[TravHatesMe]

This is a shame. CBC should trim the fat elsewhere.

What are your thoughts on state funded media? I see the benefits but also the drawbacks, namely their partisanship when a political opponent wants to stop the hand outs

[Ensorceled]

> This is a shame. CBC should trim the fat elsewhere.

In what world is a New Year's Eve broadcast "meat" when CBC is cutting news staff?

What "fat" do you think is remaining in the CBC budget?

[dotancohen]

  > This is a shame. CBC should trim the fat elsewhere.

I wonder what their new strategy is. Looking at the linked articles, at least two or three are hit pieces, swipes intended to sway opinion. For example "The hidden costs of EV batteries" article linked is a hit piece on the EV market, a common target and thus likely to generate clicks. There's a political hit piece in there was well.

[cmrdporcupine]

Contrary to conservative talking points that the CBC is some sort of pro-liberal propaganda machine, the CBC just runs the same news, with roughly the same slants, as the rest of the media here. The anti-EV hit pieces get clicks. Clicks bring money. Money keeps CBC afloat. Those kind of articles frankly everywhere right now, likely because someone is paying to propagate them, and the outrage they generate ("guvnment forcing EVs on us") sells.

[beezlebroxxxxxx]

I think CBC should transition to being entirely publicly funded and move away from creating most if not all of its original programming.

Instead, they should focus on 3 things: news, children's educational television, and high quality documentaries (in reality, even the docs might be irrelevant with the NFB). They should be ad-free (online and on television), and completely independent from profit or revenue concerns. There should be no bonuses for executives.

Parliament should also pass something like a "fairness doctrine" that is obligatory if any news agency receives any public funding.

[sbarre]

> There should be no bonuses for executives.

The problem with this is, as they say, that if you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Running a successful broadcaster is hard, and there's a limited pool of talent that can do this well.

So if you want to be successful, and not a public-money-wasting amateur-hour operation, you need to attract experienced professional talent. And if you aren't competitive on salary, why would they come to you?

I understand the spirit of your idea though.. Maybe bonuses should be based on specific metrics - like viewership or fundraising - that and publicly tracked and paid out in a very transparent way instead?

And maybe they shouldn't be only for executives.

Ad-free is a tough one, but maybe they have limited categories for advertisements, say things that are of public interest like events? Not sure...