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Line 5: \| logo = CBC News Logo (2020).png \| logo_size = 300px \| logo_caption = Logo used since 2020 \| type = Department of the [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation\|CBC]] \| genre = \| foundation = January 1, 1941 ~~\| location_city = [[Ottawa]], [[Ontario]]~~ \| location_country = Canada \| locations = Line 29: \| footnotes = }} '''CBC News''' is a division of the [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]] responsible for the news gathering and production of news programs on the corporation's English-language operations, namely [[CBC Television]], [[CBC Radio]], [[CBC News Network]], and [[CBC.ca]]. Founded in 1941, CBC News is the largest news broadcaster in Canada and has local, regional, and national broadcasts and stations. It frequently collaborates with its organizationally separate French-language counterpart, Radio-Canada Info~~, though the two are organizationally separate~~. ==History== Line 36: On English-language television the first newscast, part of ''[[CBC News Magazine\|CBC Newsmagazine]]'', was given on September 8, 1952, on [[CBLT-DT#History\|CBLT]] (Toronto), the only English station then telecasting. Later that year ''CBC National News'' was introduced (anchors: [[Larry Henderson]], [[Earl Cameron (broadcaster)\|Earl Cameron]], [[Stanley Burke]]), then changing its name to ''[[The National (TV program)\|The National]]'' in 1970.<ref>[[John Robert Colombo\|Colombo, John Robert]]: {{Google books\|zNYUAAAAYAAJ\|Colombo's Canadian references\|page=99\|keywords="CBC National News"}}</ref> The CBC began delivering news online in 1996 via the Newsworld Online website.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Newsworld Online delivers breaking news \|url=http://www.cbc.ca/10th/timelineContent/19960703_breaking.html \|access-date=July 24, 2018 \|publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation}}</ref> The CBC News Online site launched in 1998.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=CBC News Online launches \|url=http://www.cbc.ca/10th/timelineContent/19981116_news.html \|access-date=July 24, 2018 \|publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation}}</ref> ~~In 2016, the site was renamed CBC Indigenous.~~ In 2017, CBC News relaunched its flagship newscast, ''The National'', with four co-anchors based in Toronto, Ottawa and Vancouver and later two anchors Monday through Thursday and a single anchor on Friday and Sunday.<ref name="FourAnchors">{{cite news\|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/the-national-new-hosts-1.4230666 \|title=CBC taps Arsenault, Barton, Chang, Hanomansing to host The National revamp\|work=CBC News\|access-date=August 1, 2017}}</ref><ref name="gandm-newformat">{{cite news\|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/television/cbcs-the-national-is-set-to-take-on-a-new-identity-will-its-audience-follow/article36827363/ \|title=CBC's The National is set to take on a new identity. Will its audience follow?\|date=November 3, 2017\|work=The Globe and Mail\|access-date=November 6, 2017}}</ref><ref name="Globe and Mail">{{cite news \|last1=Houpt \|first1=Simon \|title=CBC's The National to drop four-host television format \|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/article-cbcs-the-national-to-drop-four-host-television-format/ \|access-date=January 22, 2020 \|work=Globe and Mail \|date=January 22, 2020}}</ref> ==News output== [[File:CBC News Logo.svg\|thumb\|CBC News logo as seen in 2019]]In November 2023, the CBC joined with the [[International Consortium of Investigative Journalists]], {{ill\|Paper trail media\|lt=Paper Trail Media\|de}} and 69 media partners including [[Distributed Denial of Secrets]] and the [[Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project]] (OCCRP) and more than 270 journalists in 55 countries and territories<ref name=":02">{{Cite web \|date=2023-11-14 \|title=Inside Cyprus Confidential: The data-driven journalism that helped expose an island under Russian influence - ICIJ \|url=https://www.icij.org/investigations/cyprus-confidential/leaked-data-journalism-methodology/ \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231130214812/https://www.icij.org/investigations/cyprus-confidential/leaked-data-journalism-methodology/ \|archive-date=2023-11-30 \|access-date=2023-12-24 \|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web \|date=2023-11-14 \|title=About the Cyprus Confidential investigation - ICIJ \|url=https://www.icij.org/investigations/cyprus-confidential/about-cyprus-confidential-investigation/ \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231121093552/https://www.icij.org/investigations/cyprus-confidential/about-cyprus-confidential-investigation/ \|archive-date=2023-11-21 \|access-date=2023-12-24 \|language=en-US}}</ref> to produce the '[[Cyprus Confidential]]' report on the financial network which supports the regime of [[Vladimir Putin]], mostly with connections to Cyprus, and showed Cyprus to have strong links with high-up figures in the Kremlin, some of whom have been sanctioned.