CBC under fire from its own ethics authority over hit piece targeting Catholic bishops
Last fall the same overseer said he was 'disappointed' the CBC ran a story claiming the Russians were involved in the Freedom Convoy protest.
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Trudeau gov’t fast-tracks one of its multiple internet censorship bills
'Simply put, this law would force Facebook, Google and other internet companies to prioritize CBC and other government-approved news outlets...'
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Hospice society calls out Canadian gov’t-backed media’s past reports touting assisted suicide’s economic benefits
CBC reports in 2017 were a precursor of what has come to pass in the country with a rapid increase in assisted deaths, Delta Hospice Society president Angelina Ireland pointed out.
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Big Canadian media company asks Trudeau gov’t for large sum of taxpayer dollars
Corus Entertainment has asked the Trudeau government to subsidize their payroll by 25 percent.
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Canadian legal group urges Emergencies Act inquiry to make CBC president testify
If called, the Justice Centre intends to cross-examine the CBC regarding its approach to covering the Freedom Convoy protest, its rigor when verifying reports, and the organization’s approach to corrections when stories turn out to be untrue.
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Longtime Canadian journalist calls out mainstream media for pushing spurious COVID narrative
'[The mainstream media] had a predetermined approach to the story, and they were going for that predetermined approach, reality be damned ... '
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CBC overseer criticizes news outlet for implying white, Conservative voters are ‘hateful’
It is 'not okay to publish a headline that declared political parties and by inference their voters as ‘hating’ people,' CBC ombudsman Jack Nagler wrote.
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Oxford study reveals Canadians’ trust in the media at record lows since COVID outbreak
Only 39 percent of English-speaking Canadians say they trust the media, the study finds.
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Leslyn Lewis vows to defund the CBC and restore the media’s ‘independence’ if elected PM
‘The mainstream media long ago abandoned its role as a faithful and objective reporter of news. Instead, they have become their own left-wing echo chamber.’
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Poll shows Canadians favor full defunding of the nation’s state broadcast network
The Conservative Party would pick up voter support if it stripped the CBC of federal funding.
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