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Originally posted by Mike F@Sep 29 2005, 04:41 PM
So you think the government should set up a bureaucratic body which monitors the programming on the CBC, and then dictates content to it to ensure that the coverage comes down right in the middle?
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Umm, did I say that?
Let me clarify, Mike...
I'm ok with my tax dollars asisting a PUBLIC BROADCASTER. Not a left (or right) winged propaganda machine. You see, a public broadcaster is not a channel that selectively broadcasts material based on it's political bias. A public broadcaster is a channel that the public can broadcast crappy, low budget (and sometimes entertaining) shows. Like the Access Network. Neutral. I'd be okay with my tax dollars subsidizing that, so that fledgling young wannabe tv producers have a place to air their creations.
I'm not ok with my tax dollars paying to further the cause of a political party (or ideology). That is CLEARLY a conflict of interest.
Get it?