<ref>{{cite news \|date=15 November 2023 \|title=Cyprus Confidential: Leaked Roman Abramovich documents raise fresh questions for Chelsea FC: ICIJ-led investigation reveals how Mediterranean island ignores Russian atrocities and western sanctions to cash in on Putin's oligarchs \|language=en \|newspaper=The Irish Times \|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/business/financial-services/2023/11/15/cyprus-confidential-leaked-roman-abramovich-documents-raise-fresh-questions-for-chelsea-fc/ \|access-date=15 November 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|date=14 November 2023 \|title=Cyprus Confidential - ICIJ \|url=https://www.icij.org/investigations/cyprus-confidential/ \|access-date=14 November 2023 \|website=www.icij.org}}</ref> Government officials including Cyprus president [[Nikos Christodoulides]]<ref name=":72">{{Cite web \|date=2023-11-15 \|title=Cypriot president pledges government probe into Cyprus Confidential revelations - ICIJ \|url=https://www.icij.org/investigations/cyprus-confidential/cypriot-president-pledges-government-probe-into-cyprus-confidential-revelations/ \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231214203142/https://www.icij.org/investigations/cyprus-confidential/cypriot-president-pledges-government-probe-into-cyprus-confidential-revelations/ \|archive-date=2023-12-14 \|access-date=2023-12-24 \|language=en-US}}</ref> and European lawmakers<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2023-11-23 \|title=Lawmakers call for EU crackdown after ICIJ's Cyprus Confidential revelations - ICIJ \|url=https://www.icij.org/investigations/cyprus-confidential/lawmakers-call-for-eu-crackdown-after-icijs-cyprus-confidential-revelations/ \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231224114123/https://www.icij.org/investigations/cyprus-confidential/lawmakers-call-for-eu-crackdown-after-icijs-cyprus-confidential-revelations/ \|archive-date=2023-12-24 \|access-date=2023-12-24 \|language=en-US}}</ref> began responding to the investigation's findings in less than 24 hours,<ref name=":7">{{Cite web \|date=2023-11-15 \|title=Cypriot president pledges government probe into Cyprus Confidential revelations - ICIJ \|url=https://www.icij.org/investigations/cyprus-confidential/cypriot-president-pledges-government-probe-into-cyprus-confidential-revelations/ \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231214203142/https://www.icij.org/investigations/cyprus-confidential/cypriot-president-pledges-government-probe-into-cyprus-confidential-revelations/ \|archive-date=2023-12-14 \|access-date=2023-12-24 \|language=en-US}}</ref> calling for reforms and launching probes.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web \|date=2023-11-14 \|title=Cyprus ignores Russian atrocities, Western sanctions to shield vast wealth of Putin allies - ICIJ \|url=https://www.icij.org/investigations/cyprus-confidential/cyprus-russia-eu-secrecy-tax-haven/ \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231214002320/https://www.icij.org/investigations/cyprus-confidential/cyprus-russia-eu-secrecy-tax-haven/ \|archive-date=2023-12-14 \|access-date=2023-12-24 \|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|last=Solutions \|first=BDigital Web \|title=Finance Minister perturbed over 'Cyprus Confidential' \|url=https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/finance-minister-perturbed-over-cyprus-confidential \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231224114126/https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/finance-minister-perturbed-over-cyprus-confidential \|archive-date=2023-12-24 \|access-date=2023-12-24 \|website=knews.com.cy}}</ref> ===Television=== {{Main\|CBC Television\|CBC News Network}} The Television News section of CBC News is responsible for the news programs on [[CBC Television]] and [[CBC News Network]], including national news programs like ''[[The National (TV program)\|The National]]'',<ref>{{cite web\| url = https://www.cbc.ca/news/thenational\| title = CBC News {{!}} The National}}</ref> ''[[Marketplace (Canadian TV program)\|Marketplace]]'',<ref>{{cite web\| url = https://www.cbc.ca/news/marketplace\| title = CBC News {{!}} Marketplace}}</ref> ''[[The Fifth Estate (TV program)\|The Fifth Estate]]'',<ref>{{cite web\| url = https://www.cbc.ca/fifth/\| title = CBC News {{!}} fifth estate}}</ref> and ''The Investigators'' with Diana Swain.<ref>{{cite web\| url = https://www.cbc.ca/news/theinvestigators\| title = CBC News {{!}} The Investigators}}</ref> It is also responsible for ''[[The Weekly with Wendy Mesley]]''<ref>{{cite web\| url = https://www.cbc.ca/news/theweekly\| title = CBC News {{!}} The Weekly}}</ref> until its cancellation in September 2020.