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   From: none@present.com   
      
   "Greg Carr"  wrote in message news:Nz2rv.40508$D44.30182@fx31.iad...   
      
   > On 26/06/2014 4:18 PM,  (ಠ_ಠ)Раиса wrote:   
   > > Let's test the leadership candidates for the next election on the   
   > > subject of funding for the CBC. Harper we can ignore. How would Justin   
   > > Trudeau or Thomas Mulcair handle public funding for the CBC?   
   > > ___________________________________________________   
   > >   
   > > Contributed to The Globe and Mail - Thursday, Jun. 26 2014   
   > > by Wade Rowland   
   > >   
   > > The CBC’s a service, not a business   
      
   CBC Radio 1 and CBC North are services ... CBC television is a business   
      
   Snip!   
      
   > > The best of   
   > > the world’s public-service broadcasters (PSBs) carry no commercials.   
   > > Their involvement means engaging in the ratings game, which pushes   
   > > programming toward the lowest common denominator in tastes and   
   > > interests. This is why commercial-free subscription television services   
   > > such as HBO and Netflix, like true PSBs, tend to produce superior   
   > > programming.   
      
   Anyone here remember the Golden Age of CBC TV, when they produced cutting   
   edge dramas and comedies that had everybody at work talking about them the   
   next morning?   
      
   Me either.  And before you object, "Kids In The Hall" wasn't a CBC   
   production.   
      
   Snip!   
      
   > Funding should be cut or eliminated entirely.   
      
   Agreed, except for the aforementioned Radio 1 and North services.   
      
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