Is the CBC a Legitimate News Channel

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17 hours ago, CdnFox said:

If you prefer a left-leaning slant to your news then that's your decision as a consumer and you can support that.

But I shouldn't have to pay for it.

What if I prefer a left wing slant to spending on the military or subsidies to fossil fuel companies?

I like the idea of being presented with the list of things Ottawa wants to provide so I can pick and choose what I'm willing to pay for.

Good idea.

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2 hours ago, WestCanMan said:

Are you saying that you don't think the CBC is biased?

Of course there's bias, like every other news source on the planet ...get yourself a fricken' salt lick FFS.

Jesus are you people ever sensitive, you're the biggest snowflakes on the planet bar none.

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2 hours ago, User said:

We don't trust the MSM for the same reason folks on the left don't like Fox News.

Fox News is entertainment, Rupert Murdoch even says so. I watch it from time to time - Life Liberty and Levine is usually good for a chuckle...that said I can't remember ever watching it to the end. I either nod out or change the channel lest someone catches me wasting my time.

[User]

2 minutes ago, eyeball said:

Fox News is entertainment, Rupert Murdoch even says so. I watch it from time to time - Life Liberty and Levine is usually good for a chuckle...that said I can't remember ever watching it to the end. I either nod out or change the channel lest someone catches me wasting my time.

Oh, wow, here you go again, claiming someone said something with no actual quote because you are full of shit. 

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2 minutes ago, User said:

Oh, wow, here you go again, claiming someone said something with no actual quote because you are full of shit. 

Fox News attorneys famously argued in a 2020 defamation case that the "general tenor" of Tucker Carlson Tonight informed viewers that Carlson was not "stating actual facts" but was instead engaging in "exaggeration" and "non-literal commentary". A judge agreed, ruling that "reasonable viewers" would not take his statements as literal fact.

 

[User]

9 minutes ago, eyeball said:

Fox News attorneys famously argued in a 2020 defamation case that the "general tenor" of Tucker Carlson Tonight informed viewers that Carlson was not "stating actual facts" but was instead engaging in "exaggeration" and "non-literal commentary". A judge agreed, ruling that "reasonable viewers" would not take his statements as literal fact.

 

You said Rupert Murdoch said something about Fox News... and then when I call out your BS, you shift to "Fox News Attorney's" talking about a specific show. 

Thank you for proving that you are not only full of shit, but continue to be one of the most pathological liars on this forum. 

 

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1 minute ago, User said:

You said Rupert Murdoch said something about Fox News... and then when I call out your BS, you shift to "Fox News Attorney's" talking about a specific show. 

So who the fùck do you think was directing his attorneys?

[User]

Just now, eyeball said:

So who the fùck do you think was directing his attorneys?

Why are you such a dumb ass lying POS?

 

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1 minute ago, User said:

Why are you such a dumb ass lying POS?

What Iying?

Be specific.

[User]

1 minute ago, eyeball said:

What Iying?

Be specific.

What a worthless person you are. 

[eyeball]

1 minute ago, User said:

What a worthless person you are. 

Worth more than you.

[Shady]

36 minutes ago, eyeball said:

Of course there's bias, like every other news source on the planet ...get yourself a fricken' salt lick FFS.

Jesus are you people ever sensitive, you're the biggest snowflakes on the planet bar none.

Then don't use tax money.  That's the issue, not that there's a bias.  How would you like your tax money going to fund a conservative government run news network?  How dumb are you?  Seriously.

[User]

Just now, eyeball said:

Worth more than you.

Clearly not. You are a waste of time. 

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8 minutes ago, Shady said:

Then don't use tax money.  That's the issue, not that there's a bias.  How would you like your tax money going to fund a conservative government run news network?  How dumb are you?  Seriously.

Have you ever heard lefties screaming to shut the CBC down when Conservatives are in power?

Seriously? You're nowhere near as smart as you think. Dunning -Kruger would make you into a case study.

[Shady]

Just now, eyeball said:

Have you ever heard lefties screaming to shut the CBC down when Conservatives are in power?

No, because it doesn't change its bias.

[eyeball]

Just now, Shady said:

No, because it doesn't change its bias.

You should have seen how badly CBC reported the circumstances surrounding the collapse of salmon fishing on the coast under both Conservative and Liberal governments back in the day.

It's no wonder Canadians were so oblivious. You were probably still just a little girl in pigtails so I don't expect you to have a clue.

I'll also never forget when Adrianne Arsenault ran a story on Airbnb. She couldn't have gone out of her way to find more damning Airbnb hosts to make her point. A couple of the scummiest capitalistic cawksuckers she could find. All they could talk about was how profitable it was to kick out long-term tenants of apartments they bought and turned into STRs.

Not a thing about legitimate hosts or some of the very legitimate reasons for being hosts...like young people starting out with their first home or seniors hoping to afford to stay in their homes as long as possible.

[Shady]

4 minutes ago, eyeball said:

You should have seen how badly CBC reported the circumstances surrounding the collapse of salmon fishing on the coast under both Conservative and Liberal governments back in the day.

It's no wonder Canadians were so oblivious. You were probably still just a little girl in pigtails so I don't expect you to have a clue.

I'll also never forget when Adrianne Arsenault ran a story on Airbnb. She couldn't have gone out of her way to find more damning Airbnb hosts to make her point. A couple of the scummiest capitalistic cawksuckers she could find. All they could talk about was how profitable it was to kick out long-term tenants of apartments they bought and turned into STRs.

Not a thing about legitimate hosts or some of the very legitimate reasons for being hosts...like young people starting out with their first home or seniors hoping to afford to stay in their homes as long as possible.

