Cuts to CBC will end in-house documentaries like the Nature of - TopicsExpress



          

Cuts to CBC will end in-house documentaries like the Nature of Things and Canada: A Peoples History Friends, In response to deep government budget cuts, the CBC is poised to dramatically scale back production of its cutting-edge documentaries. The quality, variety and political punch of CBC documentaries is about to plummet -- unless the national broadcaster takes steps now to safeguard in-house production. Some of the CBCs most prominent on-air personalities have spoken out publicly against the cutbacks. Its hard to imagine the impact of downsizing the department that produces award-winning programming like The Nature of Things, Canada: A People’s History, The Canadian Experience and 8th Fire. David Suzuki, Peter Mansbridge, Anna Maria Tremonti and more than 30 other news and current affairs staff have already spoken out already. Will you join them and speak out against the decision to produce fewer documentaries and purchase more from other production companies? action.sumofus.org/a/save-cbc-documentaries/?sub=mtl
Posted on: Tue, 22 Jul 2014 00:10:27 +0000

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