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Re:Controversial bill to regulate online streaming becomes l... by bryanlarsen on Monday May 01, 2023 @07:40PM (#35780885)
The CBC is biased because they'll be a significant beneficiary of the bill -- they're a big source of Canadian content that others can license, so this will help them get paid.

No need to go deep into conspiracy land for the bias.

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Re:Controversial bill to regulate online streaming becomes l... by mardifoufs on Monday May 01, 2023 @08:25PM (#35781380)
Is it a conspiracy theory to assume that an organization is biased towards the source of its funding? Especially when the opposition has openly stated that they would cut it by a lot?

It's completely fine to say that the CBC isn't biased, but it's not necessarily a conspiracy theory to say that it is.

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Re:Controversial bill to regulate online streaming becomes l... by lukedegruchy on Monday May 01, 2023 @10:22PM (#35782507)
It's not the source of the funding that makes the CBC biased.

It's all the exemptions and correspondence between the CBC and cabinet, the treasury board, and other arms of the government that is absolutely not made public in any way whatsoever:

https://frpc.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/2023-04-26-Hidde...

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