> To work at the CBC in the current climate is to embrace cognitive dissonance and to abandon journalistic integrity. Unfortunately, it appears fairly clear th

> To work at the CBC in the current climate is to embrace cognitive dissonance and to abandon journalistic integrity. Unfortunately, it appears fairly clear that over the past decade, a deeper cognitive dissonance is that of journalists' beliefs about their profession. Journalists seem to believe that Quality News [0] can sustain itself. News is entertainment. Quality News loses because it commands less engagement than tweets, youtube videos, tv/movie streaming, gaming, and others. News organizations survive now by aligning their stories with a chosen tribe (liberals, conservatives, whomever) and inflaming the base with rage rhetoric. Unfortunately, it turns out that people don't really care about truth - it's pretty boring. [0] Quality News defined however the particular journalist wants to define it (ethical/fair/unbiased/relevant/etc)