Letter: Re: “Feds consider relief for private TV networks”

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3 Comments for “Letter: Re: “Feds consider relief for private TV networks””

1. sn

   March 19, 2009 - 1:57 pm

   here, here!

   why bailout private tv when they even refuse to release money earlier than usual to public broadcaster cbc? i think the rationale lies behind some comments left on the globe and mail today:

   http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090319.wcbc19/CommentStory/politics/

   J Law from Canada writes: CBC started downhill because of their left-wing news. Keep the news absolutely neutral and work on regaining the excellence they had in documentaries and dramas.

   This left wing news propaganda machine they have become has done nothing for them except make them plenty of enemies across the country. Time to go back to what you do well CBC or disband. We don’t need propaganda machines in Canada for any party.

   and this:

   Free The West Free The West from The Toronto Liberal Party or the NLLabrador Liberal Party??, Canada writes: “CBC should emphasize service, not ratings, says former chair”

   Service means representing people that live outside of downtown Toronto as well. The big problem with the CBC isn’t the horrible quality of it’s program, I think people would support even that if they weren’t being preached Leftwing socialist Liberal drivel on an hourly basis.

   it’s all about politics! the private ones are pro-israel and right-wing. of course they have to stay
2. sn

   March 19, 2009 - 10:40 pm

   Charlie Smith of the Georgia Strait did a very good analysis today:

   http://www.straight.com/article-207275/stephen-harper-risks-his-career-if-he-gives-away-farm-canwest

   Nobody should be surprised that the Harper government will pull whatever levers it can to ensure the Asper family retains control over Canwest.

   It’s an important ally of Prime Minister Stephen Harper because it owns Global TV, the Vancouver Sun, the Province, the National Post, the Vancouver Courier, the North Shore News, the Delta Optimist, the Now papers, the Richmond News, and the Royal City Record as well as daily papers in several other Canadian markets.

   The Aspers and Harper have enjoyed a symbiotic relationship. Harper ensured that the family patriarch Izzy Asper’s dream of a human-rights museum would come to fruition in Winnipeg, courtesy of massive sums of public funding.

   And the Aspers helped ensure that Harper would remain prime minister when Canwest newspapers provided supportive editorials before the 2008 election and then hammered the idea of a Liberal-NDP coalition government supported by the Bloc Quebecois.

   Don’t be surprised if Harper returns the favour by providing generous tax breaks to the private broadcasters, including Canwest.

   It might not be enough to ensure the Aspers remain in control. After all, the corporation is struggling with a $3.7-billion debt.

   But not to worry. If things are on the verge of falling apart, Harper can make regulatory changes to allow a foreign media giant to come to the rescue by purchasing a big share of Canwest.

   Here’s my conspiracy theory for James Moore to chew on: the prime minister is trying to figure out how to save the Aspers’ asses without angering the boys in charge of CTVglobemedia, Quebecor, and Rogers Communications.

   The only way to do that is to open the floodgates to all the broadcasters with massive tax breaks and regulatory changes, while at the same time refusing to offer one iota of help to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.

   It might buy Canwest some time. But it’s not going to guarantee the Conservatives will get reelected.
3. HK boy

   March 20, 2009 - 8:34 am

   What’s the difference between left-wing CBC and right-wing private ones like Canwest?

   Regarding immigration, taxes and things like that?

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