<ref>{{cite news \|last1=Arnold \|first1=Chris \|title=Wendy Mesley a host without a show after CBC's The Weekly taken off air \|url=https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/wendy-mesley-a-host-without-a-show-after-cbcs-the-weekly-taken-off-air \|access-date=October 26, 2020 \|work=National Post \|date=September 22, 2020 \|language=en-CA}}</ref> They are also responsible for news, business, weather and sports information for [[Air Canada]]'s inflight entertainment.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.aircanada.com/en/travelinfo/onboard/entertainment/jan07_guide.pdf\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070710071246/http://www.aircanada.com/en/travelinfo/onboard/entertainment/jan07_guide.pdf\|url-status=dead\|title=enRoute Guide (January 2007)\|archive-date=July 10, 2007\|access-date=June 26, 2021}}</ref> They are also responsible for news, business, weather and sports information for [[Air Canada]]'s inflight entertainment.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.aircanada.com/en/travelinfo/onboard/entertainment/jan07_guide.pdf\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070710071246/http://www.aircanada.com/en/travelinfo/onboard/entertainment/jan07_guide.pdf\|url-status=dead\|title=enRoute Guide (January 2007)\|archive-date=July 10, 2007\|access-date=June 26, 2021}}</ref> ====Local==== {{Main\|CBC Television local newscasts}} Most local newscasts on CBC Television are branded as ''CBC News: [city/province name]'', such as ''CBC News: Toronto at Six''. Local radio newscasts are heard on the half-hour during morning and afternoon drive shows and on the hour at other times during the day.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://friends.ca/explore/article/cbc-news-renewal-presentation/\|title=CBC News renewal presentation \| FRIENDS of Canadian Broadcasting\|website=friends.ca\|access-date=June 26, 2021\|archive-date=June 26, 2021\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210626004213/https://friends.ca/explore/article/cbc-news-renewal-presentation/\|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\| url = https://www.cbc.ca/programguide/program/radio_news_toronto\| title = CBC.ca - Program Guide - Programs}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\| url = https://www.cbc.ca/programguide/program/radio_news_ottawa\| title = CBC.ca - Program Guide - Programs}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\| url = https://www.cbc.ca/programguide/program/radio_news_sudbury\| title = CBC.ca - Program Guide - Programs}}</ref> ===Radio=== Line 55 ⟶ 54: ===Online=== CBC News Online is the CBC's [[CBC.ca]] news website. Launched in 1996, it was named one of the most popular news websites in Canada in 2012.<ref>[http://cbc.radio-canada.ca/about/services.shtml ] {{webarchive \|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120205104154/http://cbc.radio-canada.ca/about/services.shtml \|date=February 5, 2012 }}</ref> The website provides regional, national, and international news coverage, and investigative, politics, business, arts and entertainment, investigative, politics, business, entertainment, Indigenous, health, science and tech news. An Opinion section was reintroduced in November 2016. Many reports are accompanied by podcasting, audio and video from the CBC's television and radio news services. CBC News content is available on multiple platforms including Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.<ref name="cbc._Thro">{{Cite web\| title = Through the Years\| work = cbc.radio-canada.ca\| access-date = June 25, 2021\| url = https://cbc.radio-canada.ca/en/your-public-broadcaster/history\| quote = Radio-Canada's journalism laboratory experiments with new digital content formats. Its team focuses on the news and issues that are important to young adults and digital citizens. Rad.ca Facebook page Instagram page Youtube channel}}</ref> In November 2022, the CBC launched '''CBC News Explore''', a [[free ad-supported streaming television]] service.<ref name=ransome>Noel Ransome, [https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/television/2022/11/30/cbc-launches-free-ad-supported-streaming-channel-cbc-news-explore.html "CBC launches free ad-supported streaming channel CBC News Explore"]. ''[[Toronto Star]]'', November 30, 2022.</ref> In addition to existing CBC news and information programming, new original programming on the service includes ''About That'', a daily news and interview show hosted by [[Andrew Chang]]; ''Planet Wonder'', an environmental news series hosted by [[Johanna Wagstaffe]]; ''Big'', a documentary series about industry; and ''This Week in Canada'', which highlights local news stories from the CBC's local news bureaux in various cities.