I'm sure if someone wanted to run a "Crimea is doing worse now than it did prior to the land grab" story on RT (in example, don't know if it is or not), who was an American working for it, they'd get hard and close reviews before publishing, but probably could do it with a well-written-enough story. They have obvious bias, but so does the CBC. If you classify it as "certain stories will never be published because of political bias in the editorial board", then not only does CBC fail alongside RT, but even MSNBC does.
If you classify it by "close ties to government", then CNN fails: One of their majordomos is a direct blood sibling of government, and most if not all of them have given money, and gotten money, from political parties.
If you classify it as financial ties, CBC fails. Social ties, CBC fails. Governing regulation ties, CBC fails. I can't think of a way to define it that doesn't include CBC/BBC except "the ones who pay us at Twitter to say otherwise, get to say otherwise."
If you're a socialist subversive, you're exempt. The BBC, CBC, Al Jazeera and NPR do not push the British, Canadian, Yemeni and American viewpoints, they push the left's viewpoint.
How does one define "editorial independence"?
I'm sure if someone wanted to run a "Crimea is doing worse now than it did prior to the land grab" story on RT (in example, don't know if it is or not), who was an American working for it, they'd get hard and close reviews before publishing, but probably could do it with a well-written-enough story. They have obvious bias, but so does the CBC. If you classify it as "certain stories will never be published because of political bias in the editorial board", then not only does CBC fail alongside RT, but even MSNBC does.
If you classify it by "close ties to government", then CNN fails: One of their majordomos is a direct blood sibling of government, and most if not all of them have given money, and gotten money, from political parties.
If you classify it as financial ties, CBC fails. Social ties, CBC fails. Governing regulation ties, CBC fails. I can't think of a way to define it that doesn't include CBC/BBC except "the ones who pay us at Twitter to say otherwise, get to say otherwise."
If you're a socialist subversive, you're exempt. The BBC, CBC, Al Jazeera and NPR do not push the British, Canadian, Yemeni and American viewpoints, they push the left's viewpoint.