Dunno. He strikes me as a bit of a snowflake who needs his own safe sapce.

Broadcast Dialogue has more details about what this special committee heard about the inner workings of the CBC, including what Dhanraj claims was the refusal that really sparked his outrage and was the last straw.

"He told the meeting that then-President Catherine Tait’s refusal to appear on his program in 2024 to speak to CBC executive bonuses and his subsequent post to Twitter, triggered retaliation that led to his departure."

Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage hears about toxic CBC culture, precarious state of local news

I’ve got to agree with TorontoStan here. The idea that Travis and his team can bigfoot the network’s flagship political program in terms of guests is frankly ridiculous. There are certainly other angles and lots of other potential reporters that his program can pursue to advance major political stories without getting in needless squabbles with his coworkers.

I agree with RA - nothing will come of this.

Some further details on yesterday’s testimony from the Star, which include comments from David Cochrane outlining how the guest booking system works. Cochrane also confirms he’s currently on leave from the CBC for medical reasons:

https://archive.ph/NHB7m

Walter wrote:

CBC is nothing but a Liberal government mouthpiece.  Has been for years.  About as unbiased as Pravda.

Absolute BS especially the last statement.
 

Binson Echorec wrote:

Tangentially, does anybody need to hear Sylvain Charlebois again? I'm sure he's a good person and knowledgeable but there must be someone else around that can offer something different. Sometimes, the easy "gets" aren't the good "gets".

This brings up a good point - the so-called "experts in the rolodex." These people are the go-to guests whose numbers are in every producers contact list, who never really say no when asked if they can come on the air to discuss the topic of the moment. Some of their names turned up in the thread about exclusivity. 

Sylvain Charlebois is a perfect example. Then there's the ubiquitous Dan McTeague on gas prices. Mike Moffatt, a university professor who always comments on house prices. The previously mentioned Carmy Levy on tech issues. Eric Alper on music industry issues, especially after the death of a famous artist.

Then there's David Shellnut, known as The Biking Lawyer, every time there's an incident involving a cyclist. Or Caryma S'ad, who tapes local protests with her cameraman, and turns up at almost every large gathering to document it. 

Not to mention Tom Korksi of news site Blacklock's Reporter, who as near as I can count, is on at least four stations in this area every week, including CKTB, CFRB, AM640 and Sauga960. 

These people either have something to sell or they're simply willing to come on whenever they're asked, a Godsend for producers looking to fill time. That's not to say they don't know their stuff or aren't entertaining. It's just that they're on nearly every talk station all the time. 

I'm sure there are more that I hear on the air every week, but haven't even thought of.

Walter wrote:

CBC is nothing but a Liberal government mouthpiece.  Has been for years.  About as unbiased as Pravda.

Pravda - was that not the epitome of a state propaganda outlet with the goal of creating a compliant public

How about a certain American news outlet that fills the same role, Their modus operandi :
bring out the dear leader and variios surrogates like Lindsay Graham + very friendly hosts like Sean Hannity and Jesse Watters = a compliant public that falls for the state happy talk and gaslighting. . I actually don't blame them bc that's all they hear.

Former  network employees such as Judge Napolitano,Tucker Carlson and now Megyn Kelly,  are singing a different tune.

 

torontostan wrote:

Some journalists don't understand that their job doesn't give them carte blanche to act as they please to their employer...... having their big stars (Barton & Cochrane) do the big political interviews is a perfectly reasonable ask of cbc management. Not to mention that no junior staffer at any company could ask the company's president to justify executive bonuses, and then expect that to end well for them. He's delusional 

re: .. no junior staffer at any company could ask the company's president to justify executive bonuses, and then expect that to end well for them. He's delusional. 

Bingo .. way too enthralled with his self-importance .. he's not the sharpest tool in the shed.

Dparker wrote:

He was hardly a junior staffer 

Not in management, not a big name, not a marquee show, no organizational responsibilities, little tenure, only ratings were 55+.... so yes, by definition he was a junior staffer

He was a known entity in news. He would appear to be leaving that behind for a lucrative new role in the right-wing grift-o-verse.

Postmedia hates The Corpse as a matter of policy. Many professional broadcasters on this board hate it because they steal audience (which is a tenuous argument but whatever).

So we've got this Travis fella. Other dedicated haters who were apparently also employees include Jesse Brown and Richard Syrett. Not high on the list for sound minds at the moment.

Are there any (relatively) normal former employees with reasonable grievances that could sway an exhausted and unwashed mass public that the CBC sucks arse?