{"id":4105,"date":"2012-11-20T08:43:25","date_gmt":"2012-11-20T13:43:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spinor.info\/weblog\/?p=4105"},"modified":"2012-11-20T08:43:25","modified_gmt":"2012-11-20T13:43:25","slug":"does-canada-need-the-cbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spinor.info\/weblog\/?p=4105","title":{"rendered":"Does Canada need the CBC?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/spinor.info\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/cbc.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-4106\" title=\"cbc\" src=\"http:\/\/spinor.info\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/cbc.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"193\" height=\"174\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spinor.info\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/cbc.png 321w, https:\/\/spinor.info\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/cbc-300x271.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 193px) 100vw, 193px\" \/><\/a>I like the CBC. CBC Radio 2 is pretty much the only radio station I listen to these days (though I admit I liked them a great deal more before they changed the station&#8217;s format and eliminated some unique programs, most notably Jurgen Gothe&#8217;s <em>Disc Drive<\/em>). In the evenings, I like to watch local news on CBC Ottawa. CBC Newsworld still has some excellent documentaries. And so on.<\/p>\n<p>The CBC is about to have its licenses renewed. It is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/politics\/story\/2012\/11\/19\/pol-crtc-cbc-license-renewal-hearings.html\">asking the CRTC<\/a> for &#8220;more flexibility&#8221;, including permission to run commercials on Radio 2. And this makes me pause. Do we really need the CBC?<\/p>\n<p>Yes, I think Canada needs a public broadcaster. One that is dedicated to provide Canadians with unbiased information; one that takes on a role of cultural leadership.<\/p>\n<p>But no, we absolutely do not need an ill-managed private broadcaster that loses a billion dollars a year in public funds.<\/p>\n<p>I have heard of the conspiracy theory that Stephen Harper&#8217;s government is purposefully allowing the CBC to be steered in this direction, as a means to devalue and, ultimately, destroy the CBC for ideological reasons. I don&#8217;t like conspiracy theories but I admit I sometimes wonder&#8230;<\/p>\n<fb:like href='https:\/\/spinor.info\/weblog\/?p=4105' send='true' layout='standard' show_faces='true' width='450' height='65' action='like' colorscheme='light' font='lucida grande'><\/fb:like>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I like the CBC. CBC Radio 2 is pretty much the only radio station I listen to these days (though I admit I liked them a great deal more before they changed the station&#8217;s format and eliminated some unique programs, most notably Jurgen Gothe&#8217;s Disc Drive). In the evenings, I like to watch local news <a href='https:\/\/spinor.info\/weblog\/?p=4105' class='excerpt-more'>[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,32,28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4105","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-canada","category-radio","category-television","category-22-id","category-32-id","category-28-id","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-corners","fix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spinor.info\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spinor.info\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spinor.info\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spinor.info\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spinor.info\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4105"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/spinor.info\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4105\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4109,"href":"https:\/\/spinor.info\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4105\/revisions\/4109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spinor.info\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spinor.info\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spinor.info\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}