I don’t know why this surprises me…
August 15, 2005 · By Jon Koch
However, I was once again left speechless by the crass political opportunism shown by the folks at CBC. Whilst flipping through the channels, I stumbled across an advert for the CBC broadcast premiere of Michael Moore’s propoganda piece Bowling For Columbine.
While the fact this is being broadcast hardly surprises me, it was the day that the enlightened gurus of CBC programming chose to make their political statement that left me speechless: September 11.
In my opinion, CBC has reached a new low while pushing their political agenda. What’s next, a Valour and the Horror festival on Remembrance Day?
Absolutely disgusting.
Cross posted to Dispatches From The Western Alien Nation
I wrote CBC and told them that I contacted NPR in the U.S. to suggest that they air a reading of Ferguson’s “Why I Hate Canadians” on June 22–the day of the Air India bombing. Better yet, why not on the anniversary of the Dieppe Raid?
Needless to say, NPR was not interested.
The MSM in the U.S. is bad, but not blatantly impish and immature. Well, sometimes. It just proves that Canada doesn’t exist on the map of the world. All this is, is a childish cry for attention.
Bowling for Columbine is an attack on the Clinton administration and the gun-lobby. I understand a lot of people feel that Moore=antiBush therefore Moore=proTerrorism, but they would probably be upset if anthing connected to Moore (even Canadian Bacon) were shown on CBC. Ever.
For completely viewership-related reasons, it would have made more sense for the CBC to air F-9/11 on that day, because a lot of Canadians (dare I say majority?) don’t like Bush. How many Canadians care about American gun laws?
Spermatozoa:
BFC is an attack on “those people.” Nothing moore, nothing less. You know, those crazy right wing, bible basher, gun totin’, fetus loving, gas guzzling, intolerant hate filled Christians that should all be rounded up and sent to a camp somewhere where we can never, ever, hear about anything they hold dear or believe–ever again! Short of that, we will SHUT THEM DOWN.
You know, every American and Albertan?
Doug:
I, for one, am quite pleased that Canada doesn’t exist to the rest of the world. Have you seen what happens to countries who are well known in this world? Thanks, but no thanks.
I teach English in the Middle East quite often. Last summer, I was faced with unnerving questions from my devoted young Muslim students who wanted to know where the “tall tall buildings” were in Canada.
I told them there weren’t any.
That we can’t build anything higher than 3 stories because the weight of snow on the tops will crush them. They believed me.
I was so glad.
So good to know that a certified teacher is indoctrinating young minds to blatant falsehoods, just like they did in– wait a minute–communist countries!
Oh, and by the way, have you heard that tall, tall buildings are off the terrorist want list? It’s trains now if. Good thing that new-fangled technology hasn’t made it yet to the great white north.