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Britain's Own Pravda-Style Propaganda: Ten Years Of 'Involvement' In Afghanistan
Article
2011
Imagine Britain had been invaded and occupied by armed forces from another region of the world with China, for example, as a significant ‘partner’ in the ‘coalition’. Imagine tens of thousands of Brit...
Cuts, Canadian Culture and the CBC
Berton, Pierre
Article
1986
Canadian drams gives us a sense of community.
Decline and Fall of Public Service Broadcasting
Tracey, Michael
Book
1998
In a public system, television producers acquire money to make programmes. In a commercial system they make programmes to acquire money. However simple, this little epigram articulates the divergence ...
A Goal for National Survival: 50% Canadian TV Content
Zwicker, Barrie
Article
The destruction of the CBC would be the greatest disaster to befall Canada.
'A Load Of Tosh'– The BBC, 'Showbiz News' And State Propaganda
Edwards, David; Cromwell, David
Article
2018
BBC News reporting on international relations, with particular reference to 2017-2018 tensions with Russia, relies heavily on state propaganda.
Public Broadcasting is Cultural National Defence
Friends of Canadian Broadcasting
Article
The role of the national public broadcaster is to do those things which private broadcasters have demonstrated they will not, or cannot, accomplish.
What needs to happen to save and rebuild the CBC
Fillmore, Nick
Article
2014
Can the CBC be saved and restored? Probably. But it will take some time and some good luck, as well as some heavy duty political lobbying. It is important that CBC supporters, including those who hav...

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Friends of Canadian Broadcasting
An association of Canadians who share a commitment to expanding the quality and quantity of Canadian programming on our nation's airwaves.

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The Cultural Industries in Canada
Problems, Policies and Prospects
Dorland, Michael (ed.)
1996
Dorland discusses policy problems specific to the Canadian cultural industries that produce cultural commodities, such as books, films and television programs.
Television news cuts at CBC will hurt Canadians
2014
The Canadian Association of Journalists expresses its concern over the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s decision to reduce its workforce in coming years by up to 1,500 employees.

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MediaSources.ca
Website
2017
A web portal featuring resources about media and the media industry, with articles, documents, books, websites, and experts and spokespersons. The home page features a selection of recent and importan...