CBC News is the department within the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation responsible for the news gathering and production of news programs on CBC television, radio and online services. CBC News is the largest news broadcaster in the Canada with local, regional, and national broadcasts and stations.
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CBC News Standards
The CBC follows the Journalistic Standards and Practices which provides the policy framework within which CBC journalism seeks to meet the expectations and obligations it faces from the public.
Ombudsman
The CBC set out to maintaining its accuracy, integrity and fairness in its journalism. As a Canadian institution and a press undertaking, CBC set out the Journalistic Standards and Practices and works in compliance with a these principles. Balanced viewpoints must be presented through on-the-air discussions. As it is for other public and private journalistic undertakings, credibility in the eyes of the general population is seen as the corporations most valuable asset. The CBC Ombudsman is completely independent of CBC program staff and management, reporting directly to the President of CBC and, through the President, to the Corporation’s Board of Directors.
News output
Television
The Television News section of CBC News is responsible for the main news programs on CBC Newsworld and Réseau de l'information, as well as producing local supper hour news programs, national news programs like The National and Le Téléjournal, and news, business, weather and sports information on Air Canada's inflight entertainment. CBC Television is a Canadian English language Television network. CBC Newsworld is a Canadian English language Cable television specialty news channel owned and operated by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Réseau de l'information (RDI is a Canadian French language Cable television News channel operated by CBC/Radio-Canada The National, now officially known as CBC News The National, is the CBC 's flagship national Television Newscast. Le Téléjournal is Radio-Canada's evening television newscast originating from Montreal, Quebec and the French language equivalent of the Air Canada () is Canada 's largest Airline and Flag carrier. The airline founded in 1937 has had its corporate headquarters in Montreal [1]
The distinctive music on all CBC television news programs was introduced in 2006. It was part of the extensive rebranding of all news programming under the CBC News title.
Local News
CBC Television launched a comprehensive approach to regional program development. Pilots for revamped supper hour News programs targeted regional needs and preferences. A new hour-long supper hour show, CBC News: Here and Now, launched in November in St. John’s. Development work continues on a market-by-market basis according to the needs, circumstances and competition in each location.
Radio
CBC Radio News produces on the hour updates for the CBC's national radio stations and provides content for regional updates. CBC Radio is the Radio division of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. The majority of news and information is aired on CBC Radio One and La Première Chaîne. CBC Radio One is the English-language news and information Radio network of the publicly-owned Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Première Chaîne is a Canadian French language radio network the news and information service of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation / Société
Online
CBC News Online is the CBC's CBC.ca news website. CBCca is the English-language online service of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Launched in 1996, it is one of the most popular news websites in the Canada The website contains exhaustive regional, national, and international news coverage as well as arts and entertainment, and sport news. Many reports are accompanied by Podcasting, audio and video from the CBC's television and radio news services. CBC News provides streaming content exclusively to users of Microsoft operating systems. There are no plans to provide users of any other systems with content in a non-proprietary vendor-neutral format, and refuse to offer content to other users.
CBC News Bureaus
CBC has reporters stationed in the following cities. The CBC Ottawa Broadcast Centre is located in Ottawa, Canada and is home to the head office of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and the CBC's various Ottawa (ˈɒtəwə or sometimes /ˈɒtəwɑː/ is the Capital of Canada and the country's fourth largest municipality. Maison Radio-Canada (sometimes Maison de Radio-Canada) is a skyscraper in Montreal, constructed in 1973 as a home for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Montreal, or Montréal in French ( pronounced in French, in English) is the largest city in the Canadian province of Quebec The Canadian Broadcasting Centre, located in Toronto Ontario, is the broadcast headquarters and Master control point for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Toronto (təˈrɒntoʊ colloquially pronounced or) is the largest city in Canada and is the provincial capital of Ontario Main cities are listed in bold, with the notation (M).