<ref name=ransome/> === Network === {{Main\|CBC News Network}} CBC News Network (formerly CBC Newsworld) is an English-language news channel owned and operated by the CBC. It began broadcasting on July 31, 1989, from several regional studios in Halifax, Toronto, Winnipeg and Calgary. It was revamped and relaunched as the CBC News Network in 2009 as part of a larger renewal of the CBC News division. Current programs include ''CBC News Now'' (based in Toronto with Heather Hiscox, Suhana Meharchand, Carole MacNeil, John Northcott, Andrew Nichols (weekdays) and Aarti Pole and Michael Serapio (weekends), ''[[Power & Politics]]'' (based in Ottawa with host ~~Vassy~~[[David ~~Kapelos~~Cochrane (journalist)\|David Cochrane]]), and ''[[The National (TV program)\|The National]]'' (with Adrienne Arsenault~~, Ian Hanomansing~~ (Toronto), ~~Andrew~~Ian ~~Chang~~Hanomansing (Vancouver) and Rosemary Barton hosting the weekly ''At Issue'' panel (Ottawa)).<ref>{{Cite ~~name~~web \|title=~~"FourAnchors"~~CBC makes changes at 'The National' ahead of free streaming channel launch {{!}} CityNews Ottawa \|url=https://ottawa.citynews.ca/2022/06/30/cbc-makes-changes-at-the-national-ahead-of-free-streaming-channel-launch-5535959/~~><ref~~ ~~name~~\|access-date=~~"gandm~~2023-~~newformat"~~12-29 \|website=ottawa.citynews.ca}}</ref> The network dropped the four-anchor format on January 22, 2020, and had Arsenault and Chang co-anchor from Monday through Thursday with Hanomansing as solo anchor for the Friday and Sunday editions. Barton became the chief political correspondent for CBC News; she continues to host ''The National'''s weekly "At Issue" political panel along with her own politics based program, ''Rosemary Barton Live'' which airs on Sundays.<ref>{{Cite ~~name~~web \|date=~~"Globe~~2020-10-20 \|title=New CBC shows with Rosemary Barton and ~~Mail"~~Vassy Kapelos to boost political and COVID-19 coverage \|url=https://www.straight.com/news/new-cbc-shows-with-rosemary-barton-and-vassy-kapelos-to-boost-political-and-covid-19-coverage \|access-date=2023-12-29 \|website=The Georgia Straight \|language=en}}</ref> In early 2023, CBC dropped the co-anchor format in favour of single anchor everyday. Adrienne Arsenault continues to host the show Monday through Thursday with Hanomansing hosting on Friday and Sunday. ===Weather centre=== In November 2005, the CBC News Weather Centre was established to cover [[climate of Canada\|local]] and international weather, using in part data provided by [[Environment Canada]]. [[Claire Martin (meteorologist)\|Claire Martin]] was hired to serve as the primary face of the Weather Centre.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=CBC News Announces 'CBC News: Weather Centre' \|date=November 30, 2001 \|url=http://www.channelcanada.com/canadian-channels/nets/cbc/cbc-news-announces-cbc-news-weather-centre \|access-date=March 23, 2018}}</ref> In April 2014, the national weather centre was effectively disbanded due to CBC budget cuts (Martin had left the CBC a few months prior);. ~~weather~~Weather presenters at local CBC stations were retained but with the added responsibility of supplying reports for ''[[The National (CBC)\|The National]]'' and [[CBC News Network]].<ref name="tgam-cbc-twn">{{cite news \|last=Houpt \|first=Simon \|date=November 10, 2014 \|title=Its outlook stormy, CBC turns to the Weather Network \|work=[[The Globe and Mail]] \|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/cbc-weather-network-strike-partnership/article21524153/ \|access-date=December 30, 2014}}</ref> In November 2014, citing difficulties implementing this new system, the CBC announced a one-year trial content sharing partnership with [[The Weather Network]], the privately owned cable specialty channel, which went into effect on December 8. Under the partnership, in exchange for access to weather-related news coverage from the CBC, The Weather Network provides the national weather reports seen on ''The National'' and CBCNN daytime programming, as well as local forecasts for [[CBLT-DT\|CBC Toronto]]'s weekend newscasts.<ref name="tgam-cbc-twn" /> Apart from Toronto, weather coverage during local newscasts was not affected, and [[CBUT-DT\|CBC Vancouver]] meteorologist Johanna Wagstaffe continues to provide weather coverage for the Vancouver-based (primetime) editions of ''[[CBC News Now]]'' on CBC News Network.<ref name="cbc._Joha">{{Cite web\| title = Johanna Wagstaffe –\| work = CBC Media Centre~~\| work = www.cbc.ca~~ \| access-date = June 25, 2021\| url = https://www.cbc.ca/mediacentre/bio/johanna-wagstaffe }}</ref> Most local CBC stations have retained their weather team to provide local weather information, including: * Johanna Wagstaffe – CBC Vancouver meteorologist * [[Ian Black (meteorologist)\|Ian Black]] – CBC Ottawa meteorologist * John Sauder – CBC Manitoba meteorologist * Jay Scotland – CBC PEI meteorologist Line 78: * Tanara McLean – CBC Edmonton/Calgary weather specialist{{citation needed\|date=June 2021}} The content partnership with the Weather Network has continued beyond the original one-year period, and has been expanded. The weather section of [[CBC.ca]] has been phased out in favour of forecasts from The Weather Network, and local CBC news headlines are displayed on the latter's website.