A tweet by Friends of Canadian Broadcasting comparing the cost of CBC to Netflix has drawn scorn from across the country..The tweet noted while Netflix cost subscribers $14 a month, CBC only costs taxpayers the equivalent of $3 a month. The Twitterverse was quick to point out Canadians have a choice whether or not to get Netflix. No choice exists with the CBC..The tweet links to a website calling on Canadians to tell “Prime Minister Trudeau that we expect him to move fast to save Canadian media and the CBC from Silicon Valley. It’s time to put Canadian culture and democracy first.”.The tweet also asks the Trudeau government to increase the more than $1 billion annual it gives them..Canadians lashed back within moments of the tweet..“No, no it doesn’t, it needs to be defunded ! Netflix is a choice, the Canadian Brainwashing Corporation is force funded from our taxes and isn’t worth the time of day,” said one tweet..George Qua tweeted: “Problem is CBC has been politically corrupted by dependence on state funds. Switch to volunteer viewer support, and CBC would become a much better, and trusted media company.”.Tweeted another: “The cost of the CBC is inflicted on all Canadians without any choice. Netflix is 100% optional.”.And yet another: “Netflix is worth it. CBC is not. The CBC is redundant, wasteful, biased, and a complete waste of tax dollars. We should be putting those $2B per year towards schools and hospitals, not garbage programming that no one watches.”.And finally from Tristan Elliot: “Absolutely not. CBC is not a neutral broadcaster. It should go the way of the BBC.”.Dave Naylor is the News Editor of the Western Standard.dnaylor@westernstandard.com.Twitter: Nobby7694
A tweet by Friends of Canadian Broadcasting comparing the cost of CBC to Netflix has drawn scorn from across the country..The tweet noted while Netflix cost subscribers $14 a month, CBC only costs taxpayers the equivalent of $3 a month. The Twitterverse was quick to point out Canadians have a choice whether or not to get Netflix. No choice exists with the CBC..The tweet links to a website calling on Canadians to tell “Prime Minister Trudeau that we expect him to move fast to save Canadian media and the CBC from Silicon Valley. It’s time to put Canadian culture and democracy first.”.The tweet also asks the Trudeau government to increase the more than $1 billion annual it gives them..Canadians lashed back within moments of the tweet..“No, no it doesn’t, it needs to be defunded ! Netflix is a choice, the Canadian Brainwashing Corporation is force funded from our taxes and isn’t worth the time of day,” said one tweet..George Qua tweeted: “Problem is CBC has been politically corrupted by dependence on state funds. Switch to volunteer viewer support, and CBC would become a much better, and trusted media company.”.Tweeted another: “The cost of the CBC is inflicted on all Canadians without any choice. Netflix is 100% optional.”.And yet another: “Netflix is worth it. CBC is not. The CBC is redundant, wasteful, biased, and a complete waste of tax dollars. We should be putting those $2B per year towards schools and hospitals, not garbage programming that no one watches.”.And finally from Tristan Elliot: “Absolutely not. CBC is not a neutral broadcaster. It should go the way of the BBC.”.Dave Naylor is the News Editor of the Western Standard.dnaylor@westernstandard.com.Twitter: Nobby7694