- St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador (M)
- Halifax, Nova Scotia (M)
- Fredericton, New Brunswick (M)
- Montreal, Quebec (M)
- Quebec City, Quebec (M)
- Toronto, Ontario (M)
- Ottawa, Ontario (M)
- Winnipeg, Manitoba (M)
- Regina, Saskatchewan (M)
- Edmonton, Alberta (M)
- Calgary, Alberta (M)
- Vancouver, British Columbia (M)
- Yellowknife, Northwest Territories (M)
- Victoria, British Columbia
- Kelowna, British Columbia
- Moncton, New Brunswick
- London, Ontario
- Sudbury, Ontario
- Thunder Bay, Ontario
- Windsor, Ontario
- Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
- Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
- Whitehorse, Yukon
- Goose Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador
- Gander, Newfoundland and Labrador
- Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador
- Sydney, Nova Scotia
International
- London, United Kingdom (M)
- Paris, France (M)
- Washington, D.C. (M)
- New York, New York (M)
- United Nations headquarters, New York (M)
- Jerusalem, Israel (M)
- Moscow, Russia (M)
- Beirut, Lebanon
- Beijing, China
- Shanghai, China
CBC also uses satellite bureaus, with reporters who fly in when a story occurs outside of the bureaus. St John's (ˌseɪntˈdʒanz French Saint-Jean) is the provincial capital of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada and located on the eastern tip Metropolitan Halifax (2006 pop 282924) often referred to as Metro Halifax, or inaccurately Halifax, is the urban part of the Halifax Regional Municipality Fredericton (pronounced ˈfrɛdrɨktɨn is the capital of the Canadian province of New Brunswick, by virtue of the provincial New Brunswick ( French: Nouveau-Brunswick /nuvobʁɔnzwik/ is one of Canada 's three Maritime provinces and is the only constitutionally Montreal, or Montréal in French ( pronounced in French, in English) is the largest city in the Canadian province of Quebec Quebec (kwɨˈbɛk Quebec City ( French: Ville de Québec, or simply Québec) (kwɨˈbɛk or /keˈbɛk/ is the Capital of the Canadian province Quebec (kwɨˈbɛk Toronto (təˈrɒntoʊ colloquially pronounced or) is the largest city in Canada and is the provincial capital of Ontario Ontario (ɒnˈtɛrioʊ is a province located in the central part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest after Quebec Ottawa (ˈɒtəwə or sometimes /ˈɒtəwɑː/ is the Capital of Canada and the country's fourth largest municipality. Ontario (ɒnˈtɛrioʊ is a province located in the central part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest after Quebec Winnipeg (ˈwɪnɨpɛg is the capital and largest city in the Canadian province of Manitoba, and 7th largest municipality in Canada with a population Manitoba (English ˌmænɨˈtoʊbə French /manitoba/ is a province of Canada, spanning 647797 square kilometres (250116 sq mi of North America Regina (rɨˈdʒaɪnə is the capital of Saskatchewan, Canada. Edmonton (ˈɛdmɨntɨn is the capital of the Canadian province of Alberta. Alberta (ælˈbɝtə is one of Canada's prairie provinces. It became a province on September 1 1905 Calgary (ˈkælgəriː is the largest city in the Province of Alberta, Canada Alberta (ælˈbɝtə is one of Canada's prairie provinces. It became a province on September 1 1905 Vancouver (vænˈkuːvɚ is a coastal British Columbia (ˌbrɪtɨʃ kəˈlʌmbiə ( BC) ( (la Colombie-Britannique C Yellowknife (ˈjɛloʊnaɪf ( 2006 population 18700) is the capital of Canada 's Northwest Territories (NWT Victoria (vɪkˈtɔɹiə is the capital city of British Columbia. Kelowna (2007 population 106707 metropolitan population of 165596 is a City on Okanagan Lake in the Okanagan Valley of British Columbia Moncton ( is a Canadian city located in Westmorland County, New Brunswick. London is a city in Southwestern Ontario, Canada along the Quebec City-Windsor Corridor with a metropolitan area population of 457720 the city proper Greater Sudbury (2006 Census population 157857 is a city in Northern Ontario, Canada. Thunder Bay ( 2006 census population 109140 formerly the twin cities of Fort William and Port Arthur, is a City in and the seat of Thunder Windsor is the southernmost city in Canada and lies at the western end of the heavily populated Quebec City-Windsor Corridor. Charlottetown (ˈʃɑrlɪtaʊn (2006 population 32174 is a Canadian city and the provincial capital of Prince Edward Island, making it the seat Saskatoon is a city located in central Saskatchewan, Canada, on the South Saskatchewan River, with a Whitehorse (ˈʍaɪthɔrs ( 2006 population 20461 CA population 22898 (formerly White Horse until 1957 - 03-21) is the Gander is a Canadian town located in northeastern part of the island of Newfoundland in the province of Newfoundland See also Sidney Sydney (2001 population 24115 is an urban community in Nova Scotia, Canada 's London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D The City of New York The United Nations Headquarters is a distinctive complex in New York City that has served as the headquarters of the United Nations since its completion in 1950 Jerusalem (יְרוּשָׁלַיִם, he-Latn Yerushaláyim; Arabic: ar القُدس, ar-Latn al-Quds) is the Moscow (Москва́ romanised: Moskvá, IPA: see also other names) is the Capital and the largest city of Beirut (بيروت Bayrūt) is the Capital and Largest city of Lebanon with a population of over 2 Shanghai ( 上[[wikt 海|海]] is the largest city in China in terms of population and one of the largest urban areas in the world with over 20 million In the late 1990s, the CBC and other media outlets cut back their overseas operations.
