Scheer says Twitter labelling CBC government-funded media should not be controversial
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Summary
Some simple facts that should not be controversial. Water is wet, Saskatchewan is cold in the winter, and the CBC is funded by the government. None of that should freak anybody out. But in Liberal Ottawa, pearls are being clutched and outraged, all because for greater transparency, Twitter applied the government-funded media tag to the CBC's account.
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some simple facts that should not be controversial. Water is wet, Saskatchewan is cold in the
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winter, and the CBC is funded by the government. None of that should freak anybody out, but
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in Liberal Ottawa, pearls are being clutched and outraged manufactured, all because for
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greater transparency, Twitter applied the government-funded media tag to the CBC's
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account. Liberal MPs are calling it nonsense, an unwarranted attack, even a threat to democracy.
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What don't they understand? The CBC was created by government, it gets over a billion dollars
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a year from government, and the government appoints the board that controls it. But it's
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no wonder why Liberals are reacting this way. They love the CBC because they get so much
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benefit from it. The CBC sued the Conservative Party in the middle of an election, its CEO
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openly attacked the Conservative leader, and it eagerly carries Liberal messages all the
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time. But good news for all those who are upset and having fits about Twitter's decision.
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The government-funded label won't be around for long. After the next election, the Conservative
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leader will make sure it doesn't get any tax dollars at all.
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