Travis Dhanraj accuses CBC of bias, lack of diversity of opinion, in scathing resignation letter.

[CdnFox]

CBC TV host blasts state broadcaster in fiery resignation | Toronto Sun

In a scathing letter announcing his resignation, now former CBC journalist and television host Travis Dhanraj is taking aim at Canada’s state broadcaster. You can read the full resignation letter here.

"Quickly though, CBC realized that Dhanraj wasn’t the kind of host CBC wanted; he actually welcomed a diversity of opinion. And while other shows like Power & Politics faced a boycott at the time by MPs from the federal Conservatives over their blatant pro-Trudeau, Liberal bias, those same Conservative MPs would speak to and appear on TV with Dhanraj, something CBC’s “top talent” wouldn’t allow and blocked from happening."

 

Sigh. It may take a little longer than we hoped but these scumbags have got to go

[Moonlight Graham]

Gotta think a book is coming LOL.

[Barquentine]

11 hours ago, CdnFox said:

It may take a little longer than we hoped but these scumbags have got to go

Well, we don't know the whole, inside story on this yet, but I would agree CBC needs to reign in some at the top, cut way back on the bonuses, and put more emphasis on local programming. But I do not want to see them throw out the baby with the bathwater.

[Army Guy]

1 hour ago, Barquentine said:

Well, we don't know the whole, inside story on this yet, but I would agree CBC needs to reign in some at the top, cut way back on the bonuses, and put more emphasis on local programming. But I do not want to see them throw out the baby with the bathwater.

Because you agree with current content and how one sided it is ? ...

[Nationalist]

2 hours ago, Barquentine said:

Well, we don't know the whole, inside story on this yet, but I would agree CBC needs to reign in some at the top, cut way back on the bonuses, and put more emphasis on local programming. But I do not want to see them throw out the baby with the bathwater.

The CBC is an embarrassment. Like any government funded enterprise, the CBC wastes money and makes very bad business decisions. 

Defund the CBC and watch the rest of the news media straighten up. Hopefully Sun News can return as well.

[CdnFox]

4 hours ago, Barquentine said:

Well, we don't know the whole, inside story on this yet, but I would agree CBC needs to reign in some at the top, cut way back on the bonuses, and put more emphasis on local programming. But I do not want to see them throw out the baby with the bathwater.

He's telling the whole inside story and he's not the first to walk away with these exact sentiments.

The CBC needs to be destroyed. Before it was just defund them I think at this point when the conservatives win they should just scrap it and sell the parts. It is way too late to be raining in a few people at the top, and the liberals won't do that anyway because they are benefiting from this

If it was one person once you might make an argument that perhaps it's sour grapes on his part but the fact is a number of reporters over the last years have quit saying exactly the same things. The CBC is grossly biased, it won't allow fair commentary and it wants everything to be one-sided. There's no fixing that

2 hours ago, Nationalist said:

The CBC is an embarrassment. Like any government funded enterprise, the CBC wastes money and makes very bad business decisions. 

Defund the CBC and watch the rest of the news media straighten up. Hopefully Sun News can return as well.

I'm past defunding them. Shut them down and sell the pieces. Take every scrap of equipment back and sell it off at auction.

Poilievre needs to keep his mouth shut about the CBC during the next campaign and then just do it.

[Michael Hardner]

If we agree that there's value in a public broadcaster - as a supermajority of wealthy open democracies do - we can talk about building a new frame for news and entertainment.

As R. Buckminster Fuller indicated, it's best to build a new structure beside the old one.  Once the new one is functional, the old one will be redundant.

[CdnFox]

15 minutes ago, Michael Hardner said:

If we agree that there's value in a public broadcaster - as a supermajority of wealthy open democracies do - we can talk about building a new frame for news and entertainment.

As R. Buckminster Fuller indicated, it's best to build a new structure beside the old one.  Once the new one is functional, the old one will be redundant.

There's no benefit to a public broadcaster. There may have been back in the days before the internet, but it's obvious that in Canada the left will use it as a tool to attack the conservatives.

If you gave a shit about having a public broadcaster you should have been making these suggestions and demanding change about a decade ago. At this point it's too late

[Michael Hardner]

45 minutes ago, CdnFox said:

There's no benefit to a public broadcaster. There may have been back in the days before the internet, but it's obvious that in Canada the left will use it as a tool to attack the conservatives.

If you gave a shit about having a public broadcaster you should have been making these suggestions and demanding change about a decade ago. At this point it's too late

Why is that necessarily so ?  I mean that they would attack Conservatives ?  Do you think Conservatives aren't Canadian enough that there aren't any with any influence on the public sphere, media at all ?

