The president and CEO of CBC/Radio-Canada defended the public broadcaster and its independence Thursday from a fresh barrage of pointed Conservative questions about its coverage of the Israel-Hamas conflict.

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    1 year ago

    Don’t you already know what is happening in your town? Aren’t you happy to know what’s going on elsewhere?

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      I’m inundated with news from elsewhere. There’s tonnes of coverage from dozens of outlets about international, national, and provincial news.

      If I want to know about my MP, MPP, town councilors, mayor, school board, or anything else, I guess I can go to their meetings or office hours?

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        1 year ago

        The point is that CBC is relatively neutral. There is a small liberal bias, in the sense that conservative generally aren’t engaging with proper arguments, but it’s generally not as biased as other sources.