[Yamer]

As a person with a degree in Communications and Media Studies I absolutely love this conversation.

I got that degree by essentially reading academic articles and conducting primary research on media bias for 4 straight years. The last remaining kick I get out of it is hearing people bitch and moan about CBC's partisanship. What a hoot.

It's all a myth, plain and simple, concocted by people that don't want to pay for a public broadcaster. It's OK to hold that position. The fun part is watching people construct silly reasons to justify that position.

The CBC will never go against the Liberals, even when they are funded by an elected federal Conservative party. When they do it's because they are expecting to be funded by a federal Conservative party, even though the funding (which is NOT 100% public) isn't dependent on politics. Unless, of course, a populist comes along and starts farting out "Defund the CBC" as part of their platform because they have convinced the hoopleheads that the CBC are, somehow, the enemy.

People don't understand how fundamentally important a network like CBC is to Canadian culture and the arts. So many artists and content creators directly cite the CBC and public interest in the arts as their launching pads. HNIC, The Nature of Things, the Beachcombers, and Kids in the Hall are legendary cornerstones of Canadian identity. Little Mosque on the Prairie, Kim's Convenience, Anne of Green Gables, Heartland, and Murdoch Mysteries may not be your personal cup of tea, but are all internationally recognized and popular series putting Canadian art on the ####ing map.

Schitt's Creek practically swept an entire year of Emmys in the comedy category. Kim's Convenience launched Simu Liu's career. SCTV catapulted nearly the entire cast into Hollywood stardom.

Their news and journalist divisions are directly influenced by the BBC and are consistently lauded as the brightest and best of Canadian reporting. That is independent of regional and federal broadcasting: all media has constantly been recognized as the pinnacle of news reporting in Canada.

The CBC is neither more vulnerable nor beholden to any corporate or political partisanship than any other network on the air. The problem you have is that you're paying for it in your taxes. That's it, that's all. Stop trying to make it anymore than that, and stop trying to justify your position with poorly informed thinking.