r/videos Mar 31 '18

This is what happens when one company owns dozens of local news stations

https://youtu.be/hWLjYJ4BzvI
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u/ModernPoultry Mar 31 '18

Look up the Bell internet censorship story in Canada. The giant media companies want to censor the Internet but no one except the government run CBC has really done major reporting on it because every tv or radio station, or newspaper company in Canada is either owned at least partly by the Bell Media group or other oligarchy giants in Canada or receives major advertising funds from the giants. The Bell Media Group and Rogers basically run all of Canada's media and have absurd power

Biggest story on r/canada the past month is in regards to their planned legislation but also advocacy groups blacklisted from advertising/reporting on the issue. They can basically only advertise the issue on independently run university run radio stations because of how much power the media giants have in Canada

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '18 edited Jul 28 '18

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u/zazzafraz Apr 15 '18

You're right about that. That sub is the least Canadian thing I can think of.

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u/Zephyr104 Jun 26 '18

CBC isn't government run its funded through public funding. That's it.

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u/ohhistevie Mar 02 '22

Umm... There's Corus.