CBC Baiting

Jonathan Kay on Tony Burman: Another CBC lefty takes the leap to al-Jazeera

Posted: May 14, 2008, 3:27 PM by Jonathan Kay
Filed under: Jonathan Kay

My dad had a great bumper sticker on his old car — I think he made it himself (he does that sort of thing) — that said "Who needs Al-Jazeera when we've got the CBC?" He was so proud of it that he once hauled CBC President Robert Rabinovitch out into the parking lot of their Montreal synagogue so Rabinovitch could look at it. (My mother thought this a tad rude on my dad's part. It was Rosh Hashannah, after all.)

My own view was that the slogan was an overstatement. Yes, the CBC can slant pretty far left, especially when it comes to the Middle East. And I've admittedly done my own share of CBC-bashing. But comparing the Ceeb to Al-Jazeera? That seemed a bit much.

Let's Look Back On The History Of Con Jobs

* How many promises did Dalton McGinty make regarding financial assistance to the City of Toronto? How many did he keep?

*When Bob Rae kicked David Peterson's butt, a liberal premier, how many promises did he make? None of them included running up the debt to $10 billion or Rae Days, etc.

But once again, out of the darkness, comes the saviour of the City Of Toronto........

NDP promises relief for cities

Aug. 16, 2007
Finally, a party leader at Queen's Park is offering concrete solutions – including specific dollar amounts – to fix the damage done by years of provincial unfairness to Ontario's municipalities.

It is easy to make promises and be very specific if you know there isn't a chance in hell you will win an election.