How "impartial and independent" is CBC?

CBC’s recent spat with Twitter over a 'government funded media' label has many Canadians paying attention to the broadcaster’s political bias.

Seven times the CBC showed they were anything but “impartial and independent” | True North - - Cosmin Dzsurdzsa

April 21, 2023 - "CBC’s recent spat with Twitter over a 'government funded media' label [see video] has many Canadians paying attention to the broadcaster’s political bias. True North has compiled seven times the CBC’s bias against conservative politicians and causes was on full display in recent years.

• A prime example of the state broadcaster’s left-wing bias and attempt to silence its critics on the right was when the CBC decided to sue the Conservative Party during the 2019 election. The CBC alleged that the party’s use of excerpts from its programs infringed on the so-called ‘moral rights’ of two of its employees.... Two years ago, a federal court dismissed the CBC’s frivolous lawsuit. Federal Court Justice Michael Phelan ruled that the Conservative Party of Canada (CPC) did not violate CBC’s copyright when it used excerpts from the broadcaster’s footage in an online ad and tweets.... 'There was no evidence presented that a broadcaster’s segment disclosed in a partisan setting reflected adversely on the broadcaster,' ruled Phelan....
• "In Jan. 2022, ... [d]uring a Power & Politics segment, a CBC anchor baselessly suggested that Russia was involved in organizing the Freedom Convoy.... 'Given Canada’s support of Ukraine in this current crisis with Russia, I don’t know if it is far-fetched to ask, but there is concern that Russian actors could be continuing to fuel things as this protest grows, perhaps even instigating it from the outside?' asked Nil Köksal.... [T]he CBC Ombudsman called out their bias saying ... 'It was not clear to viewers whether anyone was offering evidence that Russia was involved in the convoy – or why they would have such a concern. Asking the question in this way left room for people to surmise that CBC believed such evidence existed\....
• "The CBC gave more coverage to American Democrat vice-presidential nominee Kamala Harris as the “first woman of colour to compete on a major party’s presidential ticket” thanthey did the Canadian Conservative leadership candidate Leslyn Lewis – despite Lewis being the first black woman to run to lead the party. According to a True North review of articles from the time, Harris received 500% more headlines from the CBC mentioning her name than Lewis.... By law, the CBC is required to 'be predominantly and distinctively Canadian, reflect Canada and its regions to national and regional audiences, while serving the special needs of those regions.'
• "Also during the 2020 Conservative leadership race, the CBC was caught ... selectively editing candidate Erin O’Toole’s comments on defunding the public broadcaster. During the interview on CBC’s The House, guest host David Cochrane asked O’Toole about his plan to defund the outlet. His response and the question were entirely removed from the interview that was broadcast across Canada despite not removing any other portion of the interview.... [T]he CBC claimed they edited that part of the interview 'for time'.... 
• "At the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, the CBC failed to report on important conflicts of interest when it came to the push for vaccination of 5-11-year-olds. The CBC and other media outlets have failed to disclose nearly $2 million in funding from Pfizer Pharmaceuticals received by pediatrician Dr. Jim Kellner who was cited as an expert in articles by the broadcaster.... A search on the outlet’s website turned up Kellner’s name over 41 times.... 
• "Prime Minister Justin Trudeau took the drastic measure of triggering the Emergencies Act to quash the Freedom Convoy last year based on misleading and biased analysis from the CBC.... 'The importance of this measure is highlighted by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s recent reporting about the crowdfunding website, GiveSendGo.com, which indicated that the majority of the donations to the protests were made by donors outside of Canada,' claimed evidence submitted by the federal government. Testimony by GiveSendGo executives and debunked CBC’s claims that a majority of the donations came from outside of Canada, saying that 63% of the donations were from Canadian sources....
• "CBC News’ political bias came through most recently when it refused to retract its story that accuses Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s office of meddling with Crown prosecutors over Coutts border blockades cases. Although it printed the story based on anonymous sources and emails it had not seen, the CBC has stuck by the article, risking a lawsuit with Smith. Not only has Smith called the article “defamatory,” [but] its ...claims were debunked by the civil service and Crown prosecutors."

Read more: https://tnc.news/2023/04/21/seven-times-the-cbcs-bias-was-on-full-display/

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