories much of the media won't touch either, but you always have to take those with a grain of salt and do your research because they're always coming from some slant with an agenda and purposefully leave out context.