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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
Yeah the “huge conflict of interest” (or appearance of) only exists because conservatives have become inappropriately obsessed with demonizing and underfunding Canada’s public broadcaster in favour of more American, and specifically more American Republican media.
It’s a little rich isn’t it? Attack the CBC, and then cry “conflict of interest” because you’re actively trying to make it difficult for them to remain unbiased and how could they possibly report on you fairly while you’re attacking them. Meanwhile, nary a mention of the fact that the National Post, the Herald, the Journal, and the Sun, aka the largest network of Canadian newspapers, are owned by American Republicans. Deep dives into whether certain articles are on the first page or second page of the CBC and why, while Postmedia, with a mandate to be “more conservative” and led by former editors of far right publications like the Western Standard, publishes stories questioning whether Canada even deserves to be a country.
Carney’s solution is, as usual, the correct one out of the given options. Ensure the CBC is not subject to the whims of the ruling party. Canada needs truly Canadian views and content represented.
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Look at what the Conservatives did to Rachel Gilmore, they got her weekly "fact-check" canceled on CTV because they think it's unfair. The US fairness doctrine corrupted all of media to think that you have to present both sides to an issue. The role of journalism is to present facts. If those facts make you look bad, it's more likely because you're doing bad things, but instead the route taken is to attack the journalist as being unfair. Facts are important, any time you see a politician push back against fact checks, you should be alarmed, but we're so hyper partisan now that we can't accept that.