Tory charges of bias are unfair: CBC is nobody’s mouthpiece

Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives have been borrowing from Donald Trump to erode public trust in media, and intimidate media managers, according to Jim Munson.
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Defunding public broadcasting would remove of a gold standard in how Canadians get information, and hold their politicians accountable.

Like most journalists, employees of CBC-Radio Canada don’t feel comfortable being the subject of any news story, or any public debate. As a result, they don’t respond to any suggestion of bias, or even allegations of slanting content to suit somebody’s agenda, as the C...

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