Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre has been blasting CBC News as a “biased propaganda arm of the Liberal Party” as he campaigns to defund the public broadcaster. If anything, CBC is biased toward Canada’s establishment, which includes both the Liberals and Conservatives. While Poilievre has never cited any actual facts to back up his assertion that CBC is out to get Conservatives, there is hard evidence to show it’s not the case. The study found that the broadcaster covered the Conservatives more positively than Global News and CTV News. CBC’s role as a potential counterweight to corporate media is why it has always been so loathed by the right-wing.
