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CBC Radio 2 protests on Youtube

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globeandmail.com: Dear Canada: Your opinion on the CBC is ‘pathetic’

Monday, November 16th, 2009

globeandmail.com: Dear Canada: Your opinion on the CBC is ‘pathetic’ EXCERPT: And there’s the rub – weeks after the new-format National was launched, the emphasis on the superficial is all too clear. I know that. You know that. But what do we know, really? We’re “pathetic.” Memo to Richard Stursberg – the CBC belongs to [...]

Three videos from Public Forum on CBC July 8 2009 Vancouver

Saturday, August 15th, 2009

A Public Forum on the Future of the CBC July 8, 2009 Vancouver Plublic Library Charlie Angus on CBC holdback http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ex1IwMoZfU Charlie Angus on CBC and patronage http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8azo4XBeeNY Charlie Angus and Bill Siksay on CBC http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGsPvSvZtgY

CBC’s golden opportunity to cut commercial strings

Thursday, April 9th, 2009

TheStar.com – Opinion Public broadcaster would be freed from self-defeating ratings game April 09, 2009 by Wade Rowland Professor of communications studies at York University If the CBC is to survive the shock-doctrine opportunism of federal Conservatives bent on either privatization or elimination of the public broadcaster, it needs to once and for all come [...]

CBC cuts hit news, drama, sports, radio

Thursday, March 26th, 2009

Last Updated: Thursday, March 26, 2009 | 4:52 PM ET Comments475Recommended224 CBC News from cbc.ca CBC English Services plans to cut up to 80 positions from its news division and a further 313 from sports, entertainment, current affairs, sales and support across the country as part of its efforts to make up a $171-million shortfall [...]

On possible cuts to CBC

Tuesday, November 25th, 2008

In response to blog comments following Bruce Cheadle’s thought provoking piece, now that Americans have voted in an intelligent and eloquent President, maybe Canadians can put an end to the “elitist” bashing that has been nothing more than a political appeal to those with little or no attention span.  It reminds me of the school [...]