I feel for the CBC - We all know they are underfunded, but a comparison with the BBC is a little unfair. That is funded mostly by the license fee. No one in Canada will pay that on top of cable fees, but I guess that’s part of the corporate freebie to Bell/Rogers/et al.

The only beef I have with the article is that the CBC really isn’t any of these things the article cites. It’s news coverage is poor at best and it’s original programming is lacklustre. We do not need any more adaptations of Anne of Green Gables and nor do we need any more hokey Sitcoms (though I did like North of North)

As a taxpayer, I really do want CBC to succeed. I just don’t how it can in todays media landscape.

One of the comments above said they were the parent carrier offering MVNO services to Trump Mobile.

We’ve already seen how willing companies are to stand up to Trump, even if he is in the wrong.

I’m totally sure T-Mobile or the Credit Card company would be willing to defend this in court…

To do otherwise would require an act of cognitive reasoning. This Cheeto-in-charge isn’t capable of that.

Not arguing that. Of the broadcasters / big media types, I find the BBC usually one of the better ones. But then I get my news from a wide variety of sources. The Intercept is generally a very good addition to my daily intake.

I am guessing you’ve never watched (say) Fox News in the US?

I’m not saying the BBC is good per se. I’m saying it’s slightly more objective than the rest.

Because one is about living your life based on your needs and the other is about living your life based on someone elses

Actually, the World Service will remain accessible, but that’s also not where most people go these days.

And just at a time when the US really needs a decent news service…

I am sure this was discussed at the Starmer - Trump talks as a way to further isolate Americans from the truth.

I guess it’s just Al-Jazeera now…

Please, please, please, let everyone using it have the area code 666…

Religion just makes all of that abuse easier by telling the victim they are “a sinner” before if even happens

To be fair, the word Christian in this sentence is not the one doing the heavy lifting.

Then again, I don’t think I’ve ever seen a poor, powerful Christian

Definitively sounds like the kind of thing an incel would say…

I just want to know how I can be opted out of being recognized. This has privacy nightmare written all over it

Is it wrong of me to refer to his a Pope ChuckNorris the First?

It was one of those things where your boss’s boss asks you to do something. No biggie

I’m a big fan of tits myself.

It’s just a good, solid English name to call an idiot.

What a tit.

Try Canada. Our prices are about half as much again as US, even when you account for the exchange rates.

The fellow that lived in the art gallery and hoarded money thought that was important? Why is this the first time I am hearing about this…?