cbcwatch

Another good site to monitor these days: cbcwatch (rss).

CBC listener reax, take 2

From Blogcritics.org: One Man’s Opinion on the CBC Strike

What I can’t accept from the CBC, though, is the massive push towards temp work. About a third of the CBC workforce right now consists of temps and contract workers. The CBC needs its full-time employees, and while it needs to be efficient it also needs to be the public network it has been since its inception. It’s ridiculous to turn the CBC radio and television networks into a carbon copy of what’s already out there.

CBC presents one-sided point of view to audience

Rhiannon brings up an excellent point. On its main site, CBC.ca, the corporation has posted this notice:

CBC is currently experiencing a labour disruption. Click here to go to the official CBC negotiations site.

The link takes you to the CBC-run cbcnegotiations.ca. And, as Rhiannon points out, “since the CBC is the employer in this situation, it’s all one sided.”

Looking for some balance? I couldn’t find a single link to the Canadian Media Guild on cbcnegotiations.ca. Nor is there an “external link” on the CBC’s coverage of the lockout.

Obviously, the corporation has a vested interest in presenting its side of the story. But even during the lockout, shouldn’t the CBC provide both sides? Isn’t that what journalistic balance is all about?

CBC Listeners React

Just finished reading I am the face of my country / Expressionless and small at websnark.com, one of the first commentaries I’ve seen on CBC Radio’s contingency programming. Worth a read.

CMG/CBC close to a stike/lockout

We’re less than 10 hours away from the expiry of the CBC’s 72-hour lockout notice period. I keep checking cbcnegotiations.ca and cmg.ca.

Last week, a colleague commented that the CMG/CBC negotiations seemed like a “bunch of teenagers bickering.” I think it would have been interesting to set up a parallel set of negotiations with a bunch of teenagers.

Who do you think would come to an agreement first?