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=~~CBC~~Local Weather –- Toronto, Ontario \|url=http://www.cbc.ca/weather/s0000458.html \|access-date=March 13, 2016 \|publisher=[[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]] News \|quote=Changes are coming to the weather pages you are visiting at CBCNews.ca. Starting soon, weather pages such as this will no longer be available. Instead, CBC News has partnered with The Weather Network to provide weather information on CBCNews.ca pages. Please visit your local news page to find your local news and weather. \|url-status=deviated \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160317081522/http://www.cbc.ca/weather/s0000458.html \|archive-date= Mar 17, 2016 }}</ref> ==Programming== Line 122: * CBCNews.ca website and Digital News App * Live and on-demand streaming of radio and TV news programming * Podcasts (broadcast highlights and original content like ''[[Missing and Murdered: Finding Cleo\|Finding Cleo]]'') * Social media including Facebook. Instagram and Snapchat. CBC News Twitter feed has over 2.5M followers. * Digital delivery of CBC News in airports, trains, elevators and coffee chain ==Bias allegations{{anchor\|Allegations_of_liberal_bias}}== Public surveys in 2002 suggest that the CBC was viewed ~~as less objective than other Canadian news networks,~~ with ~~results suggesting~~ potential left-wing bias.<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://policyoptions.irpp.org/fr/magazines/kyoto/is-cbc-really-biased/ \|first1=Tiziana \|last1=Carafa \|website=Options politiques \|title=Is CBC Really Biased? \|date=December 1, 2002 \|access-date=September 6, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|url=https://policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/public-policy-2002/cbc-television-news-has-a-bias-problem/ \|website= Policy Options \|title=CBC Television News has a bias problem \|date=July 1, 2002 \|access-date=September 6, 2021}}</ref> ▼ {{Undue weight section\|date=January 2022}}▼ Several news outlets and politicians have accused the CBC of liberal bias in its news coverage, including the ''[[National Post]]'',<ref name="NP_Column">{{cite news \|date=December 11, 2014 \|title=CBC: Not the public's broadcaster after all \|work=National Post \|url=http://business.financialpost.com/fp-comment/cbc-not-the-publics-broadcaster-after-all \|access-date=March 15, 2017}}</ref> former prime minister [[Stephen Harper]]<ref name="NP_Bias">{{cite news \|last=Hopper \|first=Tristan \|date=September 23, 2015 \|title=CBC tries to hide its happy face as Liberals and NDP vow to pump up funding for public broadcaster \|work=National Post \|url=https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/cbc-tries-to-hide-its-happy-face-as-liberals-and-ndp-vow-to-pump-up-funding-for-public-broadcaster \|access-date=November 30, 2020}}</ref> and columnist [[Barbara Amiel]].<ref>{{Cite web \|date=June 18, 2015 \|title=Amiel: Why the CBC needs new blood – Macleans.ca \|url=http://www.macleans.ca/news/canada/amiel-why-the-cbc-needs-new-blood/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=August 30, 2016 \|website=Maclean's\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150618222023/http://www.macleans.ca/news/canada/amiel-why-the-cbc-needs-new-blood/ \|archive-date=June 18, 2015 }}</ref> In 2009, CBC President Hubert Lacroix commissioned a study to determine whether its news was biased, and if so, to what extent. He said: "Our job — and we take it seriously — is to ensure that the information that we put out is fair and unbiased in everything that we do."<ref name="Study">{{Cite web \|title=CBC to study whether its news is biased \|url=http://www.ottawasun.com/news/canada/2010/05/13/13940176.html \|date=May 13, 2010 \|first1=Althia \|last1=Raj \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100517051012/http://www.ottawasun.com/news/canada/2010/05/13/13940176.html \|archive-date=May 17, 2010 \|publisher=Ottawa Sun}}</ref> The study suggests Canadians perceived the CBC as having a more left-of-centre bias than other Canadian news organizations.<ref>{{Cite web \|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news2/pdf/public-opinionreporteng-oct1_10.pdf \|publisher=Ipsos Reid \|website=CBC \|title=The News Fairness and Balance Report \|date=September 2010 \|access-date=September 4, 2021}}</ref>▼ ▲Public surveys in 2002 suggest that the CBC was viewed as less objective than other Canadian news networks, with results suggesting potential left-wing bias.