A Pictorial History of the CBC, et al.?

The Offending Twitter Bird
(from Pixabay.com)

Recently the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) was offended to the point of de-twittering itself because Twitter had labelled it as “government-funded media” — to the tune of $1.2 billion CDN$ or 69% of its budget.* CBC did not dispute the 69% funding, but cried foul (over the fowl label) because: 1) Canadian broadcast law ensures CBC's independence; and 2) a large gov't. appropriation committee votes on the (“public,” but not government!!!) funding.

But let us consider: 1) how much “law” has been totally ignored in the past three years (nay, centuries) in furtherance of power-plays and flawed narratives? 2) how often has public money funded government malfeasance worldwide without prolonged, intense, media scrutiny and exposure? and 3) how much history, human nature, and power-abuse do we pretend doesn't exist in order to deny the reality of this?

Cartoonist: Art Young | 1919***
Repurposed by SMS | 2022

Twitter has apparently, without explanation, now removed the offensive (yet true?) label. CBC is pondering its wounded options.**

SMS note: Yes, CBC does have some great national and local programming, but too often, especially in news and narrative, programming seems to be the operative word.

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* CBC ‘pausing’ Twitter after ‘government-funded media’ label, By ROB GILLIES, April 18, 2023 | https://apnews.com/article/cbc-canada-twitter-pause-musk-government-funded-41bfb23aaea84c65c682f52fb5c3fd59
Canada public broadcaster's Twitter account labeled '69% Government-funded Media,' By Steve Scherer, April 17, 2023 | https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/trudeau-rival-clash-over-twitter-labeling-cbc-government-funded-2023-04-17/
** Twitter removes 'government-funded media' tags, blue checks, The Canadian Press · Posted: Apr 21, 2023 | https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/twitter-changes-tags-1.6817729

***Art: Arthur Henry Young (January 14, 1866 – December 29, 1943) was an American cartoonist and writer. He is best known for his socialist cartoons, especially those drawn for the left-wing political magazine The Masses ;between 1911 and 1917. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_Young
Repurposed by SMS 2022: 1) “CAPITALISM” replaced with “Deep Global”; 2) replaced country names on entire scroll except for crossed-out ones. (For those who may not know, JP x 3 is for the two+ JPs of AwakenWithJP (Sears) | https://awakenwithjp.com/; and the other is for Jordan Peterson | https://www.jordanbpeterson.com/
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File URL: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ce/Excuse_me%2C_Sir%2C_who_shall_I_hate_next%3F%2C_by_Art_Young.jpg
Attribution: Art Young, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Date: 1 May 1919
Permission: Public Domain
Author: Art Young | 1866 – 1943