The CBC announced Sunday it had severed its ties with Jian Ghomeshi, the popular host of the public broadcaster’s cultural affairs radio show Q. The post CBC severs ties with popular Q host Jian Ghomeshi appeared first on The Canadian Progressive.
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The Canadian Progressive: 40 journalists protest plans to nuke CBC documentary team
40 journalists write to CBC President and CEO Hubert Lacroix and Executive Vice-President Heather Conway to protest plans to nuke the CBC documentary team. The post 40 journalists protest plans to nuke CBC documentary team appeared first on The Canadian Progressive.
Continue readingTHE CANADIAN PROGRESSIVE: CBC “Abandons Canadians”, Says Friends of Canadian Broadcasting
The CBC plan to shift its priorities from television and radio to digital and mobile services, and reduce staff, abandons Canadians, says Friends of Canadian Broadcasting. The post CBC “Abandons Canadians”, Says Friends of Canadian Broadcasting appeared first on THE CANADIAN PROGRESSIVE.
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Ads on CBC Radio a serious blow to public broadcasting in Canada
By: Friends of Canadian Broadcasting | Press Release: TORONTO, May 28, 2013 – CBC’s new licences, announced this morning by Canada’s broadcast regulator, are the culmination of years of neglect by successive governments and the product of the Harper Conservatives’ hostility toward public broadcasting in Canada. The CRTC renewed the licences
Continue readingThe Ranting Canadian: CBC’s Peter Mansbridge coulda bin a contender: Salutin
CBC’s Peter Mansbridge coulda bin a contender: Salutin: As a follow-up to my post about former fluff broadcaster and current fraud artist Mike Duffy, here is a link to a Rick Salutin column about the fluffy news reader Peter Mansbridge, and about the decline of CBC news in general. As
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