I'm not so pessimistic as you.  I think we would hugely benefit from a strong public broadcaster that is centrist and includes voices from the right.

I was making these suggestions since at latest 2010.

[TreeBeard]

2 minutes ago, Michael Hardner said:

I think we would hugely benefit from a strong public broadcaster that is centrist and includes voices from the right.

What makes you think that it doesn’t?  
 

The problem with the loudest of conservatives is that they think talking about things like climate change are a leftwing issue.  They literally want the CBC to give equal time to conspiracy theories.  

[Michael Hardner]

23 minutes ago, TreeBeard said:

1. What makes you think that it doesn’t?  
2. The problem with the loudest of conservatives is that they think talking about things like climate change are a leftwing issue.  They literally want the CBC to give equal time to conspiracy theories.  

1. I listen to it, and there's a presumption that right-wing viewpoints are exceptional.
2. There are lots of conservative viewpoints on climate change that aren't conspiracy theories.  You do realize that liberal viewpoints are also prone to errors and unscientific claims don't you ?

[TreeBeard]

39 minutes ago, Michael Hardner said:

I listen to it, and there's a presumption that right-wing viewpoints are exceptional.

So do I.  But your answer is as vague as people saying “progressives hate Canada”.  There’s never any examples.  Just vague notions that it must be happening. 
 

42 minutes ago, Michael Hardner said:

There are lots of conservative viewpoints on climate change that aren't conspiracy theories.

About a third of Conservative voters in Canada believe in anthropogenic climate change.   These voices are drowned out by conservatives (the majority) who are anti-science. 

https://angusreid.org/environment-climate-change/

 

47 minutes ago, Michael Hardner said:

You do realize that liberal viewpoints are also prone to errors and unscientific claims don't you ?

You’re right.  But they are far from mainstream in liberal politics, unlike conservatives.  

 

[CdnFox]

1 hour ago, Michael Hardner said:

Why is that necessarily so ?  I mean that they would attack Conservatives ? 

Well there is the problem that generally speaking reporters today are product of our left-leading education facilities and they tend to leave left so if somebody doesn't control them they will tend to a leftward bias by and large. And unfortunately conservatives would try and stop bias but liberals and the left will not. So over time it moves to the left. There's nothing that could be done about it. The only other way would be to slant it to the right and not only would that be difficult it would just make a bad problem worse

 

1 hour ago, Michael Hardner said:

I'm not so pessimistic as you.

Why would I care? If there was any chance of what you think happening then it would have already been addressed long before now. If people like you honestly believed in fair reporting and that the public broadcaster should be at least somewhat unbiased or at least equally unbiased in both directions to present a balanced picture then something would have already been done.

Everybody and their dog has known that the CBC is brutally biased for some time. This is not news, this is not conjecture, this is not surprising. We have seen people leave the CBC before because of the insane bias and pressure to be one-sided. People like you call for nothing to be done.

Your entirely happy with the way things are and see no need for change until someone threatens to take it away and then suddenly you want to talk about it. If you cared about the CBC you should have been having that talk 10 years ago. It's not about being pessimistic. It's about not being stupid. It's obvious that people like you are happy with a fraudulent public broadcaster who is biased as hell and that is exactly what would happen if we tried to reframe it.

The only people who want a public broadcaster at this point are people who corruptly intend to misuse it to further their own political interests. Show me one example of the left trying to make an effort to clean the CbC up. Can't find any? Not one? There you go

[Army Guy]

1 hour ago, TreeBeard said:

What makes you think that it doesn’t?  
 

The problem with the loudest of conservatives is that they think talking about things like climate change are a leftwing issue.  They literally want the CBC to give equal time to conspiracy theories.  

If it is funded by tax payer dollars then it should represent all of us,left and right....

No we want them to present the news from an unbiased position...which as Michael suggested from the center point of view

[Barquentine]

2 hours ago, Michael Hardner said:

If we agree that there's value in a public broadcaster - as a supermajority of wealthy open democracies do - we can talk about building a new frame for news and entertainment.

Should the CBC be creating/carrying entertainment? They've done great things in the past but the media universe is so large and ever-present, maybe they should stick to news, information and documentaries.

[Barquentine]

19 hours ago, CdnFox said:

shows like Power & Politics faced a boycott at the time by MPs from the federal Conservatives

Another mistake by the Cons. They could have been on CBC every day presenting their viewpoints but decided to stay home and sulk. CNN is very left leaning but Republicans go on all the time. Why stay away from a large audience? Dumb political move.

