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Originally Posted by Footscray
Hate to contribute in a negative way but White Doors you're throwing conjecture everywhere like it's fact in a pretty arrogant fashion. Just stating that PBS is better than CBC doesn't make it so and I'd say public opinion in Canada would strongly disagree with you. ABC CBS, CTV? Pure subjectivity, the only attempt at a fact you've thrown out is that they have more foreign correspondants, the quality of whom and objectivity of we know nothing about. It comes down to you being opposed to your buck a year or whatever going to the CBC and being opposed to it on ideological grounds clearly as your arguments are poor and pretty obviously jaded.
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Well you're entitled to your opinion too. All I'm saying is that the days of CBC being run by the government to 'connect Canadians' are no longer here. People have access to all types of media, they don't 'need' the CBC to perform that function any longer. I'm not saying get rid of CBC, I'm saying transform it and suggested a PBS-like format that could not only improve it's quality, but to also loosen it from the grip of government. There is an inherent danger of government owned/controlled media.
My point is that we have passed the 'reaching all Canadians' point that makes the 'government controlled' part no longer necessary let alone beneficial. I can live with a profit motive far easier than political motives.
Note that a PBS style CBC would have neither.