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Harper brings CBC to heel

Written on Apr, 26, 2015 by in | Leave a comment

By Antonia Zerbisias, for The Tyee The thing about public broadcasters is that governments too often get confused between “publicly-owned” and “state-owned.” Technically, of course, there is no difference. Both are funded with tax dollars. But the former suggests that citizens get a public good like, say, when they fund public transit or public roads. Public broadcasting should, as a …

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