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The case for a public national newspaper.

Publication: Canadian Speeches
Publication Date: 01-MAY-03
Format: Online - approximately 627 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: The case for a public national newspaper.(case for publicly funded commercial free CBC)(speech by Patrick Watson)(Excerpt)(Transcript)

Article Excerpt
A publicly-funded national newspaper, not subject to government control, and commercial-free CBC television, are called for. Excerpts from evidence presented May 1, 2003.

It seems to me that the predominance of advertising as an influence over our journalism is probably at the core of the challenge that faces this country in ensuring the best kind of journalism for Canadian citizens upon which they can make the decisions that a citizen in a democracy has to make.

On the whole the culture has succeeded fairly well in transforming the idea of citizen, which for...

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