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This is a joke. I don't know about the other broadcasters, but Canada's CBC is the propaganda organ of the liberal party and only allows an ultra-narrow ideolog

This is a joke. I don't know about the other broadcasters, but Canada's CBC is the propaganda organ of the liberal party and only allows an ultra-narrow ideological viewpoint. This will be the opposite of inclusive, it will just be a woke echo chamber.

Mountain_Skies 4y ago
It's big tent: everyone is free to come into their tent and think correctly. See, no one excluded!
syzarian 4y ago
What you say here is what someone who has extreme or fringe political views would say. I don’t know if you do have such views but it might be worth considering what it means or how it comes across to others to say things such people say. It’s hard to believe they only allow an ultra narrow viewpoint. It’s not like the liberal party is always the one in power in Canada.
- jstanley 4y ago
  What you say here implies that you think extreme or fringe political views are somehow "bad".
  - danaris 4y ago
    No; it merely indicates that someone who holds such views may not be the most impartial judge of the impartiality of another party.
  - syzarian 4y ago
    For the most part, in this current time, they are. There are examples where they aren't bad, of course.
- vorpalhex 4y ago
  The CBC is well noted for how extreme of a bias it has, especially compared to other public broadcasters such as BBC or PBS. Most public broadcasters lean a bit left but are somewhere in the median. CBC is not. Being a public broadcaster does not exempt you from criticism.
  - syzarian 4y ago
    Definitely doesn’t exempt one from scrutiny or criticism. But I find it hard to believe that they only allow an ultra narrow viewpoint. I don’t watch television news so I realize I could be completely wrong.
    - switchbak 4y ago
      I've listened to CBC for decades, and as of the last few years you simply will not hear a conservative viewpoint expressed in good faith. And increasingly you won't even hear moderate left views. I'm not conservative myself, but I get very uncomfortable when a large part of our population is treated like their views are not worth hearing.
      - syzarian 4y ago
        Thank you for the correction. I'm shocked this is so since it's not like conservatives will never again gain power in Canada. So it doesn't make sense to alienate a political party that can someday defund you.
  - autoexec 4y ago
    less extreme than I thought https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/cbc-news-canadian-broadcasting/ https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/cbc-news-canadian-broadcastin... AT least compared to the https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/huffington-post/ https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/huffington-post/ or https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/fox-news-bias/ https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/fox-news-bias/
- switchbak 4y ago
  What you're saying was true of the CBC from 8ish years ago, but the modern CBC is an entirely different animal. It really is embarrassingly partisan, and increasingly out of touch with the absolute vast majority of Canadians. This is true for their television programming, but moreso for their radio side. Often third rate podcasts and YouTube channels will bring in more views than their flagship shows. It's really only kept afloat by increasingly large funding by the federal government, with the associated conflicts of interest that brings.
  - philwelch 4y ago
    What's interesting to me about this phenomenon is that if you are a committed supporter of the agenda and you're accustomed to an outlet like the CBC being fair and moderate, you end up in a constructed frame of reference in which everyone else has left the Overton window, when in reality, the window has been closed around you. I don't think the net effect actually convinces anyone to change their mind, but it does something to the people who are inside the narrowed window: it makes them less and less tolerant of dissenting views. And in case this wasn't obvious, I'm not just talking about the CBC here.
- 908B64B197 4y ago
  Weren't they the ones to float the idea that the Trucker's protests were somehow violent and that the Russians were behind it?

Mountain_Skies 4y ago

It's big tent: everyone is free to come into their tent and think correctly. See, no one excluded!

syzarian 4y ago

What you say here is what someone who has extreme or fringe political views would say. I don’t know if you do have such views but it might be worth considering what it means or how it comes across to others to say things such people say. It’s hard to believe they only allow an ultra narrow viewpoint. It’s not like the liberal party is always the one in power in Canada.

jstanley 4y ago
What you say here implies that you think extreme or fringe political views are somehow "bad".
- danaris 4y ago
  No; it merely indicates that someone who holds such views may not be the most impartial judge of the impartiality of another party.
- syzarian 4y ago
  For the most part, in this current time, they are. There are examples where they aren't bad, of course.
vorpalhex 4y ago
The CBC is well noted for how extreme of a bias it has, especially compared to other public broadcasters such as BBC or PBS. Most public broadcasters lean a bit left but are somewhere in the median. CBC is not. Being a public broadcaster does not exempt you from criticism.
- syzarian 4y ago
  Definitely doesn’t exempt one from scrutiny or criticism. But I find it hard to believe that they only allow an ultra narrow viewpoint. I don’t watch television news so I realize I could be completely wrong.
  - switchbak 4y ago
    I've listened to CBC for decades, and as of the last few years you simply will not hear a conservative viewpoint expressed in good faith. And increasingly you won't even hear moderate left views. I'm not conservative myself, but I get very uncomfortable when a large part of our population is treated like their views are not worth hearing.
    - syzarian 4y ago
      Thank you for the correction. I'm shocked this is so since it's not like conservatives will never again gain power in Canada. So it doesn't make sense to alienate a political party that can someday defund you.
- autoexec 4y ago
  less extreme than I thought https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/cbc-news-canadian-broadcasting/ https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/cbc-news-canadian-broadcastin... AT least compared to the https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/huffington-post/ https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/huffington-post/ or https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/fox-news-bias/ https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/fox-news-bias/
switchbak 4y ago
What you're saying was true of the CBC from 8ish years ago, but the modern CBC is an entirely different animal. It really is embarrassingly partisan, and increasingly out of touch with the absolute vast majority of Canadians. This is true for their television programming, but moreso for their radio side. Often third rate podcasts and YouTube channels will bring in more views than their flagship shows. It's really only kept afloat by increasingly large funding by the federal government, with the associated conflicts of interest that brings.
- philwelch 4y ago
  What's interesting to me about this phenomenon is that if you are a committed supporter of the agenda and you're accustomed to an outlet like the CBC being fair and moderate, you end up in a constructed frame of reference in which everyone else has left the Overton window, when in reality, the window has been closed around you. I don't think the net effect actually convinces anyone to change their mind, but it does something to the people who are inside the narrowed window: it makes them less and less tolerant of dissenting views. And in case this wasn't obvious, I'm not just talking about the CBC here.
908B64B197 4y ago
Weren't they the ones to float the idea that the Trucker's protests were somehow violent and that the Russians were behind it?