Commentary: Are CBC's Friends seeing (Liberal) red?

By Lesley Hunter

ACCORDING TO A POLL commissioned by broadcast industry watchdog Friends of Canadian Broadcasting, most Canadians believe that the CBC is “being starved of funds by a government with a vendetta against it”. The group hired public opinion research firm Pollara to survey Canadians' attitudes about and expectations for the CBC, and apparently found that most Canadians believe “that Prime Minister Harper is intent on hobbling the CBC”. The press release also stated that: - 63% of respondents agreed that "Prime Minister Harper and the Conservative government are hostile to the CBC and would like to diminish public broadcasting in Canada"; -...