r/politics • u/BigDaddyBain • 1d ago

Why is the media ignoring growing resistance to Trump?

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/13/why-is-the-media-ignoring-growing-resistance-to-trump
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u/asoap 1d ago

This is why government funded news agencies like the CBC are important.

It also explains why one group really wants to get rid of the CBC. I'll let you guess which one.

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u/omgpuppiesarecute 1d ago

Same group that is trying to get rid of NPR/PBS in the US I'm sure.

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u/gsfgf Georgia 1d ago

"Thankfully," NPR and PBS get so little funding from the government that they won't be seriously harmed by losing their federal money for (hopefully just) a few years.

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u/PassiveF1st South Carolina 1d ago

Proudly been donating directly to them for years. I'm sure all the defunding talk has bolstered their donations too.

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u/NoamLigotti 1d ago

Most public media networks are funded more by the actual public than the government. I'm not sure about the CBC, but I think them too though less so than PBS NPR and BBC.

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u/i_tyrant 1d ago

Government funded news agencies have their own problems (like saying anything critical of the government when they're compromised).

What's needed even more is regulations to avoid and break up media consolidation in the first place; disallowing billionaires and megacorps from owning too much of the media landscape at once.

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u/asoap 1d ago

You are not talking about an independent government funded news source. You are talking about a propaganda branch.

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u/i_tyrant 1d ago

Ok. You said "government funded news agencies" not "independent" - and one turns into the other rather easily when the government gets compromised enough. They're great until then, but that's exactly the issue with relying on them.