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Originally Posted by Devils'Advocate
Given the right wing slant out of Calgary, I'm not surprised by the opinions here. However, I think that if the CBC is going to be subsidized by tax dollars, it should complete its mandate to provide Canadian culture, art and perspective. However, tax dollars have dried up and a need for more revenue has made the CBC rely more and more on American or American-esque shows, they are not providing anything entertainment-wise than is provided by any other channel.
I think the station has a role to play and are not playing it. I think we either need to scrap it or pay more so that they can get back to promoting Canadian musicians, artists, actors, writers, etc..
As for the news slant, I certainly don't find the CBC to be anywhere near to the left as Sun News TV is to the right. Maybe it's because of where I am on the spectrum. But I don't think that a station that was as far to the left as Sun News is to the right would get as much advertising support from big business to make a go of things. Which is why leftish news stations usually are partially government funded (i.e. BBC).
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You can say this is the result you expected out of Calgary, but don't dismiss the criticism out of hand as you have. This isn't about choosing Sun TV over CBC. You can say you expected this result, and I can respond that I expected the lefties to dismiss legitimate criticism merely because Albertans are voicing it.
At the heart of this issue though, is the CBC deviating from its mandate of objective media and the pendulum swinging hard to the left.
A national, subsidized government tv station has to be objective and transparent if it wants money from all parts of Canada. Right now the CBC is neither.