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Originally Posted by Makarov
Apart from YouTube subscriptions, I don't see anything that really distinguishes his academic CV from dozens and dozens and dozens of other academics in Canada. Not sure why CBC has some obligation to give him in particular a platform?
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Why have a half-dozen British newspapers and news programs done profiles on him in the last week? Probably because he's a public figure with a large audience who articulates a strident position on some controversial issues. He's also just written a book that will probably sell a lot of copies. And there's nothing the CBC likes better than promoting books by Canadian writers - it's one of their explicit mandates.
Why does the CBC interview Naomi Klein and promote her books? What's her academic CV? What do you think should be the basis for selecting the dozens of people the CBC interviews each week?
And since when is interviewing someone 'giving them a platform?'