• Canaconda@lemmy.ca
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    You say that this decision was made by a small group of people in the interest of safety when that is simply false.

    Well I didn’t know that. I stand corrected.

    it’s a national shame that we should all be upset about.

    We are. I am.

    Just like how you conflated my use of the word “infected” to mean “complicit” I generally assume people lashing out at the CBC want it to be defunded / eliminated entirely.

    My concern is that while the CBC has problems, once it’s gone we’ll have nothing left but privately owned, and heavily right wing biased media.

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      If you’re infected with Zionism, you’re complicit in my view. I think we just have different perspectives.

      I love what the CBC provides for all of us, but it can and should improve. This is truly shameful in light of the last few years, but they have gotten away with ignoring oppression for way, way too long; it’s not even just Palestine. But I don’t want CBC gone.

      Journalism in Canada is full of corporate, neoliberal nepo-babies - they can all do better, especially the American- and conservative-owned ones. I would have just as much ire for any other publication that bent the knee for a genocidal government.

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        infected with Zionism

        What does that even mean though? That’s an individualistic value judgement. How can you realistically attribute that to a national organization? Is the 22 year old recently graduated journalism student responsible for the decisions of the CBC leadership? Obviously not.

        Free, independent, and transparent press is fundamental to the type of society we want to live in. I find it deeply concerning that people will pin the blame on the CBC as a whole without digging any deeper into the individuals inside and behind the CBC.

        We don’t improve the CBC by allowing our national institution to become scapegoats for zionists.

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          Zionism has a definition. I mean it literally.

          If, like you say, it’s a series of individuals who are making these choices, they must have so much influence that they are effectively casting a shadow on the entire organization. I think that is a flaw of the organization itself. Again, different perspectives.

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            I would generally agree with that assessment. When I say infected, what I mean the individuals in an org are zionists… but the organization as a whole remains focused on it’s correct mandate.

            From my perspective I also have worked in a coprorate environment for a decade. I’ve outlived mergers, multiple boards/ceos, executive teams, and mass layoffs. When something goes wrong business wise, individual humans are held responsible and replaced when necessary.

            So I would much rather see the discussion shift towards identifying and amputating the zionist individuals in the CBC.

            Also the CAF 100% deserves some heat for not backing the CBC up in this particular instance. I was under the impression ITV pulled a fast one.