And for sure, it often feels like we don't cover some of the big issues of our time. But these issues are rarely sexy or easy enough to grasp in a 90-second news feature, nor do they unfold quickly enough to provide enough new material for the week-long cycle of things like Fort Mac or political dramas.
There really is only so much the media can do - we can't have in-depth discussions about serious issues AND have it be easily digestible. And if we were to devote more time to a particular issue, there would be a million others we didn't look at. I don't see it as some large conspiracy to censor or repress - it's the simple reality that choices must be made and are made to look at one thing and not another. That becomes a problem when those choices are made with an ulterior motive in mind, but I have yet to see any compelling evidence that that is the case at the CBC/RC.
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