The last few hundred thousand viewers still watching CBC's The National (it gets crushed by CTV's National News which easily gets triple the audience), in its new unpopular and painfully slow format (four hosts?!), as their primary source of news wouldn't know anything about Liberal MP Geng Tan acting as an intermediary on a … Continue reading CBC is Obsessed with Trump Circus and Trudeau Acting Skills, Neglecting Follow-up Reporting on Trudeau Government’s Scandals
(What Was Wrong With CBC’s The National Mission Statement.) Time allotment for The National stories on Friday: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vRSAZR7wHATJsKER2RkeCmM7wMA62IMSErvNYcAEZ7wOviBNM5RXxznnU5jHeWGU-6cw6vvvw7a7I-H/pubchart?oid=1097049240&format=interactive What was wrong with The National on Friday: Well the CBC got to the Julie Payette story finally, albeit a couple days late. CBC's Katie Simpson did give some people of faith to respond to Payette's inappropriate … Continue reading Still No Word on Hillary Clinton Scandal, But 20 Minutes for ‘Ask Bob’ on Climate Change in Friday’s ‘The National’ (November 3, 2017)
(What Was Wrong With CBC’s The National Mission Statement.) Time allotment for The National stories on Thursday: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vRCXvwIEmm42c1CNoVtzM8pVxn9K7hPT7qLXWlgSsNNg-x5Yjc9FbrICaEqdEde2DoKwYtcRRe17N7T/pubchart?oid=331764434&format=interactive What was wrong with CBC's The National Thursday night: The National led with the murder investigation in a rural B.C. area because the remains of one murdered person were identified. An important story, yes, because other women … Continue reading Explosive Reports Hillary Clinton Rigged Democrat Nomination Missing From CBC’s ‘The National’ Thursday (November 2, 2017)
(What Was Wrong With CBC’s The National Mission Statement.) Time allotment for The National stories on Tuesday. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vRaxyHUyreLaYz7SFKaST0i3UhHzypavIrJMMlW2-F-a0KZUtMHD_P_g2kFr40GPms_xkW-rqMvuj9p/pubchart?oid=67839267&format=interactive What was wrong with The National Tuesday night: The lead story on the New York terror attack was actually a good news report The lead story was followed up with a former CSIS officer explaining terrorist attacks … Continue reading What Was Wrong With CBC’s ‘The National’ Tuesday (October 31, 2017)
Mission Statement for “What Was Wrong With The National”: During the last federal election campaign, Justin Trudeau promised to give the CBC additional funding if he became PM. This clearly affected the CBC’s election coverage, where the so-called impartial public broadcaster actively promoted Trudeau as Harper’s replacement. After winning the election, Trudeau rewarded CBC for … Continue reading What Was Wrong With CBC’s ‘The National’ Thursday and Friday Night (October 26 & 27)
Mission Statement for “What Was Wrong With The National”: During the last federal election campaign, Justin Trudeau promised to give the CBC additional funding if he became PM. This clearly affected the CBC’s election coverage, where the so-called impartial public broadcaster actively promoted Trudeau as Harper’s replacement. After winning the election, Trudeau rewarded CBC for … Continue reading What Was Wrong With CBC’s ‘The National’ Tuesday and Wednesday Night (October 24 & 25, 2017)
Mission Statement for "What Was Wrong With The National": During the last federal election campaign, Justin Trudeau promised to give the CBC additional funding if he became PM. This clearly affected the CBC's election coverage, where the so-called impartial public broadcaster actively promoted Trudeau as Harper's replacement. After winning the election, Trudeau rewarded CBC for … Continue reading What Was Wrong With ‘The National’ Sunday and Monday Night (October 22-23, 2017)
I continue to get overwhelmingly positive feedback from readers on my media criticism of CBC's flagship program. However, I did notice some on Twitter dismissing the whole exercise as a waste of time. https://twitter.com/teresa_reza/status/922542862549635073 https://twitter.com/Rebelsoldier29/status/922568617127849984 My response to these people is apathy begets no change. Also, for those who think "everyone thinks it's a joke", … Continue reading What Was Wrong With CBC’s ‘The National’ Friday Night (October 20, 2017)
I'm b-a-a-a-c-k. Sorry for the hiatus readers, I was halfway through this post on Friday--I also had to work on an article for another publication earlier in the day--but then the clock started running into the evening and I had already made plans for the rest of the weekend. Anyway, none of you are paying … Continue reading What Was Wrong With CBC’s The National Last Thursday (October 19, 2017)
Well the first installment was a bit of a hit with readers--nearly a thousand of you visited Raving Canuck in its first 24 hours. I guess I'm committed to suffering through 45 minutes of spin and irrelevant stories each night for the foreseeable future. We'll see how long I can take it. Meanwhile, the least … Continue reading What Was Wrong With CBC’s ‘The National’ Last Night (October 18, 2017)
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