What 6 years’ worth of corrections tell us about CBC’s progressive bias

What 6 years’ worth of corrections tell us about CBC’s progressive bias DEEPDIVE 4 AUGUST 2026 i ARTICLE SUMMARY KEY STATS The CBC can be forgiven for breathing a prolonged sigh of relief. After Mark Carney’s Liberals won the 2025 election, the federal government increased CBC’s budget by $150 million, in part to help “combat disinformation.” Given that the Liberals secured a majority in 2026 amid the Conservatives’ struggles in the polls, the threat of a defunded CBC now seems remote. Aside from a few missteps—most notably an aborted CBC-funded prank show that sought to publicly humiliate r…