Tuesday, September 27, 2011

CONSERVATIVES LOOKING AT CUTS TO CBC - FALSE ARGUMENT ABOUT CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS STANDING ALONE

POSTED RESPONSES TO A COLUMN IN TORONTO'S GLOBE AND MAIL

"If CBC had any value it would be able to stand on its own."

That is simply a tiresome old assertion, exposing only the writer's lack of understanding.

Does opera stand on its own?

Does serious theatre stand on its own?

Do major art galleries stand on their own?

Do the buildings of our capitals stand on their own?

Do great museums stand on their own?

God, it is tiresome to read such childish words repeated time and again as though they had meaning.
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"Not only can private industry provide and better service, they can do it cheaper." You simply do not know what you are talking about.

Private radio for example is one vast wasteland of pop music and meaningless chatter and political invective.

And important, too, is the fact that American companies will crowd in on private broadcasting , as they already are, leaving little or no independent voice.