Working for five years as a producer at the public broadcaster, I witnessed the double standards and discrimination in its coverage of Palestine—and experienced directly how CBC disciplines those who speak out
  • RandAlThor@lemmy.ca
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    6 months ago

    I don’t have a dog in this fight. I see wrongs being done by both sides in this decades-old war. The self-censorship I am seeing taking place at all kinds of institutions and organizations in the richest democracies is quite alarming. This is the kind of atmosphere people under authoritarian rules live in - speaking as someone who’s lived in those types of places. Not a democracy.

    • eatCasserole@lemmy.world
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      6 months ago

      And comments like this show the damage done by such whitewashed reporting. The most documented genocide in history is happening before our eyes and Canadians “don’t have a dog in this fight.”

      Note that ‘authoritarian’ tendencies only need to become visible when the people broadly turn against the ruling class. It’s like Ford’s “any colour you want, as long as it’s black.” Sounds like freedom until you start demanding a red one.

      • Killer57@lemmy.ca
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        5 months ago

        Exactly this, Canadians have been shown whitewashed news for so long, to the point where we are witnessing the destruction of Gaza but care not to even lift a finger, I’m ashamed to be Canadian.

      • pipsqueak1984@lemmy.ca
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        6 months ago

        Lol, “most documented genocide” where the civilian:combatant death ratio is on the low end compared to other wars and the population supposedly being genocided for the last 50-60 years has more than doubled.