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Originally Posted by Calgary '89
Lol sorry man.
I read someone saying the Henley article wasn't legit cuz it was put up on a smaller platform but none of what she claimed was false. Her opinions can be argued but that's pretty much the case for anyones opinion on anything.
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I had never heard of her but I just read this article
https://nationalpost.com/opinion/tar...i-quit-the-cbc
in which she failed to cite (m)any specific examples (just like the trolls in this thread.)...the closest she came:
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When I started at the national public broadcaster in 2013, the network produced some of the best journalism in the country. By the time I resigned last month, it embodied some of the worst trends in mainstream media. In a short period of time, the CBC went from being a trusted source of news to churning out clickbait that reads like a parody of the student press.
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There is plenty to be critical of the CBC about, and this is right up there. As she acknowledges, it is a wider media trend, and it certainly is a shame that CBC has followed suit.
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People want to know why, for example, non-binary Filipinos concerned about a lack of LGBT terms in Tagalog is an editorial priority for the CBC, when local issues of broad concern go unreported. Or why our pop culture radio show’s coverage of the Dave Chappelle Netflix special failed to include any of the legions of fans, or comics, that did not find it offensive. Or why, exactly, taxpayers should be funding articles that scold Canadians for using words such as “brainstorm” and “lame.”
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Filipinos are the 4th largest visible minority at 780k+...that story actually sounds mildly interesting. No examples of what is going unreported though.
I presume she means Q (or q?). Not really under the 'news' category, but they are definitely capable of producing crappy segments. #roasted.
And...what was that about clickbait? I had to google that one...first result took me to an
alt-right website, but thankfully they linked me to the
CBC Ottowa article in question (without linking to the site in question, that was their titled hyperlink).
I haven't read the whole thing yet (don't feel scolded yet, either), but I will tomorrow. It's actually damn interesting to hear the etymology of some of these terms
Brainstorm and lame do feel like a bit of a stretch, but it wasn't that long ago that we would have scoffed at an article like this with words like ####### and ##### and ######## or ##### ###### #########
So ya...none of what she claimed is false because she didn't actually make any substantial claims...but don't take it from me, this article explains how
Leaving a writing job in a huff to join the truth warriors of the newsletteratti has worked well for so many