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July 13th, 2015, 09:44 PM
#11
Apparently the figurer skating done on roller skates (didn't even know that was a thing) wasn't televised either. Who's agenda is that?
Good chance with 300 odd events that not all of them are going to make it to tv.
Make sure you have finished speaking before your audience has finished listening.
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July 13th, 2015 09:44 PM
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July 14th, 2015, 07:00 AM
#12
Has too much time on their hands
Originally Posted by
kickingfrog
Apparently the figurer skating done on roller skates (didn't even know that was a thing) wasn't televised either. Who's agenda is that?
Good chance with 300 odd events that not all of them are going to make it to tv.
Yah of course, my point is the coverage is beyond pathetic even with their having spent millions to get the coverage. Rugby, mountain biking (both Canadian Gold)... to be honest...who cares, someone probably! CBC of course has shown none of the shooting (multiple Gold) that is expected!
My issue is the pathetic coverage, millions spent, and when I turned it on yesterday while working there was an hour or so of synchronized diving and seeing Peru and Chile make multiple dives instead of covering another event for even 1 minute. CBC gets about $90,000,000 a month in taxpayer's money, millions more in advertising and is incapable of providing the coverage a private company (that they outbid using taxpayer's money) can.
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July 14th, 2015, 07:35 AM
#13
there is no coverage because there is no money in broacasting it. it has nothing to do with any anti-gun position. wake up.
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July 14th, 2015, 07:59 AM
#14
Originally Posted by
LeakyBoots
there is no coverage because there is no money in broacasting it. it has nothing to do with any anti-gun position. wake up.
The CBC cares about making money?
I’m suspicious of people who don't like dogs, but I trust a dog who doesn't like a person.
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July 14th, 2015, 08:02 AM
#15
Has too much time on their hands
Originally Posted by
LeakyBoots
there is no coverage because there is no money in broacasting it. it has nothing to do with any anti-gun position. wake up.
bull.... plop
We know they won't cover it but it is the same contempt for firearms owners, hunting and shooting sports that will guarantee no coverage at all. Same as with Canada in the Rough on Global, it doesn't fit with their political agenda. JUST the hunting licenses alone in Ontario are more than $20,000,000 and probably 5 or 6 times that in additional spending. To be ridiculous let's say Barrie has only 200 members and at $375 for a year ( I checked) that is $75,000 in just that one club. Not alot but when you look at how many clubs, how many are bigger, the amount spent besides the memberships, to say there is no money in it would seem to be delusional or ignorance.
Once again since it appears you didn't bother reading my comments or couldn't understand it I will repeat again and even highlight it.
My issue, is with the pathetic coverage and spending an hour of a two hour coverage on synchronized diving is just beyond idiotic coverage. Wasting millions of tax payer dollars to get the exclusive rights outbiding private companies, I have heard they are charging huge amounts for advertising and yet CBC are so incompetent they show the Peru divers making 3 dives (probably a minute each) instead of covering mountain biking, rugby etc. I know they would never show firearms used in a sensible and professional manner but CBC is pathetic in their coverage!
Originally Posted by
terrym
The CBC cares about making money?
... and good point, how much money is there in covering sychronized diving for almost an hour...???
Last edited by mosquito; July 14th, 2015 at 08:17 AM.
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July 14th, 2015, 10:42 AM
#16
If there is such a strong reluctance by broacasters to show gun use (hunting & sport), why are they so willing to braodcast all manner of violent gun play (fictional and nonfictional movies & TV shows). Scarface is on TV damn near every weekend. Explain that?
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July 14th, 2015, 11:08 AM
#17
Originally Posted by
LeakyBoots
If there is such a strong reluctance by broacasters to show gun use (hunting & sport), why are they so willing to braodcast all manner of violent gun play (fictional and nonfictional movies & TV shows). Scarface is on TV damn near every weekend. Explain that?
I'm going to play Swiss on this but That's pretty easy to explain. Those shows always show guns/gun owners in a bad light and only the authorities use of guns as acceptable.
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July 14th, 2015, 11:10 AM
#18
Has too much time on their hands
Originally Posted by
LeakyBoots
If there is such a strong reluctance by broacasters to show gun use (hunting & sport), why are they so willing to braodcast all manner of violent gun play (fictional and nonfictional movies & TV shows). Scarface is on TV !@#$%^&* near every weekend. Explain that?
Simple, the gun = violence delusion. They have no issue with a gun killing someone, it portraits the use of the firearm in a negative light and it becomes associated with violence. We see it clearly in the Liberal reaction to C-42 and it's association of a firearm with a threat and violence.
https://www.liberal.ca/lpc-opposes-cpc-gun-bill/
“First, it eliminates the need for owners of prohibited and restricted firearms to have a transportation license to carry those guns in their vehicles. This means they could freely transport handguns or automatic weapons anywhere within their province, whether to a grocery store or a soccer field... " - Justin Trudeau.
The reality that if a person had gone through all the paper work, training etc to be able to carry a handgun or automatic weapon the soccer match or grocery store would be safer is beyond their conditioned response to fear a device. In Europe or Hong Kong walking into a store and seeing a guard armed with a shotgun, handgun, MP-5 etc is common, yet an MP in Ottawa recently showed her ingrained paranoia in the fear mongering about there being armed guards and the delusion it would attract violence.
http://ottawacitizen.com/news/politi...dismay-of-some
“I’m afraid. I feel uncomfortable,” said Senate Liberal Céline Hervieux-Payette, who has complained to the House of Commons and Senate Speakers’ offices. “I hate to see someone with a machinegun.”
Ignorance, prejudice and fear must be maintained and the portrait of say a grandma trap shooting isn't in their agenda.
You seem fixated on this one point though...so one more time,
the point is CBC coverage stinks and is a waste of money!
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July 14th, 2015, 11:30 AM
#19
CBC is not the sole carrier for the games but you've done an excellent job of avoiding that in your quest for the windmill.
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July 14th, 2015, 11:37 AM
#20
Mosquito, I think we have to agree to disagree. I'm a gun owner, and I don't want any more restrictions on the use of my firearms, but at the same time, I don't want anyone showing up to my kids soccer match with one. As for what the broadcasters are up to, I am at the limit of my knowledge and understanding - if they are going to show diving, they should have shown the trap shooting.
We can agree that the Pan Am games in Toronto is a waste of money. Let's leave it at that.
I'm out on this thread. Cheers,
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