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Originally Posted by Yamer
There isn't an argument being made against observable declining ratings and numbers. The argument is that the CBC still holds value as a public broadcaster, and that those statistics have less to do with any perceivable ideological bias and more to do political populism and modern methods of consuming media.
The CBC is a special interest channel in that it provides a variety of entertainment and informative programming under a Can-Con umbrella. It continues to accomplish its mandate, as has been demonstrated in this thread, so its entirely reasonable to advocate that it remain a publicly funded institution.
I'm sure numbers across the board are dropping, especially as it concerns special interest channels. The major networks typically have a broader appeal, deeper wells to draw from, and a more corporate approach to profit and slashing costs. They are eliminating more and more jobs while providing less and less original content outside of their cornerstone programming. The CBC has an obligation to public interest that privately-owned platforms don't, and there's value in them maintaining programming and pushing Canadian-centric content, artists, and news.
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I agree, it has a mandate. But when the mandate it has been given, to provide Canadians with specific content doesn't actually result in Canadians watching that content, something needs to change.