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Bright-Ad-4737 t1_j9wnj55 wrote

Reply to comment by AdligaTitlar in Google making ‘terrible mistake’ in blocking Canadian news: Trudeau by Defiant_Race_7544

The CBC has been around since 1936. How has its funding changed since then, and then since the Trudeau administration?

It's one thing to make a pithy comment like "CBC isn't going anywhere with how much money his government has funnelled into it" and it's another to provide any kind of context with the statement. How much money has he "funnelled" into it? How does that compared to other governments? Should the CBC even be "going somewhere"? Why or why not?

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AdligaTitlar t1_j9xt9v9 wrote

I was mostly referring to it being mostly government propaganda "The canadian journalists? ALL of them, or just the ones the Canadian government approves of?"

and he's saying it's NOT going anywhere because it's a propaganda tool funded by the government. So again, you're agreeing with him without recognizing it. It's not "going somewhere" (as in going broke/closing doors/going bankrupt) because it is a valuable tool for the government.

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TheHumbleGeek t1_j9xq535 wrote

Okie dokie.... Since you seek context....

The CBC has NEVER really been super-profitable. That was never the point. It was started to create and promote CANADIAN content and content creators. HOWEVER, as time has gone on, more and more canadian citizens have clued into the concept that CBC is an incredibly biased organisation who plays favorites with the type of content it produces. "Well, so what? They are a business and can create whatever content they choose." EXCEPT, no they cannot. The CBC is a crown corporation. If it is NOT okay for any crown corporation to display a centre-right or conservative bias, then it is likewise not okay for any crown corporation to have a centre-left or Liberal bias either.

Further to this, despite it being a crown corporation, since 2016, they have been marketing content under the Tandem brand, which allows them to create ads that look and present like a CBC newscast, AND which allows their corporate clients to "leverage the trust of our customer base".

Now, specifically regarding my comment about the money that Turdeau has funneled into it, the Liberal government, as a part of its budget in 2020/2021 included an addition 34 million dollars to account for "revenue lost due to the pandemic". Now, IF they were unbiased and had not become a publicly funded commercial corporation, I personally wouldn't have had an issue with the additional funds. I happen to believe strongly in the idea that if a business is so poorly managed that it SHOULD go bankrupt, then one of two things MUST happen. Either bail it out, fire everyone from department heads up, and only rehire people who can demonstrate the ability to run their department efficiently; OR let it fail and let another company pick up the pieces. In the case of the CBC, let it fail and let another Canadian producer buy the pieces. Either way, you stop rewarding the stupid people who are bad at math, and start rewarding the people who can run a business successfully, of which Canada has LOTS.

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Bright-Ad-4737 t1_j9y0dvx wrote

This is one of the dumbest responses I have ever read. I'm not even a particular defender of the CBC, but this feels like it was written by someone with absolutely no business background or experience whatsoever.

Forget about first year business analysts at any major bank, interns at local credit unions could provide superior analysis. Hell, you can see better written work in shitty business schools.

I could attempt at a response to this, but it's so stupid, it's not worth my time.

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TheHumbleGeek t1_j9zrf4r wrote

Oh come on, thats the best insult you can come up with? Whats next, a 'yo momma' joke?

It would have been more laughable if you said tried "tell me you are from alberta, without telling me you are from alberta", like some of these other idiot commenters did...

Seriously, the 'holier than thou' bullshit you are trying to pull only works when you can ACTUALLY respond. So, take a few days, do some research on the CBC, on their continued blatant biases, on their bungling management style... Then come back, and post an actual response... Hell, if you think that someone in a shitty business school could respond better, then I challenge you to try to educate me and people like me, instead of defaulting to arrogance and avoidance. Point out what I got wrong, provide correct AND FACTUAL information from reputable sources, and maybe the collective ability of our country goes up?

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