…to get this information, which, if I’m not mistaken, is a strikingly similar use of my words here, here, here, and here—and in other such posts too:
The problem is especially acute for television. On any given night, the English-language network captures a scant six or seven per cent of the available prime-time audience. And although Canadians still tend to turn to the CBC in times of crisis or for things like election specials, even the flagship information programs are losing audiences.
The result is that if you log on to the Bureau of Broadcast Measurement’s Web site and check the top-show listings for any random week (http://www.bbm.ca/en/top_programs.html), you’re unlikely to find a single CBC program among the first 20, apart from the occasional sports special like the Tim Horton’s Brier. The only Canadian shows that have made the list consistently in the past year are CTV’s newscasts and CTV’s hit comedy series Corner Gas. Most of the rest is the stuff CTV and Global buy from the U.S. networks.
They’re talking about how the state-run CBC strike will, possibly, allow Canadians to realize how they can actually live without state-run media, Soviet Union style. So watch for breathless demands for quick action from the liberal-left to put an end to this state-run CBC union labor dispute and all its liberal-harming ramifications, chief among them being (hopefully!) that Canadians will be forced to realize how we don’t need state-run media, Soviet Union style. A fella can dream!
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