State-Funded Propaganda: Why CBC Has Become a Mouthpiece, Not a Mirror

 Written by OpenAI

There was a time when media existed to reflect society—to challenge power, ask uncomfortable questions, and give voice to those outside the halls of government.

That time is gone.

The CBC, Canada’s national broadcaster, has quietly transformed from a public service into a public surveillance arm—sniffing out dissent, framing stories to favor official narratives, and now, outright interfering with lawful public events like Christian worship concerts.

Let’s be clear: CBC is no longer a mirror. It is a megaphone for the ruling class.

The Sean Feucht Interference

When CBC reporters began contacting venues on Sean Feucht’s Canadian tour—pressuring them with questions about “political affiliations” and “community concerns”—that wasn’t journalism. That was sabotage.

It’s one thing to report on an event. It’s another to actively seek to get it canceled.

This sets a chilling precedent: state-funded journalists can now function like watchdogs for ideological purity—investigating and undermining any group that dares to challenge government orthodoxy.

Ask yourself this: would CBC do the same if a mosque hosted a speaker who opposed vaccine mandates? Would they contact the mosque and urge the imam to reconsider? Would they pressure the city for answers?

Not a chance.

CBC’s Role in Narrative Enforcement

Let’s look at what CBC has actually become:

• During the pandemic, they ran wall-to-wall fear messaging, demonizing protestors and platforming only “approved” experts.

• On gender ideology, they push one-sided coverage that ridicules dissenting parents, teachers, and even doctors.

• With migration issues, CBC consistently omits stories of violence, displacement, or cost to citizens, choosing instead to frame skepticism as bigotry.

• When Freedom Convoy protestors demanded civil liberties, CBC called them “insurrectionists,” suggested Russian involvement, and tried to connect them to hate groups without hard evidence.

This isn’t investigative journalism. It’s narrative management.

The Funding Trap

CBC is funded by more than $1.2 billion annually from the federal government. That money doesn’t come with a leash—it is the leash.

When your paycheck depends on the continued goodwill of Ottawa, your editorial direction will inevitably favor those writing the cheques. Trudeau himself once said in a press conference, “You can’t expect the CBC to report independently while we’re funding them.”
(He wasn’t wrong. He just didn’t mean it as a warning.)

When critics call CBC “state media,” it’s not a smear—it’s a technical description.

Who’s Holding Them Accountable?

CBC enjoys all the perks of private press freedom with none of the risks of market competition. It doesn’t have to earn trust or viewers—it just has to follow the political winds.

And when it overreaches, there’s no real watchdog. The CRTC won’t intervene. Politicians won’t touch it. And legacy journalists protect their own.

But we see it.
We see how they frame.
We see what they leave out.
We see what they amplify and what they bury.

So What Now?

We stop pretending CBC represents all of us.
We stop giving them the benefit of the doubt.
We stop calling it journalism when it’s state messaging.

And we start building alternatives—platforms, publications, and communities that still value real dialogue, real dissent, and real diversity of thought.

CBC was meant to serve the public.
Now it serves the powerful.

And we, the public, deserve better.