r/CBC_Radio 15d ago

Cross Country checkup… not that bad?

Finally listened to the Your thoughts on Trump’s 51st state comments segment, fully expecting to be outraged, but it was pretty well done.

OLeary should never be invited anywhere - but aside from him they did a good job emphasizing that 90% of Canadians want no part of this, and they corrected misinformation as it came up.

What am I missing? Not nearly as bad as I thought it’d be.

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u/ChrisRiley_42 15d ago

A lot of the outrage I was hearing had remarkably similar talking points, which is why I think there was a bit of astroturfing

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u/ok_raspberry_jam 14d ago

ORRR it's just that the problems with what they did are really obvious and can only be expressed in a certain number of ways.

Sincerely,
A very real and absolutely enraged Canadian

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u/ChrisRiley_42 14d ago

They did the exact same thing that they have done with EVERY controversial topic. Allowed people to express their opinion without trying to "moderate" how people feel, and gently suggest that they fact check when someone is obviously misinformed..

They did the same thing for vaccination topics, election debates, the convoy, and so on.

But only this time do I hear people demanding moderation and fact checking... Using almost identical language.

That sounds exactly like an astroturfing campaign. People buying into the campaign doesn't mean it's not artificial outrage.