When in doubt (and you’re on the right) threaten to kill the public broadcasting beast. Even people who say they don’t want to pay for BBC News feel deprived if they’re cut off from it and drop their objections. The funding model for the past century was basically newspapers through ad revenues. I’ve been trying to avoid the terms “socialism” or “public funding,” but my will is fading. We may be in for debates much like those of the 1920s and ’30s, which led to… the CBC and BBC.

Source: CBC News January 21, 2022 16:54 UTC