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Canadian taxpayers give a billion dollars to the CBC every year. In return we get American-centric stories on the front page that seem to reflect our governing

Canadian taxpayers give a billion dollars to the CBC every year. In return we get American-centric stories on the front page that seem to reflect our governing party’s ideology.

all2 7y ago
Gee, a state funded news outlet turns out to be the political mouthpiece of the ruling party? Who'd have thought this could happen? As it stands, though, many news outlets in the USA demonstrate that they don't need to be state funded to be political mouthpieces. I see real journalism happening at the state and local level at this point. It seems mostly the big players that can afford to not do their jobs.
gerbilly 7y ago
Conservatives always strike me as cheap. Always complaining about money, tax dollars this tax dollars that. Like if you went to dinner at their house they'd make six people share a box of craft dinner. Money is just paper, so why don't we spend it on making each other's lives better and happier?
- rocky_rock 7y ago
  A new car would make my life better. Will you buy one for me with your paper money?
- drak0n1c 7y ago
  That's an unfair characterization - either side can make the easy insult that their opponents are greedy/stingy. Imagine if someone characterized the left-leaning side as "always complaining" of how there is a new medical innovation here, new real estate development there, wringing their hands about how they don't get instant free service from all the people who made it happen. Money is not just paper, it is a direct representation of time and labor. The non-consenting seizure of one's property and labor can also be considered theft, serfdom, or slavery, depending on the circumstances. Inserting layers of indirection, good intentions, bureaucracy, and limiting it to 40% of your year's crop does not make it less serious of a subject. You can argue that some of it may always be necessary, and I would agree. But it shouldn't be treated lightly.
  - gerbilly 7y ago
    It's paper that represents promises. The promise is to pay someone back, but sometimes we can't keep some promises because because we can't predict everything... Money is a human fiction. It didn't spring up out of the big bang. WE can decide how it gets used. And conservatives are cheap, they act like it's their money, but their money depends on a lot of underpaid labour in a system tilted to favour them. A bunch of sore winners, the world is increasingly conservative despoiled and authoritarian. They are winning and they still complain.
- nij4uyr 7y ago
  Money is just paper, and my ass too
- solidsnack9000 7y ago
  Money is just paper but the resources it’s exchanged for are real. Not wasting money is a proxy for not wasting stuff.
zupzupper 7y ago
> Out in the Open · Posted: Feb 25, 2018 12:00 PM ET | Last Updated: February 23, 2018 Yep. Definitely Front Page on CBC. Totally beating out all those other stories today. Troll.

Canadian taxpayers give a billion dollars to the CBC every year. In return we get American-centric stories on the front page that seem to reflect our governing party’s ideology.

all2 7y ago

Gee, a state funded news outlet turns out to be the political mouthpiece of the ruling party? Who'd have thought this could happen? As it stands, though, many news outlets in the USA demonstrate that they don't need to be state funded to be political mouthpieces. I see real journalism happening at the state and local level at this point. It seems mostly the big players that can afford to not do their jobs.

gerbilly 7y ago

Conservatives always strike me as cheap. Always complaining about money, tax dollars this tax dollars that. Like if you went to dinner at their house they'd make six people share a box of craft dinner. Money is just paper, so why don't we spend it on making each other's lives better and happier?

rocky_rock 7y ago
A new car would make my life better. Will you buy one for me with your paper money?
drak0n1c 7y ago
That's an unfair characterization - either side can make the easy insult that their opponents are greedy/stingy. Imagine if someone characterized the left-leaning side as "always complaining" of how there is a new medical innovation here, new real estate development there, wringing their hands about how they don't get instant free service from all the people who made it happen. Money is not just paper, it is a direct representation of time and labor. The non-consenting seizure of one's property and labor can also be considered theft, serfdom, or slavery, depending on the circumstances. Inserting layers of indirection, good intentions, bureaucracy, and limiting it to 40% of your year's crop does not make it less serious of a subject. You can argue that some of it may always be necessary, and I would agree. But it shouldn't be treated lightly.
- gerbilly 7y ago
  It's paper that represents promises. The promise is to pay someone back, but sometimes we can't keep some promises because because we can't predict everything... Money is a human fiction. It didn't spring up out of the big bang. WE can decide how it gets used. And conservatives are cheap, they act like it's their money, but their money depends on a lot of underpaid labour in a system tilted to favour them. A bunch of sore winners, the world is increasingly conservative despoiled and authoritarian. They are winning and they still complain.
nij4uyr 7y ago
Money is just paper, and my ass too
solidsnack9000 7y ago
Money is just paper but the resources it’s exchanged for are real. Not wasting money is a proxy for not wasting stuff.

zupzupper 7y ago

> Out in the Open · Posted: Feb 25, 2018 12:00 PM ET | Last Updated: February 23, 2018 Yep. Definitely Front Page on CBC. Totally beating out all those other stories today. Troll.