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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
I used to be a journalist. I'm not talking about limiting discourse, I'm talking about the torque on news stories. The CBC can write any story they want with any angle they want. And I can point out their bias and what kind of reaction they're hoping to get.
It would be nice if our publicly-funded national broadcaster was more detached and even-handed. But that's not the reality today. The CBC is chasing ratings the way every private broadcaster and blogger does - by taking a partisan position on hot-button issues and hoping to rile up supporters and opponents. It generates page hits and viewers. And they're so desperate I suppose that's all that matters. It's just sad.
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As a former journalist, you would know that the editors write the headlines. While I agree that the headline was tailored in such a way as to incite interest, the story itself is a poor one if you want to decry the biased nature of our national broadcaster, as it only really presents Henein's statements to Mansbridge and little else. Doesn't even present the social media backlash aside from mentioning there is one.