For several years at least, many of the stories and photos you find at CBC online have been from Canadian Press, which shares content among numerous other mostly privately owned media outlets, in particular most Canadian newspapers. A couple of years ago, however, Canwest pulled out of Canadian Press, and the word is that Sun Media is preparing to do the same. So this content-sharing agreement between the Post and the CBC seems to reestablish a link in a long-established Canadian media content-sharing chain, a link that was broken when Canwest newspapers left CP.

What is at stake here is not the nature of the CBC as a publicly owned and controlled media organization, nor whether the National Post might receive backdoor funding from Ottawa, but the role of CP as the main vehicle of content-sharing among large Canadian media organizations. For reasons we can imagine, it may be more palatable — or more feasible — for the National Post to share content with the public broadcaster than with other privately held media organizations (read competitors).

All of the foregoing mean that the reader is less informed and that the media, as historically, a key defender of each citizens right to to know, think and express is increasingly being deminished. The search for a new financial and operatiing model is required and I don’t think the traditional media have solved such core issues. Just saying, go to the interent, is too vague to be meaningful to them.

How far left can you possibly get that the CBC looks right? Enver Hoxha?

Update: Never mind, they're back. For about fifteen minute sthere they wouldn't show up for me.

lol

By what the logo looks like?

Apparently he's also made similar observations about Newsworld but I've never seen that report.

The incident in which a CBC reporter was caught feeding questions to Liberal MP's was another clear indicator of bias, although to be fair they (the CBC) took action against it.

I'm not sure that paints a picture of a corporation with a raging left bias, given that there's mechanisms to address complaints of such things. But that said, I've never much liked the platform they give Malick (it's not like there's a paucity of opinionated bloggers out there).

I just prefer precision over blanket claims. I have a lot of trouble with the quality of their news these days, but my sense has generally been that they lean toward boring centrism, for the most part.

Apparently he's also made similar observations about Newsworld but I've never seen that report.

The incident in which they were caught feeding questions to Liberal MP's was another clear indicator of bias.

Apparently he's also made similar observations about Newsworld but I've never seen that report.

I think that's a contradiction in terms.

"While I'm sure there are some who would disagree, I find the CBC to be pretty good at providing both sides of the issues. "

Even the CBC's own ombudsman disagrees with you on this.

I think that's a contradiction in terms.

"While I'm sure there are some who would disagree, I find the CBC to be pretty good at providing both sides of the issues. "

Even the CBC's own ombusdman disagrees with you on this.

I think that'a contradiction in terms.

"While I'm sure there are some who would disagree, I find the CBC to be pretty good at providing both sides of the issues. "

Even the CBC's own ombusdman disagrees with you on this.

Invest in tin foil (makes nice hats) and anything green!

But they do a bang up job of hockey coverage.

Now if only the news portion of the CBC could be replaced, the Liberals would actually have to start paying for their propaganda.

The first one was excellent, but I wonder if they'd dare go into that and our lost democracy.

As to traditional liberal values (is there some reason you needed to put that in scare quotes?) why certainly but every single party currently upholds liberal values in that broader sense.

To be fair on the tax debate, the left side constantly advocates for raising corporate taxes but not small business or personal as though corporate taxes don't have an impact on jobs and prices. The right acts like all tax any tax no matter what is evil. Neither of these positions are helpful.

Easy, we'll look to see whether the coverage continues to be biased or not, and boo or cheer accordingly.

I believe the federal government now spends more on advertising than ever before, or at least since the Charlottetown Accord period (I wish a journalist would look into that). A cynic might conclude that this advertising is really the bailout CanWest and Quebecor were seeking a few months ago, as well as self-serving government propaganda.