The BBC has just completed a report on their own bias in reporting the news. This is refreshing and I wonder why they were prompted to investigate their bias. I would expect their numbers are down or perhaps they receive many complaints. Whatever the reason, good on them for investigating it and good on them for coming through with an honest report on themselves. It is refreshing because they could just bury their heads in the sand and proclaim they have no bias like the MSM who are losing their market share out there.
The mainstream media in the US and Canada could learn a lesson and the CBC, in particular, would do well to read the report. The CBC, funded by our Canadian government, and other MSM outlets (including newspapers and the parliamentary press gallery) continue to intertwine their socialist thinking and left wing bias into news reports. They do not even call them editorials anymore but news. They then wonder why they lose their viewership, readership, etc and why conservative talk radio and blogs are thriving.
The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. I would think the CBC is insane but on reflection, they continue to do this, have extremely low ratings, and soak up the taxpayers money. It is obviously working for them and ratings are of no consequence to them. It's no wonder I lose my mind whenever I hear of my tax money funding it. I must be insane to think the CBC would consider this report or bother looking at themselves like the BBC has done. Obviously, there is more accountability in the UK.
BBC's Complete Report on its Bias: 'Safeguarding Impartiality in the 21st Century'
Thursday, June 21, 2007
Canadian Taxpayer Insanity OR Why Conservative Radio is being Attacked in the US
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On a similar thread, the U.S. Democrats are once more raising the issue of "fairness" in talk radio and T.V. They proclaim that the government must make sure the "information gets out there for the people". The only way that a democracy can work is for the government NOT to be allowed to interfer in free speach unless it generates violence. Since the democratically elected government is dependent on the good will of the people, it would be very easy for governments to "feed" the people positives on all their policies and thus basically establish an Autocracy. Cuba provides only government TV to the Cubans. Hotels have a smattering of international programming. Can you immagine Canada only having the CBC news as our source of information?
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