CBC News in other countries
From 1994 to 2000, the CBC, in a venture with Power Broadcasting (former owner of CKWS in Kingston), jointly owned two networks:
- Newsworld International (NWI), an American cable channel that rebroadcast much of the programming of CBC Newsworld
- Trio, an arts and entertainment channel
In 2000, CBC and Power Broadcasting sold these channels to Barry Diller’s USA Networks. Power Corporation of Canada ( is a major Canadian company with assets in North America and Europe in a number of industries CKWS is an affiliate of the CBC Television Network in Kingston Ontario, providing coverage to Eastern Ontario from Campbellford to Morrisburg Kingston Ontario is a Canadian city located at the eastern end of Lake Ontario, where the lake runs into the St Newsworld International ( NWI) was a Cable TV News channel broadcasting in the United States The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Trio (or TRIO) was an American cable and Satellite television channel Barry Diller (born 2 February 1942 is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of IAC/InterActiveCorp and the media executive responsible for the creation of USA Network (commonly referred to as USA) is an American Cable television channel with about 89 million household subscribers as of 2005 Diller’s company was later acquired by Vivendi Universal, which in turn was partially acquired by NBC to form NBC Universal. VIVENDI is a software package for care management and staff organisation published by the German software company CONNEXT and introduced in 1995 The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC) is an American Television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's NBC Universal is a media and Entertainment company formed in May 2004 by the combination of General Electric 's NBC with Vivendi Universal NBC Universal still owns the Trio brand, which no longer has any association with the CBC (and, as of the end of 2005, became an Internet-only broadband channel). However, the CBC continued to program NWI, with much of its programming simulcast on the domestic Newsworld service.
In late 2004, as a result of a further change in NWI’s ownership to the INdTV consortium (including Joel Hyatt and former Vice-President of the United States Al Gore), NWI ceased airing CBC programming on August 1, 2005, when it was renamed Current TV. Current TV is an Emmy award winning independent media company led by former U Joel Z Hyatt (born Joel Hyatt Zylberberg, 1950 is a prominent businessman and former attorney and American politician of the Democratic party. The Vice President of the United States is the first person in the presidential line of succession, becoming the new President of the United States upon the death Albert Arnold Gore Jr (born March 31 1948 is an American environmental Activist, author Businessperson, former Politician, and former Events 30 BC - Octavian (later known as Augustus enters Alexandria, Egypt, bringing it under the control of the Roman Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Current TV is an Emmy award winning independent media company led by former U
On September 11, 2001, several American broadcasters without their own news operations, including C-SPAN, carried the CBC’s coverage of the September 11, 2001 attacks in New York City and Washington, DC. Events 9 - The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest ends 506 - The Bishops of Visigothic Gaul Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. C-SPAN (officially the Cable-Satellite Public Affairs Network) is an American Cable television network dedicated to airing non-stop coverage The City of New York Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D In the days after September 11, C-SPAN carried CBC’s nightly newscast, The National, anchored by Peter Mansbridge. The National, now officially known as CBC News The National, is the CBC 's flagship national Television Newscast. Peter Mansbridge OC (born July 6, 1948) is a British born Canadian journalist CBC's "Chief Correspondent" and anchor The quality of this coverage was recognized specifically by the Canadian Journalism Foundation; editor-in-chief Tony Burman later accepted the Excellence in Journalism Award (2004) – for “rigorous professional practice, accuracy, originality and public accountability” – on behalf of the service. Founded in 1990, the Canadian Journalism Foundation (CJF is a Non-profit organization dedicated to the pursuit of excellence in Canadian Journalism Tony Burman (born 13 June 1948) is the managing director of Al Jazeera English.