<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://policyoptions.irpp.org/fr/magazines/kyoto/is-cbc-really-biased/ \|title=Is CBC Really Biased? \|date=December 1, 2002 \|access-date=September 6, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|url=https://policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/public-policy-2002/cbc-television-news-has-a-bias-problem/ \|title=CBC Television News has a bias problem \|date=July 1, 2002 \|access-date=September 6, 2021}}</ref> A 2017 survey of Canadians suggested that CBC TV was the most biased national news media outlet (perceived biased by 50% of Canadians overall, tied with ''The Globe and Mail'') followed closely by CBC Radio (perceived biased by 49% of Canadians overall). Respondents predominantly saw a bias towards CBC TV and radio coverage favouring the Liberal party, a view that held consistently across Conservative, Liberal and NDP voters.<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://abacusdata.ca/canadian-news-media-and-fake-news-under-a-microscope/ \|website=Abacus Data \|first1=David \|last1=Coletto \|first2=Bruce \|last2=Anderson \|title=Canadian News Media And "Fake News" Under A Microscope \|date=April 29, 2017 \|access-date=September 6, 2021~~}}{{registration required~~}}</ref>▼ ▲In 2009, CBC President Hubert Lacroix commissioned a study to determine whether its news was biased, and if so, to what extent. He said: "Our job — and we take it seriously — is to ensure that the information that we put out is fair and unbiased in everything that we do."<ref name="Study">{{Cite web \|title=CBC to study whether its news is biased \|url=http://www.ottawasun.com/news/canada/2010/05/13/13940176.html \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100517051012/http://www.ottawasun.com/news/canada/2010/05/13/13940176.html \|archive-date=May 17, 2010 \|publisher=Ottawa Sun}}</ref> The study suggests Canadians perceived the CBC as having a more left-of-centre bias than other Canadian news organizations.<ref>{{Cite web \|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news2/pdf/public-opinionreporteng-oct1_10.pdf \|title=The News Fairness and Balance Report \|date=September 2010 \|access-date=September 4, 2021}}</ref> In April 2010, the president of the [[Conservative Party of Canada]] filed a complaint with the CBC regarding [[Frank Graves (pollster)\|Frank Graves]], who directed a number of public opinion research projects on behalf of the CBC and appeared on CBC political news programs. Graves acknowledged that he offered the [[Liberal Party of Canada]] informal advice on political strategy and had made incendiary comments suggesting Conservatives are racist and homophobic, for which he later apologized.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.theglobeandmail.com/commentary/michael-ignatieff-is-tacking-left---finally/article4316071 \|title=Michael Ignatieff is tacking left - finally\|date=April 21, 2010\|publisher=The Globe and Mail \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130108050332/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/commentary/michael-ignatieff-is-tacking-left---finally/article4316071/ \|archive-date=January 8, 2013}}</ref><ref name="globe2010">{{cite news\|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ottawa-notebook/pollster-frank-graves-apologizes-denies-anti-tory-bias/article4352832 \|title=Pollster Frank Graves apologizes, denies anti-Tory bias \|newspaper=The Globe and Mail \|date=April 23, 2010 \|accessdate=April 21, 2022 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210325011853/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ottawa-notebook/pollster-frank-graves-apologizes-denies-anti-tory-bias/article4352832/\|archive-date=March 25, 2021\|last1=Curry \|first1=Bill }}</ref> An investigation conducted by the CBC ombudsman concluded that "whatever Mr. Graves's private views, CBC journalists do not appear to have violated CBC's Journalistic Standards and Practices in dealing with him".<ref>{{cite news \|title=Complaints about comments made by Frank Graves, President of EKOS Research, about a possible strategy for the Liberal Party \|publisher=CBC Office of the Ombudsman \|url=http://www.cbc.ca/ombudsman/pdf/graves-ekos-rev.pdf \|url-status=dead \|access-date=October 9, 2010 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110511131936/http://www.cbc.ca/ombudsman/pdf/graves-ekos-rev.pdf \|archive-date=May 11, 2011}}</ref> The CBC denied all allegations of bias, saying: "It is the duty of CBC News to inform its viewers across the country about what is happening, without bias or prejudice, and without telling them what to think. We believe that it is our obligation to report fairly and truthfully."