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Originally Posted by edn88
Along time ago, I would be on the keep the tradition of CBC doing hockey bandwagon, but honestly, I really just want to a great package for hockey.
I think that the CBC has as much eastern bias as TSN, and honestly TSN has the far better hockey people. If CBC keeps HNIC, then fine, but I really didn't (and don't care) where it goes. Seems like TSN has taken the best CBC staff over time (with the exception of Elliot).
I am one of those who hates the fact that we have a government sponsored (and taxpayer funded) television station.
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I don't understand this hate at all. Why the heck does EVERYTHING have to be privatized? If the CBC receives a billion dollars per year (averaging out to 31 dollars per year per canadian), I'm getting one damn good deal. Some of us here can't afford the 40 dollars per month for cable tv, and don't have the luxuries of access to TSN, TSN2, all the SN channels, etc. etc.. The CBC isn't there to just flush all of our money down the drain, it's there to give access to those of us who need it. It does more good for ALL of us than bad. As long as they remain accountable, and free from government control, I want the CBC around. And HNIC for that matter.
FYI, the government contribution to the CBC amounts to only 0.003 percent of federal government spending per year.