"Accurate news and information are more important than ever," says CBC, hitting back at its critics

OTTAWA – Disputing recent coverage from Postmedia and other outlets over the state of its finances, the CBC issued a press release Friday to set out some facts. A recent Postmedia News article, reads the CBC release, carried by Sun newspapers across the country, says CBC's TV ad sales are in “freefall,” citing a story on the Blacklock's Reporter website. “This is the latest example of something we are seeing more and more of — a few online outlets together amplifying the same inaccurate criticism of the public broadcaster, and CBC TV in particular. Again, in this case, the distorted...