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Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
Like many people in this city, I'm not actually an Albertan originally. But that's beside the point. The Liberal Party is about as left as the CPC is right.
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You don't have to be from the bubble to be in the bubble. Also, I did not start out suggesting you lived in an echo chamber, you used the echochamber to dismiss my point without addressing it. Oh, I must be biased.
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As for being "one of the more partisan posters on this board", are you suggesting that my view about the CBC would paint me as partisan as well? Who exactly do you think I voted for in 2015?
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If you can avoid making this personal, there is a lot of potential common ground.
It's no surprise that anti-cbc sentiment is more prominent in Alberta than in other Canadian provinces, as Albertans have a more negative view of their place in Canada and of the Federal government than basically any other province with the exception of maybe Quebec.
As an old vestige of the reform party movement, the anti-cbc schtick just doesn't have the traction in other areas of Canada. I've been hearing albertans talk about shutting down the cbc for more than 20 years. I don't think I've ever heard it in BC, even in bum#### nowhere's ville.
The conversative mindset is to be distrusting of government. That's easily identifiable in Canada's conservative stronghold of Alberta.
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Overall, a slim majority (52%) of Canadians surveyed expressed support for the recent reductions in the CBC's budget - 19 percent voiced strong support, 33 percent moderate support. Forty-five percent were opposed (20% strongly, 25% moderately). (Four percent were unsure of their opinion.)
Regionally, this overall pattern of response was recorded in B.C., Ontario and Quebec. In the Atlantic provinces the poll found most opposed to the cuts (55% opposed versus 42% support); in Manitoba/Saskatchewan views were split; and, in Alberta support outweighed opposition by a two to one margin (62% versus 35%). There are also some differences along socio-demographic lines. Support of budget cuts to the CBC tends to rise with age - those under 35 were split (47% support versus 49% oppose) while those over 55 tended to support the cuts (55% versus 41%). Support for the CBC cuts is also higher among men than women (60% versus 44%, with 52% of women opposed).
Asked for their overall view on the CBC's budget now, a plurality of four in ten (43%) Canadians surveyed said that the CBC budget "is now at the right level", one in three (32%) said the budget "has been cut too far" while just over one in ten (13%) said it "should be cut further". (Twelve percent were unsure.)
Views on the overall adequacy of the CBC's new budget vary along regional lines. The position that the budget has been cut too far is most popular in Manitoba/Saskatchewan (38%), Ontario (34%) and the Atlantic region (40%) - in each case, as or almost as popular as satisfaction with the new status quo. Consistent with their stronger support for the recent cuts, Albertans were most likely to say further cuts could be made (21%). Quebecers were most satisfied that the CBC's budget is now at the right level (53%).
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So it is not surprising that it would be a conservative albertan on an alberta centric message board that would compare the country's national broadcaster to a borderline gossip column.
It also shouldn't be surprising that posters from outside of Alberta notice this about Albertans represented on this message board.
The counter to CBC in Canada is post media, not exactly a left-leaning consortium of newspapers. It might be more readily apparent to residents of BC, as we enjoy one of the least diverse media landscapes in north america and probably the western world.
Even Ezra Freakin' Levant can see the reach of Canada's conservative monopoly on local news.
All 4 major Albertan newspapers endorsed Prentice for premiere during the last election, as a direct order from PostMedia's ownership in Toronto.
What's the most prominent left leaning media publication in Canada? The Tyee? Rabble (lol)?
Since 2008 Canada's media has taken a decidedly conservative viewpoint, it's really not that out there as an observation, you can just read the articles and opinion piece endorsements. Andrew Coyne, noted card carrying communist, resigned over it in the latest federal election.
At this point, not acknowledging this reality may be cause for concern for posters who feel they are impartial arbiters of truth.