BACK-END: Three Quick Comments on Recent Canadian Media Stories
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Three recent stories illustrate the sorry state of legacy media in Canada.
The October 30th, 2024 Blacklock’s Reporter post, “CBC Oversight A “Charade,” notes comments made by Liberal-appointed PEI Senator Percy Downe during Senate testimony yesterday, followed “an admission by the CRTC that it would never pull the CBC’s television license regardless of whether it follows the rules.”
The CBC gets nearly 60 per cent of its current funding from federal grants, according to the Canadian Encyclopedia, although other sources suggest that the true total is closer to 70%.
It also draws revenue from sponsorship, advertising and the sale of programs to other countries. It is responsible to Parliament for its conduct. But the government has no control in the CBC's day-to-day operations…
The CBC is also the largest emplo…
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