Posted by
philosophocon on Wednesday, July 23, 2008 11:02:13 AM
As many of you probably know, Canada has the CBC, the state-owned broadcaster with national TV and radio coverage. The folks who support the CBC as a vital piece of Canadian identity are generally analagous to Americans who support greater public funding for things like NPR and PBS, although these seem to be primarily New Englanders. The criticisms of those who don't think the government should be in the news business is also generally met with similar responses from both groups.
Thus it is hardly surprising that in two of three national by-elections up-coming in September the NDP candidates are well-known CBC radio hosts. The NDP being Canada's openly socialist and proud of it party. Boy, you guys think network news coverage is bad in the U.S., try watching the CBC. As arrogant and PC as the 'we don't use the word terrorist BBC', but with much lower levels of production quality.
http://news.therecord.com/News/CanadaWorld/article/387730