CBC

[[File:CBC Logo 1992-Present.svg|thumb|right|165px|Take that, BBC!]]
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{{cquote|I respect and cherish [the] CBC — for its journalistic integrity and and <!---stet, as in source--->shitty sitcoms.|||<ref>[http://www.reddit.com/r/AdviceAnimals/comments/14uvxz/i_am_so_fucking_fed_up_with_our_news_stations/c7gp4e1 I am so fucking fed up with our news stations] on [[Reddit]]</ref><ref group=note>OK, a slightly better commentary [http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/time-to-lead/whats-a-75-year-old-public-broadcaster-to-do/article4180029/ here.]</ref>}}
The '''Canadian Broadcasting Corporation''' ('''CBC''') is [[Canada]]'s public broadcaster (mockingly known as 'the Corpse').  Established in 1936, making it the oldest broadcasting network in Canada, it provides various television and [[radio]] services including ''CBC Radio One'' and ''CBC News''. Many entertainment personalities, such as Dan Aykroyd, Michael J. Fox, John Candy, Mike Myers, Peter Jennings, Donald Sutherland, and Alex Trebek, are/were CBC alumni.

==Objective==
The Canada Broadcasting Act of 1991<ref>http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/B-9.01/</ref> states that the CBC should:

*be predominantly and distinctively Canadian (duh),
*reflect Canada and its regions to national and regional audiences, while serving the special needs of those regions,
*actively contribute to the flow and exchange of cultural expression,
*be in English and in French, reflecting the different needs and circumstances of each official language community, including the particular needs and circumstances of English and French linguistic minorities,
*strive to be of equivalent quality in English and [[Quebec|French]],
*contribute to shared national consciousness and identity,
*be made available throughout Canada by the most appropriate and efficient means and as resources become available for the purpose, and
*reflect the [[multiculturalism|multicultural]] and multiracial nature of Canada.

==The commies are coming! The commies are coming!==
As with many publicly-funded stations, hardcore [[conservative]]s have accused the CBC of having a [[liberal bias]], referring to the network as the "[[Red-baiting|Communist]] Broadcasting Channel" (they then claim that the CBC needs to be, as usual, defunded or [[privatization|privatized]]). A noteworthy example came from the 2011 federal election, in which CBC's ''Vote Compass'' tool<ref>[http://votecompass.ca/ Bask in its commie-ness.]</ref> was said to directly point the test taker to the [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal Party]] if they were choosing more [[moderate]] positions. What [[Sun News Network|some "reporters"]] failed to realize is that the Liberal Party (on the Canadian [[political spectrum]]) is considered ''the'' centrist party.<ref group=note>{{wpl|Vote_Compass#Criticism|A classic example of molehill mountaineering}}, in fact. (Subsequently, ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'' used ''Vote Compass'' for its [[2012 U.S. presidential election]] coverage, so it probably means ''WSJ'' is full of commies too.)</ref>

Like [[BBC|the Beeb]], the CBC is independent ("at arm's length") from the Canadian government, only tied by government funding. And unlike the BBC it employs private commercial advertising as well, a move sometimes criticized by left-wingers.<ref>[http://thetyee.ca/Mediacheck/2006/01/06/CBCHitPiece/ "Behind the CBC's Hit Piece on Medicare"]</ref> The CBC's taxpayer subsidy is third-lowest in the developed world, so it's not exactly sucking off the public teat.<ref>[http://www.economist.com/news/americas/21579070-and-now-unwelcome-message-our-sponsors-commercial-break Commercial break], ''The Economist''</ref>

The CBC, over its existence, has featured commentators like anti-[[feminist]] Barbara Frum (mother of [[David Frum]]),<ref group=note>They even named [http://www.cbc.ca/facilities/bfa.html their main Broadcasting Centre atrium after her.]</ref> [[global warming denial|global warming denier]] Rex Murphy,<ref>http://nationalpost.com/opinion/rex-murphy-all-global-warming-predictions-are-infallible-until-theyre-not</ref> plagiarist [[Margaret Wente]], [[Donald Trump|Trump]] wannabe Kevin O'Leary,<ref>[http://www.cbc.ca/ombudsman/pdf/2011-04-14-O'Learyx3.pdf O'Leary calls unions "parasites"]</ref> arch-[[wingnut]] Tom Flanagan,<ref>[http://www.cbc.ca/news/yourcommunity/2013/02/cpc-wildrose-cbc-line-up-to-cut-ties-to-flanagan.html CPC, Wildrose, CBC line up to cut ties to Flanagan], CBC</ref><ref group=note>[http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/flanagan-regrets-wikileaks-assassination-remark-1.877548 And Yes, the same Flanagan who called for the assassination of [[Julian Assange]] on CBC]</ref> and "sportscaster" [[Don Cherry]], who actually believes the [[metric system]] is communism.<ref>[http://ca.sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/wherein-don-cherry-dismisses-metric-system-commie-stuff-054605071--nhl.html Grab a bowl of popcorn]</ref> The current contributors on the channel's top political panel ([http://www.cbc.ca/thenational/ "At Issue"] on ''The National'') include Chantal Hébert, who has written for newspapers with political affiliations all over the place (but now sits as a columnist for the liberal ''Toronto Star''), Andrew Coyne, whose work has been found in ''The [[Wall Street Journal]]'', ''[[National Post]]'' and ''[[National Review]]'', and Bruce Anderson, a former communications advisor for both the Liberals and [[Conservative Party of Canada#Progressive_Conservative_Party|Progressive Conservatives]]. Supporters of the more leftish [[New Democratic Party]] have actually complained that they don't have anyone to represent their views on "At Issue."<ref>[http://j-source.ca/article/cbc-ombudsman-nationals-issue-panel-non-partisan The cognitive dissonance flowing yet, conservatives?]</ref>

Adding insult to injury, comedy shows such as the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ME6bSd2bKU0 ''Rick''] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iEIfFLwmUw ''Mercer''] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=It6pmSdBSmo ''Report''], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dccVNAk8GPU ''Royal Canadian Air Farce''], and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CptXVdqprE ''This Hour Has 22 Minutes''] deride liberals just as much as they do conservatives. Top CBC correspondent Terry Milewski has also [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvE9EN4YPGM pissed off] Liberal prime ministers throughout his career, but it [[Hostile media effect|only became]] [[Confirmation bias|a big deal]] for the crazies when he asked just as hard-hitting questions to [[Stephen Harper]].<ref>[http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/terry-milewski-an-equal-opportunity-offender/article2082381/ Terry Milewski: an equal-opportunity offender], ''The Globe and Mail''</ref> If that's bias, it's some pretty shit bias.

==See also==
*[[BBC]]
*[[NPR]]
*[[RTÉ]]
*[[RT]]

==External links==
*[http://www.cbc.ca/ Check them out]
*[http://www.youtube.com/user/CBCtv?blend=2&ob=4 The CBCtv channel] on [[YouTube]]
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