Anonymous
06/22/2021 (Tue) 13:35:18
No.52266
del
CBC didn’t disclose pundit’s $16,950 contract with the Trudeau government
https://tnc.news/2021/06/21/cbc-didnt-disclose-pundits-16950-contract-with-the-trudeau-government/CBC News interviewed a pundit who was paid $16,950 by the Trudeau government without disclosing the commentator’s financial ties.
According to Blacklock’s Reporter, University of Calgary economist Trevor Tombe was interviewed by the public broadcaster several times throughout 2020 despite receiving the sole-sourced contract from the federal government on August 24th of that year.
CBC made no mention of Tombe’s ties to the government while he appeared to defend Ottawa’s pandemic efforts. Tombe was only referenced as an “academic” before appearing on the network.