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Originally Posted by Calgary '89
I said it before, opinions can be discussed and her article is primarily her opinion on what is happening at the CBC. I'd love her to cite exact and specific examples of where CBC gets it wrong but there's also too many things to consider while 'going after' your former employer.
To me what really stood out was this:
"It is to pretend that the “woke” worldview is near universal — even if it is far from popular with those you know, and speak to, and interview, and read.
To work at the CBC now is to accept the idea that race is the most significant thing about a person, and that some races are more relevant to the public conversation than others. It is, in my newsroom, to fill out racial profile forms for every guest you book; to actively book more people of some races and less of others."
That's basically what Breitbart and OAN does but on the other side of the spectrum.
What I gleaned from the Henley article was that in her view this News Institution used to be revered and that now it's shifted so much from purely informative to biased or even agenda-driven. She actually seems disappointed/heartbroken to me.
I don't mind if a news organization picks a side, I don't even mind if they make more money from advertisers because of it. The main problem for me is that the CBC are in very very large part funded by taxpayer money.
You can't be taking friendly selfies with the PM cuz you like him or air a controversial story where you only interview people who didn't agree with Dave Chappelle, for example. That's right out of the Fox News or CNBC playbook and I expect better from the CBC.
I'll read the Gawker article you shared too. Thanks man.
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Read this interview with her where she can give zero examples of what she is talking about
https://www.canadaland.com/tara-henley-cbc/
Until otherwise proven, I'm going to assume she saw a business opportunity and took it. Part of that business strategy (as shown by people who've been successful at it) is to complain your mainstream media job is being taken over by woke young people who won't tell both sides of the story.
Nothing wrong with her trying to make money and you can see it works based on people just gobbling it up as it matches their priors.