Comment 81556

By MountainCreature (registered) | Posted October 12, 2012 at 16:38:27

Thank you Sonja for saying what needed to be said. I too was very excited to have CBC coming to Hamilton, despite the unusual format. I gave it a chance and within a couple months I couldn't help but notice the abundance of fluff and the void of hard news. But most recently, I was dismayed to see daily photo updates from the Robocop shoot. Just because it's happening down the street from CBC HQ does not mean that it's remotely relevant to to the rest of Hamilton and it's amalgamated communities. Lots of film shoots happen every year.

I would love to see not only more local news stories, but deeper local news stories as well. Stenography from city officials to create stubs of articles is not enough. Fact-checking and background information would help, and lots of it. I was hoping for a better alternative to the Spec when CBC arrived, but the Spec is killing CBC right now when it comes to straight-up news. I'm not saying they should hire Joey Coleman, since for all I know he's content to continue his independent efforts, but CBC could at least try to do what he does. It's not that difficult.

I'm hoping CBC sees this as the free focus group that it is, and moves to improve things. We're critical because we want them to succeed.

Comment edited by MountainCreature on 2012-10-12 16:40:42

Don't hold my elevation against me.

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