<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Why is CBC so biased? \|url=https://cbchelp.cbc.ca/hc/en-us/articles/217732437-Why-is-CBC-so-biased- \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170316023206/https://cbchelp.cbc.ca/hc/en-us/articles/217732437-Why-is-CBC-so-biased- \|archive-date=March 16, 2017 \|access-date=March 15, 2017 \|publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation}}</ref> ▲A 2017 survey of Canadians suggested that CBC TV was the most biased national news media outlet (perceived biased by 50% of Canadians overall, tied with ''The Globe and Mail'') followed closely by CBC Radio (perceived biased by 49% of Canadians overall). Respondents predominantly saw a bias towards CBC TV and radio coverage favouring the Liberal party, a view that held consistently across Conservative, Liberal and NDP voters.<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://abacusdata.ca/canadian-news-media-and-fake-news-under-a-microscope/ \|title=Canadian News Media And "Fake News" Under A Microscope \|date=April 29, 2017 \|access-date=September 6, 2021}}{{registration required}}</ref> In October 2019, two weeks before the [[2019 Canadian federal election]], the CBC sued the Conservative Party of Canada for using excerpts from its leaders' debates in campaign material. The CBC petitioned for an [[injunction]] against the party continuing to use the excerpts as well as seeking an acknowledgement from the Conservative Party and its executive director, Dustin Van Vugt, that the party had "engaged in the unauthorized use of copyright-protected material".<ref>{{cite web\|title=CBC taking Conservative Party to court over online election ad \|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/cbc-conservative-party-lawsuit-1.5319209\|publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation \|date=October 12, 2019\|access-date=January 21, 2020}}</ref> In response, the Conservative Party stated that 17 seconds of footage had been used, the video in question had been removed before the lawsuit was filed, and expressed "grave concern that this decision was made on the eve of an election that CBC is to be covering fairly and objectively".<ref>{{cite web\|title=Court dismisses CBC copyright infringement lawsuit against Conservative Party \|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/cbc-conservative-party-lawsuit-dismissed-1.6025022 \|last=Gollom \|first=Mark \|publisher=CBC News \|date=May 13, 2021 \|access-date=September 4, 2021}}</ref> The CBC's lawsuit was dismissed in federal court decision that found that the Conservative Party's use was allowable and falls under [[Fair dealing in Canadian copyright law\|fair dealing]].<ref name="Federal-court-ruling">{{cite web\|title=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation v. Conservative Party of Canada \| url=https://decisions.fct-cf.gc.ca/fc-cf/decisions/en/item/496993/index.do \|last=Phelan \| first=Hon. Mr. Justice \|publisher=Federal Court \|date=May 13, 2021 \|access-date=September 4, 2021}}</ref> In January 2022, journalist Tara Henley publicly explained that she had left the CBC, saying that it has a "radical political agenda" that focuses too much on racial issues while ignoring important community and economic issues.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Smith \|first=Charlie \|date=January 3, 2022 \|title=Ex-CBC journalist Tara Henley declares on Substack that she quit her job due to the public broadcaster's shifting politics \|url=https://www.straight.com/news/ex-cbc-journalist-tara-henley-declares-on-substack-that-she-quit-her-job-due-to-public \|access-date=March 30, 2022 \|website=The Georgia Straight \|language=en}}</ref> == Hall of Fame == The CBC News Hall of Fame was established in 2015 to honour men and women who have shaped Canadian journalism. Located in CBC's Toronto headquarters, inductees include: * 2015 – [[Knowlton Nash]]<ref>{{cite news \|title=Knowlton Nash named inaugural inductee to CBC News Hall of Fame ~~{{!}}~~ \|publisher=CBC News \|~~publisher~~date=~~Canadian~~Apr ~~Broadcasting~~22, ~~Corporation~~2015 \|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/knowlton-nash-named-inaugural-inductee-to-cbc-news-hall-of-fame-1.3044135 \|access-date=July 24, 2018}}</ref> * 2016 – [[Joe Schlesinger]]<ref>{{cite news \|title=Joe Schlesinger latest inductee into CBC News Hall of Fame ~~{{!}} CBC News~~ \|publisher=~~Canadian~~CBC ~~Broadcasting Corporation~~News \|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/joe-schlesinger-cbc-news-hall-of-fame-1.3649631 \|access-date=July 24, 2018}}</ref> * 2017 – [[Barbara Frum]]<ref>{{cite news \|title=Barbara Frum latest inductee into CBC News Hall of Fame ~~{{!}} CBC News~~ \|publisher=~~Canadian~~CBC ~~Broadcasting Corporation~~News \|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/barbara-frum-cbc-news-hof-1.4180116 \|access-date=July 24, 2018}}</ref> * 2018 – [[Trina McQueen]]<ref>{{cite news \|title=Broadcast trailblazer Trina McQueen inducted into CBC News Hall of Fame ~~{{!