In all fairness, the CBC comes no where close to making up for the aggressively pro-Israel bent of the canadian asper empire's can-west global empire.
Simply compare the two documentaries on concordia university's troubles with muslim/jewish students a few years back. "Confrontation at Concordia" by global, and "Discordia" by the CBC. The one by global was far more pro-israel than the CBC's version was pro-pal. In fact the global one was so blatantly biased, it's a mockery of journalism.
Considering you don't even mention CanWest who owns more than half the media outlets in canada and makes no bones about espousing it's position on pal/israel shows more than one bias here.
Alacarte, you're full of sh*t, do everyone a favour - wander off onto an icepack and freeze to death.
The CBC is a publically funded broadcaster.
By law, it's required to provide balanced and accurate covereage of the news. It doesn't. It has a bias against Israel.
The Toronto Star, the Toronto Sun and the National Post all have their biases, too. This is unfortunate, but they're not breaking any laws and my tax dollars aren't helping them put their own slants on the news.
As for most papers in the Canwest group, I have no idea what kind of coverage they provide, because I don't read them.
You say they're all biased toward Israel. I doubt it. Probably you're mistaking an editorial position for a bias. But that's something completely different. An editorial is meant to give an opinion. Bias is when the news itself is slanted.
If you want unbiased news, read the Globe and Mail.
As for my "bias," I'm a private citizen in a democracy. I not only have a right to a partisan position, but an obligation to stand up for what I believe.
You might say that Neil MacDonald has a right to his partisan views, too. I agree. If he wants to argue in a bar that Israelis and Americans are evil and that terrorists have a right to murder, he can. It just makes him an assh*le.
But when he slants the news toward his bizarre worldview and uses the CBC as his personal soapbox, this is an appalling abuse of his position, and he should be fired.
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