Over the last four years, it is increasingly apparent that CBC often issues "news" stories with pro-liberal slant; does not always offer both sides of a story or properly qualify both sides of a story, and often appears to be slanted to pro-liberal reporting that appears to protect or shield news that would go against a Liberal position; re a memorable example would be the Truckers Freedom Rally - throughout which CBC was vastly and widely accused of bias reporting, to protect the governments (CBC paymaster) position. CBC is a PUBLIC agency, paid for by public tax dollars, NOT an agency beholden to its paymaster - the government of Canada. Most recently, reportage of Carbon Tax issue, which most tax-payers feel contributes largely to inflation and the high-cost of living, in editorial commentary fashion, appeared to come down soundly on the pro-carbon tax side of things - all members chosen for the panel were pro-carbon tax, no-one to represent opposing side. Real journalism and traditional news reportage actually and simply holds that both sides of an issue are given even keel, the reporter is only there to deliver balanced reportage - and refrains from having opinions. In my opinion, CBC often leans toward "perception management", rather than objective reporting. This bit of reportage I would hazard to say was in poor taste and insensitive to the millions of Canadians who are suffering at the hands of high cost of living at present.