C-SPAN has also carried CBC’s coverage of major events affecting Canadians, including:
- Canadian federal elections
- Six days in September 2000 that marked the death and state funeral of Pierre Elliott Trudeau
- The war in Iraq: The National aired on C-SPAN each night for about 3 weeks following the start of the war on Iraq
- The power outage crisis in summer 2003
- Key proceedings in Canadian Parliament
- U.S. presidential elections: In 2004, C-SPAN picked up The National the day after the election for the view from Canadians
- State visits and official visits of American presidents to Canada
Several PBS stations also air some CBC programming, especially The Red Green Show. See also Canadian electoral system, Timeline of Canadian elections The Parliament of Canada (Parlement du Canada has two chambers. The death and state funeral of Pierre Trudeau took place in September 2000 The 2003 invasion of Iraq, from March 20 to May 1 2003 was spearheaded by the United States, backed by British forces and smaller contingents from Australia The Northeast Blackout of 2003 was a massive widespread Power outage that occurred throughout parts of the Northeastern and Midwestern United States The Parliament of Canada (Parlement du Canada is Canada 's legislative branch, seated at Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario. Elections for President and Vice President of the United States are The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by The Public Broadcasting Service ( PBS) is a Non-profit Public broadcasting Television service with 354 member TV stations in the The Red Green Show is a Television Comedy that aired on CBC Television in Canada and on PBS in the United States However, these programs are syndicated by independent distributors and are not governed by the PBS “common carriage” policy.
Some CBC Radio One programs, such as Definitely Not the Opera and As It Happens, also air on some stations associated with American Public Media. Definitely Not the Opera ( DNTO) is a magazine-style Radio program focusing on aspects of Pop culture. As It Happens is a long-running interview show on CBC Radio One in Canada. American Public Media is the second largest producer of public radio programs after National Public Radio.
With the launch of Sirius Canada in December of 2005, some of the CBC's radio networks (including Radio Canada International and Sirius-exclusive Radio Three and Bande à part channels) are available to Sirius subscribers in the United States. Sirius Canada is a Canadian partnership between Slaight Communications, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and Sirius Satellite Radio, which was
Accusations of bias
Critics, often led by private media, sometimes accuse the network of cultural elitism, liberal bias, or bias in favour of the Liberal or New Democratic Parties of Canada. Media bias in the United States The Liberal Party of Canada ( Parti libéral du Canada) colloquially known as the Grits (originally " Clear Grits " is a major Canadian political Principles policies and electoral achievement The NDP grew from populist, agrarian and democratic socialist roots The CBC is also sometimes thought to have an unfair economic advantage in the Canadian television marketplace because it competes with private broadcasters for advertising dollars while receiving government funding. Conservative think tanks such as the Fraser Institute have frequently criticized this arrangement, and say it results in journalism that favours the political party willing to allocate it the most funds. The Fraser Institute is Conservative and Libertarian Think tank based in Canada that espouses Free market principles
Numerous members of the Canadian Alliance Party complained of biased CBC reporting against their party in the 2000 Canadian federal election. The Canadian Alliance (in French Alliance Canadienne) formally the Canadian Reform Conservative Alliance (or in French Alliance réformiste-conservateur The 2000 Canadian federal election was held on November 27, 2000, to elect 301 Members of Parliament of the Canadian House of Commons of One website, CBC Watch, has been exclusively dedicated to criticism of the public broadcaster. Organizations such as Canadian Free Press are consistently critical of CBC. Canada Free Press is a Canadian website which publishes conservative news stories features and editorials Friends of Canadian Broadcasting is often critical of the CBC, but rarely over matters of bias. Friends of Canadian Broadcasting (FRIENDS is a Canadian public interest group
See also
References
External links
This is a list of past and present personalities associated with the television and radio arms of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. The National, now officially known as CBC News The National, is the CBC 's flagship national Television Newscast.Dapyx Software network: MP3 Explorer | Ebook Manager | Zenithic