Well there you have it; straight up state propaganda from a govt. owned news organization. I stopped supporting the CBC when they discontinued analog television broadcasts (cutting off many rural viewers). Felt it was a contravention of thier basic mandate. Also, I have developed a very unhealthy dislilke for Mansbridge over the last few years - so now I feel somewhat vindicated in that. Of course this plays into Herper’s hands; the less credibility the CBC has the less he has to worry about the deeply entrenched liberal vestiges in it’s guts. The other thing is, it seems like this practice of buying news just might be a lot more widespread that we might like to admit.