Cool story bro.  It still doesn't change the fact that CBC is overwhelmingly left of center on most things, and tax dollars are being used to fund it, which is wrong.  The government should never be in the news and media business, for obvious reasons.

[Michael Hardner]

18 minutes ago, Shady said:

  The government should never be in the news and media business, for obvious reasons.

Did you see the map I posted? Pretty much every government sponsors media... Because corporate media has its own biases just as government media does. 

Thinking people can hear both sides and make up their minds. 

But if you're only hearing corporate media, you're going to end up with a situation where corporations have too much power.  And you won't even be aware of it.

[John Stone]

 

The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation aka CBC, was established (1936) in Canada to promote a distinct Canadian culture and identity, particularly in remote areas where privately operated radio/television broadcast stations wouldn't be economically viable. 

Today, technology has advanced to the point where the need for a government funded broadcasting corporation is being questioned - it ain't cheap. 

So, the question really is, is the CBC providing a necessary service, at huge expense,  for the citizens of Canada?

[CdnFox]

1 hour ago, eyeball said:

What if I prefer a left wing slant to spending on the military or subsidies to fossil fuel companies?

Then you would be taking them out of their mandate. That in such cases I would be against that as well.

It can be argued that there is already been a fair bit of left wouldn't spending on the military yet strangely putting tampons in the boys bathrooms hasn't improved recruitment  

The military is a prime duty of the government however. Delivering propaganda news is not

As far as fossil fuel subsidies go I'm not sure what a left-wing slant would look like but if somebody is spending money on the fossil fuel industry it has a political slant rather than the intended purpose of growing the industry and I would say that needs to stop as well. He certainly seen more than enough left-wing taxes which is more likely and I don't think we should be doing that

The oil industry is neither left-wing or right wing and the military is neither left wing or right way so you can remove those biases and still have the core duties that are necessary for Canada.

The CBC is inherently left-wing at this point and nothing is going to change that and the information they provide is only filtered through that. It's like a scrambled egg, it's too late to take the yolk out.

And providing propaganda for the masses is not a primary government duty. Private Enterprise can handle the delivery of news just fine

If you like the CBC you can pay for it out of your own pocket.

[TreeBeard]

1 hour ago, Michael Hardner said:

government media

Funded by taxpayers does not mean “government media” as if it’s a propaganda machine.  Stop framing it in the manner that the silly weirdo conservatives want it framed.  

[CdnFox]

3 hours ago, eyeball said:

Of course there's bias, like every other news source on the planet ...

Then why should i pay for it?

33 minutes ago, TreeBeard said:

Funded by taxpayers does not mean “government media” as if it’s a propaganda machine.  Stop framing it in the manner that the silly weirdo conservatives want it framed.  

Funded by taxpayers absolutely means 'gov't media'.  At the end of the day a media outlet is always responsible to the people who pay the bills and if it's a liberal gov't paying the bills that's who they're loyal to. 

So stop the gov't funding, and if the people want it they'll pay for it. 

[Michael Hardner]

47 minutes ago, TreeBeard said:

Funded by taxpayers does not mean “government media” as if it’s a propaganda machine.  Stop framing it in the manner that the silly weirdo conservatives want it framed.  

I framed it in the sentence before.  

[CdnFox]

3 hours ago, Michael Hardner said:

Did you see the map I posted? Pretty much every government sponsors media... Because corporate media has its own biases just as government media does. 

Thinking people can hear both sides and make up their minds. 

But if you're only hearing corporate media, you're going to end up with a situation where corporations have too much power.  And you won't even be aware of it.

This is complete nonsense. State funded media has advantages that corporate media simply cannot. So you don't get a balance, what you get is a lopsided view. Also the CBC claims to be a government-funded organization and claims that this gives it more legitimacy, which uneducated people will believe. It's assumed that something that is funded by the government must be impartial and highly professional and that's absolutely not the case

If you want an honest system that portrays both sides of the story then you get rid of government funded media entirely and you let the free market do its job. Then you get the CNN's and the fox news and people can listen to both and make a decision

But there is no universe where I should have to pay my money to an organization to say lies and run propaganda for a political party i disagree with. 

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4 hours ago, CdnFox said:

The military is a prime duty of the government however.

Sure, and telling the government how to do it's job is our prime duty. As such a left wing slant might include more emphasis on, let's say, peacekeeping. Another might be on ensuring our valuable and fricken expensive military isn't squandered on assisting our "allies" in their military adventures or putting out stupid geopolitical fires they helped start around the world.

This lefty in particular would be insisting we have a national review of our priorities and especially those of our citizens before we inform the government and military of what their duties encompass.

4 hours ago, CdnFox said:

Delivering propaganda news is not

And so we've circled back to the usual paranoid right-wing silliness that says the entirely natural biases of entirely human journalists are actually the PMO acting as the CBC's editorial board. LMAO!

Get a grip, a salt-lick and rinse or replace your bullshit filter cartridges more frequently.

4 hours ago, CdnFox said:

As far as fossil fuel subsidies go...

My point will still be if you get to pick and choose what your taxes go towards then so should everyone else.

4 hours ago, CdnFox said:

The CBC is inherently left-wing at this point and nothing is going to change that and the information they provide is only filtered through that. It's like a scrambled egg, it's too late to take the yolk out.

Think about the number of times hard-boiled conservatives haven't been in power in Canada. It just might cause you to consider that Canada's natural ideology is progressive. In fact its a tendency that runs so deep it's cultural. It should not be the least bit surprising that this is reflected throughout almost all our institutions including, as has been explained many times, the universities journalists are educated.

You people simply can't accept this and you can't let go of your grievances against it and the fantasies and notions that provide oxygen for your angst is music to my ears...sorry but it just is what it is.  Its...funny... there's nothing else I can say other than to keep saying it every single time the topic comes up.