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Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina
OK so provide some proof of it then please.
You are basically saying that the government is influencing the coverage of CBC.
Produce some actual information that shows that.
Otherwise you are part of the problem. A strongly formed loud opinion based on poor knowledge, little information, and bad assumptions.
To answer your question. No. When Harper was in power they didn't have a right bias. I would suggest that any left lean was in place then as well. Which suggests little to no influence by the government in power.
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Is it possible that bias less so a result of government influence and moreso government policy? Harper's government regularly cut the CBC budget and by the end of their run they had cut the budget by around 14%. It seems reasonable that CBC would be heavily critical of a government that is taking away funding. Trudeau's Liberals ran on increasing funds and did actually increase the CBC budget so why would the organization want to "bite the hand that feeds them?" The only government that cut funding more than Harper's was Chretien's and I'm not old enough to remember how CBC reported on that government.