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Originally Posted by b31den
Other than banking, and perhaps national media, Toronto is not even close to being the centre of the universe in Canada. The national media is pretty out of touch with people who don't live in the Toronto area. This is probably a big reason why CBC and CBC News is failing so badly. Its basically a local Toronto news channel espousing downtown Toronto viewpoints and values. Aka centre of the universe.
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True. On a local scale, when I watch CP24 or the local affiliates of CBC, Global and CTV, their beat reporters tend not to venture out past the core of the city despite the channel being regional. Mind you, I cut the cord a few years ago so I rarely watch the news anymore. But I assume it's still the same.
When they do yet another story on last minute Xmas shopping, they go to Eaton Centre and not Square One for example. Or if they talk to the people on the streets about the Jays' big playoff win, it's basically at Real Sports downtown instead of any of a number of bars beyond the downtown core.
It's obviously easier for the reporter and the cameraman to stick close by, but considering it's regional, I figured they'd want to venture out more. Spread things around to the other areas of the market.
In the sense you're referring to, it follows the same logic, just in national rather than local terms.