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Originally Posted by Fuzzy14
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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Some of that may be true, but I think the issue is more related to Canada as a society. The majority of Canadians sit left of centre, and vote that way. So I don't think it is unexpected that their content tends to lean toward the majority of Canadians. It's that the CBC reflects our society, not that they are off to the left. Conservatives tend to be upset that it doesn't necessarily represent their voice(and the CBC could do better on this), but the reality is it is because they are further from the norm than the average Canadian, so it's no surprise they don't find alignment. If the CBC catered, say, 50/50, it would be less representative of Canada.
I also imagine there is a challenge to find Conservative voices that aren't totally nuts these days. If you want someone on air to represent the modern CBC (or worse, UCP) they are going to come across as pretty out there, because that is what those parties are these days.