[CdnFox]

4 minutes ago, Barquentine said:

Should the CBC be creating/carrying entertainment? They've done great things in the past but the media universe is so large and ever-present, maybe they should stick to news, information and documentaries.

Or in other words propaganda. They have no value whatsoever. Other than to the left-wing parties they are beholden to. Which doesn't just mean the federal level, they've been interfering politically at the provincial levels as well.

They really need to go

1 minute ago, Barquentine said:

Another mistake by the Cons. They could have been on CBC every day presenting their viewpoints but decided to stay home and sulk.

It literally points out that they were boycotted. The CBC wanted to give no air time to the conservatives. You're actually pointing out the CBC bias and how they behaved in a one-sided fashion. But you wanted to be the conservatives fault

. So in other words what you're saying is you are 100% fine with a political system that grossly favors one party over another as long as it's a party you like

[Barquentine]

4 minutes ago, CdnFox said:

The CBC wanted to give no air time to the conservatives.

Not true. Read my post again.

 

4 minutes ago, CdnFox said:

It literally points out that they were boycotted

Yeah, a dumb boycott by the Cons. A fhucking national election and they decide not to go on a huge national network? Even you should be able to see how stupid that is.

[TreeBeard]

26 minutes ago, Army Guy said:

If it is funded by tax payer dollars then it should represent all of u

No, it shouldn’t represent fringe views.  The CBC reflects mainstream Canadians, generally.  It’s should not be a shocker when there is generally a liberal bias, as that would be most Canadians.  

[CdnFox]

8 minutes ago, TreeBeard said:

No, it shouldn’t represent fringe views.  The CBC reflects mainstream Canadians, generally.  It’s should not be a shocker when there is generally a liberal bias, as that would be most Canadians.  

And get rid of it. Why should people pay for it if it doesn't reflect them?

There  you go @Michael Hardner,  you asked why it had to be that way, most on the left literally feel entitled to having a left wing bias news source and don't believe others should be reflected.  That is a VERY common point of view, 

[Army Guy]

Just now, TreeBeard said:

No, it shouldn’t represent fringe views.  The CBC reflects mainstream Canadians, generally.  It’s should not be a shocker when there is generally a liberal bias, as that would be most Canadians.  

Thats not what i said...i said the news  should be from the center as Michael suggested...not slanted left or right....

 

[TreeBeard]

Just now, Army Guy said:

Thats not what i said...i said the news  should be from the center as Michael suggested...not slanted left or right....

 

How is the news slanted left?  Any examples?  Or is this going to be like the “left hates Canada” thread with nothing of any substance?   @Michael Hardner is trying to find common ground with you, but neither of you can actually provide examples.  I think he might be doing it just to show his “centre mainstream both sides are right” bona fides.   

[Army Guy]

1 minute ago, TreeBeard said:

How is the news slanted left?  Any examples?  Or is this going to be like the “left hates Canada” thread with nothing of any substance?   @Michael Hardner is trying to find common ground with you, but neither of you can actually provide examples.  I think he might be doing it just to show his “centre mainstream both sides are right” bona fides.   

Michael is not showing me anything , i agree with what he said....are you having a stroke...blink twice if yes..I think everyone in canada would say the CBC is left leaning....like the national post leans right...if you need proof of that then sorry bark up some elses tree...

[TreeBeard]

6 minutes ago, Army Guy said:

if you need proof

You’re right.  It should only be about feelings and rhetoric.  Evidence shouldn’t be needed. 😂 

[Michael Hardner]

1 hour ago, TreeBeard said:

1.  But your answer is as vague as people saying “progressives hate Canada”.  There’s never any examples.  Just vague notions that it must be happening. 
 

2. About a third of Conservative voters in Canada believe in anthropogenic climate change.    

 

3. You’re right.  But they are far from mainstream in liberal politics, unlike conservatives.  

 

1. That's fair. I don't have any examples right now. If I listen to the radio tomorrow, I'll bet you I would come up with a few 

2. I bet you that 1/3 could convince the other 2/3 more than Dr. David Suzuki could. Moral arguments on this topic have their limits. 

3. No, I hear mainstream reporting with exaggerated claims on climate change all the time.

1 hour ago, Barquentine said:

Should the CBC be creating/carrying entertainment? They've done great things in the past but the media universe is so large and ever-present, maybe they should stick to news, information and documentaries.

Why not? They've had some success in the past... No reason to imagine that it's impossible for them to succeed.