Media Reclamation Project

Help save the CBC March 27, 2009

Posted by mediamattersottawa in Uncategorized.
Tags: avaaz, CBC, public, save, support
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The government has announced it is cutting jobs and programs at the CBC. Lots of them.

Here is a campaign from Avaaz.org to raise a public outcry and get support – not cuts – for CBC. Sign up and spread the word if you feel the same way!

http://www.avaaz.org/en/save_the_cbc/

Here’s some of what they’re saying:

Dear friends,

Our government is forcing the CBC to drastically cut 800 staff and programming. We urgently need a massive public outcry to Save the CBC: Sign the petition!

Canada’s media networks have all been slammed by the recession. But the government is reportedly considering bailouts for its friends at private companies CTV and CanWest, while forcing the CBC to drastically cut 800 staff and programming.

Our CBC is a national treasure, and a pillar of public-interest journalism in a country whose media is owned by a few large firms. We won’t hear an outcry from their media outlets, and the CBC is too principled to use its megaphone to make the case for itself. We are the only voice the CBC has.

We urgently need a massive public outcry to Save the CBC, click below to sign the petition. The government is weak and falling in the polls and enough outrage can make the difference. Parliamentarians have promised to deliver the petition directly in the House of Commons, and we’ll even fly a plane and banner over Parliament Hill with the message! Sign now, and forward this email to everyone who might care about this:

http://www.avaaz.org/en/save_the_cbc/