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    1. Jesse Brown‏Verified account @JesseBrown 22 Nov 2018

      Bailing out Canada's newspapers at this specific moment is hitting "pause" on Canadian journalism at the worst possible scene. The papers have never been worse. They won't improve on gov't life support. We'll just preserve a shitty status quo & lock out new players indefinitely

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    2. Jonathan Goldsbie‏Verified account @goldsbie 22 Nov 2018
      Replying to @JesseBrown

      The free market is not going to save us.

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    3. Jesse Brown‏Verified account @JesseBrown 22 Nov 2018
      Replying to @goldsbie

      You are not entitled to a saviour. Whatever the free press is, it is the product of a negotiation between journalists and the public. The state will now mediate that relationship. If you think the role they will inhabit from now on is saviour, you're in for a surprise.

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    4. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 22 Nov 2018
      Replying to @JesseBrown @goldsbie

      Are the BBC, NPR, CBC and many other democratically supported state broadcasters not part of the free press?

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    5. Jesse Brown‏Verified account @JesseBrown 22 Nov 2018
      Replying to @HeerJeet @goldsbie

      I support public broadcasting while recognizing the simple fact that gov't funding permanently compromises its independence. At a bare minimum, it is a perceived conflict of interest. Sometimes it is a practical one. To extend this to the entire press? That's a very big deal.

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      Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 22 Nov 2018
      Replying to @JesseBrown @goldsbie

      Do you honestly believe the independence of CBC is less than that of Postmedia prior to this new funding?

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        1. Le Saboteur‏ @lesaboteur87 22 Nov 2018
          Replying to @HeerJeet @JesseBrown @goldsbie

          Come on Jeet, you know Jesse has an axe to grind with the CBC. Pure idiocy.

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        2. Jesse Brown‏Verified account @JesseBrown 22 Nov 2018
          Replying to @HeerJeet @goldsbie

          I do. I experienced firsthand, as a CBC employee, how fear of being viewed as "in the tank" with one party or another skews coverage. It's not that we were doing government's bidding - it's that we were terrified of looking like we were. Stories were killed, angles changed.

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        3. Neil Morrison‏ @ndmorrison 22 Nov 2018
          Replying to @JesseBrown @HeerJeet @goldsbie

          I have a lot more experience in editorial positions at CBC than Jesse and I can say this is categorically false. There is an obsession with fairness. This is not without consequences. But it is overall a strength not a weakness.

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        1. gerrybuddy‏ @gerrybuddy 22 Nov 2018
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          Yes.

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        1. Anthony Aleksic‏ @aleksic 22 Nov 2018
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          He who pays the piper calls the tune. Always been that way, always will.

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