}} CBC News~~ \|publisher=~~Canadian~~CBC ~~Broadcasting Corporation~~News \|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/trina-mcqueen-cbc-news-hall-of-fame-1.4707583 \|access-date=July 24, 2018}}</ref> * 2019 – [[Matthew Halton]] and [[Peter Stursberg]]<ref>{{cite news \|title=Wartime correspondents inducted into CBC News Hall of Fame \|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/cbcnews-hall-halton-stursberg-1.5173712 \|access-date=26 August 2022 \|work=CBC News \|date=14 June 2019}}</ref> * 2020 – [[Ernest Tucker]]<ref>{{cite news \|last1=Weaver \|first1=Jackson \|title=Journalist Ernest Tucker inducted into CBC News Hall of Fame \|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/ernest-tucker-cbc-news-hall-of-fame-1.5841416 \|access-date=26 August 2022 \|work=CBC News \|date=15 December 2020}}</ref> Line 156 ⟶ 145: ==Ombudsman== ▲{{~~Undue weight~~Advert section\|date=~~January~~March ~~2022~~2024}} The CBC sets out to maintain its accuracy, integrity and fairness in its journalism. As a Canadian institution and a press undertaking, the CBC set out the Journalistic Standards and Practices and works in compliance with these principles. Balanced viewpoints must be presented through on-the-air discussions. As it is with other public and private journalistic undertakings, credibility in the eyes of the general population is seen as the corporation's most valuable asset. The CBC Ombudsman is completely independent of CBC program staff and management, reporting directly to the President of the CBC and, through the President, to the corporation's board of directors.<ref>{{cite news \|title=The Office of the Ombudsman \|publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation \|url=http://www.cbc.ca/ombudsman/ \|url-status=dead \|access-date=April 29, 2012 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19980208170109/http://www.cbc.ca/ombudsman/ \|archive-date=February 8, 1998}}</ref>{{citation needed\|date=July 2022}} ==Bureaus== Line 178 ⟶ 167: * [[Calgary]], Alberta (M) * [[Edmonton]], Alberta (M) * [[Saskatoon]], Saskatchewan▼ * [[Fort McMurray]], Alberta * [[Grande Prairie]], Alberta * [[Lethbridge]], Alberta ▲* [[Saskatoon]], Saskatchewan * [[Regina, Saskatchewan]] (M) * [[Winnipeg]], Manitoba (M) Line 201 ⟶ 192: * [[Bathurst, New Brunswick\|Bathurst]], New Brunswick * [[Halifax, Nova Scotia]] (M) * [[Charlottetown]], [[Prince Edward Island]] (M) * [[Sydney, Nova Scotia]] * [[Corner Brook]], Newfoundland and Labrador * [[Gander, Newfoundland and Labrador]] * [[St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador]] (M) * [[Iqaluit]], [[Nunavut]] {{div col end}} Line 218 ⟶ 209: * [[London]], United Kingdom (M) * [[Jerusalem]], Israel (M) * [[Beijing]], China (M) * [[Washington, D.C.]], United States (M) * [[New York City]], United States (M) * [[Los Angeles]], United States [[Moscow]], Russia ====Former==== [[Moscow]], Russia (closed May 2022<ref>{{cite web \|title=Russia closing CBC's Moscow bureau in retaliation for Canada banning Russian state TV \|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/russia-closes-cbc-bureau-1.6457668 \|website=CBC News \|access-date=5 January 2023}}</ref>) * [[Beijing]], China (closed November 2022; English-language posting vacant since 2020<ref>{{cite web \|title=CBC shutting down its China news bureau \|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/china-cbc-bureau-shutting-down-1.6637691 \|website=CBC News \|access-date=5 January 2023}}</ref>) CBC also uses satellite bureaus, with reporters who fly in when a story occurs outside the bureaus. In the late 1990s, the CBC and other media outlets cut back their overseas operations.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/canadian-broadcasting-corporation\|title=CBC/Radio-Canada \| The Canadian Encyclopedia\|website=www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca\|access-date=June 26, 2021}}</ref> Line 230 ⟶ 223: * London – [[Margaret Evans (journalist)\|Margaret Evans]],<ref>{{cite web\| url = https://www.cbc.ca/mediacentre/bio/margaret-evans\| title = Margaret Evans - CBC Media Centre}}</ref> Chris Brown,<ref>{{cite web\|access-date=November 16, 2021\|url=https://uk.linkedin.com/in/chris-brown-63ba65a4\|title=Chris Brown - Foreign Correspondent - CBC \| LinkedIn\|website=[[LinkedIn]]}}</ref> and Jared Thomas * Jerusalem – Derek Stoffel<ref>{{cite web\| url = https://www.cbc.ca/mediacentre/bio/derek-stoffel\| title = Derek Stoffel - CBC Media Centre}}</ref> Beijing – [[Saša Petricic]]<ref>{{cite web\| url = https://www.cbc.ca/mediacentre/bio/sasa-petricic\| title = Saša Petricic - CBC Media Centre}}</ref> Washington, D.C. – [[Paul Hunter (journalist)\|Paul Hunter]]<ref>{{cite web\| url = https://www.cbc.ca/mediacentre/bio/paul-hunter\| title = Paul Hunter - CBC Media Centre}}</ref>/[[Katie Simpson]] with Matt Kwong, Ellen Mauro, and Lyndsay Duncombe<ref>{{cite web\| url = https://www.cbc.ca/mediacentre/bio/lyndsay-duncombe\| title = Lyndsay Duncombe - CBC Media Centre}}</ref> * New York – Kris Reyes * Los Angeles – * Moscow – ==See also== {{Portal\|Television\|Canada}} [[List of Canadian Broadcasting Corporation personalities]] [[Ici Radio-Canada Télé]] *[[CNN]] ==References==