I trust it because it’s backers aren’t tyrants or cultists

I’m not too fond of our government but I still trust some information they put out there

https://theconversation.com/hard-evidence-how-biased-is-the-bbc-17028
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"So the evidence from the research is clear. The BBC tends to reproduce a Conservative, Eurosceptic, pro-business version of the world, not a left-wing, anti-business agenda.
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among other things, what is hliarious about this article is that most bbc followers are quite of the opposite specturm... imho

Is you a dumb

CBC not BBC

Also

I’m not surprised

same difference

It really isn’t

Apples to oranges

Is ABC the same too?

Obviously not

all singing from the same hymnal

How?

Different funding, different founders, different writers, different values, different nations, different continent, different audience

lol

So @ToxicTransgender the CBC board of directors are highly involved in media as board members or direct owners (ex: Edward W. Boyd and Michael Goldblume). Essentially there isn't competing media companies, since they all run the direction of state media. I think this would fall into that issue you were talking about.

There are competing media companies in Canada tho

Global News being one

That funds TFI global btw

CTV news being another

I'm not saying they're arent, you have a situation where multi-billion dollar company is the arm of state media.

TVA being another

That’s with all/most media now

If we going to discard Epoch times on a "poisonous" association, this seems like it would apply as well.

Here is the CBC coverage of Tiannamen Square:
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2461675714

Tell me what you think.

Epoch Times is founded and funded by the Falun Gong, that is literally a cult

The CBC is funded by the government but has no involvement in its daily operations

There’s a difference

Epoch times is made to talk shit about the Chinese

The CBC is made to spread actual news around

how does it not have involvement? The media is directly involved with the government. Since it is government funded.

I understand that

But the government doesn’t have say in matters

Its the definition of a conflict of interest.

How does the government not have a say, but have control over funding?

Like, would you trust North Korean news network if they said "the government has no decision power over what we publish"?

No, because NK is a authoritarian dictatorship

Canada is still a free democracy

So maybe this is a cultural misunderstanding. People in America have issues with PBS because it is government programming. You don't trust it because if it came time to report things about your government, you're considered distrustful. The only thing you can base your trust of them on is the articles/product they publish.