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Originally Posted by Makarov
I think that, even if you disagree with this particular editorial decision, existential debates regarding the CBC’s future need to take place within the context of its entire 80 year history. This decision is but one of thousands (and certainly isn’t proof on its own of anything).
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It's illustrative of the CBC's narrowing ideological orthodoxy in recent years. I'm a former journalist. For 25 years now I've analyzed and compared media as a kind of hobby. I know and understand the agendas at play when certain stories are covered or not covered, and how those stories are framed.
For 25 years I've listened to the CBC, and they're getting worse and worse. On any social issue, they no longer bother to present nuance or balance. They're ardent, dogmatic participants in the culture wars, who broadcast stories that are little more than polemics. I struggle to think of a single mainstream media outlet in the English-speaking world today that champions such a narrow credo. Help me out here - can you name any?
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Originally Posted by Makarov
Also, we should keep in mind that there is no CBC embargo of Dr. Peterson. He has been a guest and has been featured in a number of stories.
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They conducted a hostile interview of Peterson once, 18 months ago, when the Laurier story first broke. In fact, that was the first time I'd heard of Peterson, and the utter failure of Carol Off to engage with his points in that cringe-worthy interview was a big step in my ongoing disillusionment with the CBC. Since then, the CBC have not had him on, even as his prominence in Canada and elsewhere grew exponentially.
Why do you think the BBC, Channel 4, the Telegraph, the Atlantic, and the New York Times have all done stories on Peterson in the last couple weeks? Because Peterson has just released a book, and the editors of the most prestigious journalism outlets in the english-speaking world have their finger to the winds of public debate - that's their job. And I guarantee you the producers at the CBC have read every one of those articles, because having their finger to the winds of public debate is their job too.
It honestly doesn't strike you as strange that the top-selling book on Amazon in both the U.S. and Canada is written by a Canadian and yet it did not warrant a mention in CBC's 21 non-fiction books by Canadians to read in early 2018? Do you really think that wasn't a deliberate omission owing to the CBC braintrust's hatred of Peterson's politics?
The CBC has essentially no-platformed the most prominent Canadian intellectual in the world today because they don't like what he says. If you're okay with that, I think you need to admit that you simply want the CBC to be a mouthpiece for your own ideological beliefs.