> Its editorial independence is protected in law in the Broadcasting Act. In other words, "We're independent because we are supposed to be!". How much is that

> Its editorial independence is protected in law in the Broadcasting Act. In other words, "We're independent because we are supposed to be!". How much is that assertion worth? Who gets to police them if they don't live up to it? It's not as if it's necessary to go threatening the editor to get a compliant press. Not when you appoint the leadership. Nobody who doesn't already agree and take completely for granted that CBC is independent, will get within a mile of making decisions for it. That's how it is for other government broadcasters as well - as well as corporate ones, for that matter.