OMG again a post that just got too long for social media so it becomes a small blog rant... First lets just all get on board that politics has become a joke. Social media has not helped politics at all. It is now more about people shit posting online and politicians (Of every party) mud slinging rather than doing what is best for our nation. We are more divided and grow more divided every day. I don't want to be a luddite and say tech is bad but without a doubt it has a lot of bad to go with the good. It is great people and parties can reach a wider audience, a more informed voter is a better voter. Scroll through social media though it isn't important points anymore, it's trying to stir up shit to not win your vote per say but to make you not vote for the opponent. I will admit right here I post on politics and get a lot of negative feedback because I do exactly what I am bitching about here. I guess what I am saying is personally I could be better and the entire world would be better if more people recognized what social media is doing, not just getting on it spewing hate. Also I repeat this happens from EVERY party. I don't think politicians can sleep at nigh tif they don't get at least 1 attack tweet out.
The CBC is a Canadian institution. IMO it is a need and important part of Canada. When you neighbor is the States and Hollywood, that is all you see pushed it is important to have something like CBC to try and keep Canadian culture around. I am not going to list all the programs they have put out over the years but honestly if you grew up in Canada, if you are "Canadian" some part of your life has been touched by the CBC. Even all you people that "hate" the CBC I hope you can at least admit that. This goes both ways though, if people admit yes the CBC has effected them please admit the CBC has bias. You cannot listen to a CBC podcast or watch a news program without seeing that. NOT as much as say something like Rebel Media, but there is a slant without a doubt. Saying that, they do, do some excellent reporting. I would prefer they just stick to facts but in this brave new world no media company does. Do they push Castreau agenda, I wouldn't go that far but I would say you can see a liberal slant. So NO they aren't on some JT payroll but ya they are liberal.
Anyways the big controversy is Pierre Poilievre called CBC government funded media and Elon had that label added to their twitter. Strictly speaking that is 100% accurate. CBC has their panties in a bunch, saying they are independent. Well the reporting is supposed to be, some say it is, others say no, either way in the end it is government funded so that isn't a lie. The nothing burger of this all is it will have 0 effect. No one is about to say "Oh my god! They are? and stop supporting the CBC." The people who dislike the CBC well this really doesn't do anything for them either. WOW a social media network that 16% (Honestly that number is tiny) of Canadian use posted something that you already believed? The people who dislike CBC already believe it is propaganda, so stating it is government funded isn't some gotcha moment. This whole thing doesn't really do anything except continue to make the Twitter Echo Chamber bigger. I mean that's not good but how people feel or support the CBC won't be effected by this at all. Its a giant nothing burger that social media is blowing up and dividing people deeper.....
Some are making a big deal about Pierre having a foreign billionaire change a label. I get that, we don't really want that BUT technically wannabe Tony Stark is a Canadian. I know that will have people saying no he really isn't blah blah blah... I would agree, I wouldn't really consider him a Canadian but I balance it with "A Canadian is a Canadian no matter what" How we recently had to bring "home" Isis wives. Seriously?! These people went to a bloody movement that stands against pretty much everything Canada is for BUT we had to bring them home. Nah, if that human garbage is Canadian I guess Elon is to.
The whole thing is this is a prime example of how bad social media can be for politics. Also it is a giant nothing burger. No one is jumping ship from CBC because of this. No one is about to start supporting CBC because of this. Anyway short but long winded rant done. In reality this has 0 effect on the real world, yet it is the story of the week or whatever it is......
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