>>I think that our news broadcasts in Canada are, by and large, fairly "balanced" and objective.
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>You don't really think the government-funded CBC is actually '"balanced" and objective', do you ??

I did qualify it, and compared to the U.S. media I have to say yes. I do think that the CBC does take pains to present "balance" and I do think that flat out opinion is not a part of the **news** the offer. Not so for many of the "public affairs" programs, but they aren't categorized as "news" either.

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