Funding dispute between CBC, private broadcasters based on faulty arguments

Whenever private broadcasters have a problem running a profitable business because viewers leave them in droves, it is never their fault. Sometimes they blame American competitors, new technology or, in this case, the CBC.

CBC The National's news anchor Peter Mansbridge, pictured in this file photo. The CBC's suggestion of getting $400-million to go commercial free is essentially a taxpayer subsidy for private broadcasters, writes Angelo Persichilli.The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Opinion

BY ANGELO PERSICHILLI

December 5, 2016

TORONTO—The dispute between the CBC and the private broadcasters over the right to collect advertising looks like the fight between tired old dogs around a shrinking bone.

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