I think the biased nature of the CBC's coverage is more complex than simply the Board of Directors getting instructions from their political masters and pressuring downwards to control the tone and positioning of the coverage. That seems to be the dominant rhetoric from the right and I think it's too shallow of an analysis.
I think the problem is institutional and has a lot more to do with the way they hire. If all you ever hire are journalists, producers and editors of the same political stripe, with the same views, it's pretty easy for the coverage to become highly reflective of the ideological predispositions of the people responsible for producing it. I think this echo chamber issue is far more likely than some sort of top-down liberal ploy to control the broadcasts.
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