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{{Short description|Division of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation}}
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'''CBC News''' is the division of the [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]] responsible for the news gathering and production of news programs on the corporation's English-language operations, including [[CBC Television]], [[CBC Radio]], [[CBC News Network]], and [[CBC.ca]]. Founded in 1941 by the [[public broadcaster]], CBC News is the largest news broadcaster in [[Canada]] and has local, regional, and national broadcasts and stations. It frequently collaborates with its organizationally separate French-language counterpart, Radio-Canada Info.

==History==
The first CBC newscast was a bilingual radio report on November 2, 1936. The CBC News Service was inaugurated during World War II on January 1, 1941, when Dan McArthur, chief news editor, had Wells Ritchie prepare for the announcer [[Charles Jennings (journalist)|Charles Jennings]] a national report at 8:00&nbsp;pm. Previously, CBC relied on [[The Canadian Press]] to provide it with wire copy for its news bulletins. Readers who followed Jennings were [[Lorne Greene]], Frank Herbert and [[Earl Cameron (broadcaster)|Earl Cameron]]. ''CBC News Roundup'' (French counterpart: ''La revue de l'actualité'') started on August 16, 1943, at 7:45 pm,<ref>{{Google books|yq8IAAAAIAAJ|Annual Report of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, 1944|page=7|keywords="CBC News Roundup" 1943}}</ref> being replaced by ''[[The World at Six]]'' on October 31, 1966.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/world-at-six-50-anniversary-cbc-radio-1.3822678| title = World at Six at 50: 6 defining moments from over the years {{!}} CBC News}}</ref>

On English-language television the first newscast, part of ''[[CBC News Magazine|CBC Newsmagazine]]'', was given on September 8, 1952, on [[CBLT-DT#History|CBLT]] (Toronto), the only English station then telecasting. Later that year ''CBC National News'' was introduced (anchors: [[Larry Henderson]], [[Earl Cameron (broadcaster)|Earl Cameron]], [[Stanley Burke]]), then changing its name to ''[[The National (TV program)|The National]]'' in 1970.<ref>[[John Robert Colombo|Colombo, John Robert]]: {{Google books|zNYUAAAAYAAJ|Colombo's Canadian references|page=99|keywords="CBC National News"}}</ref>

The CBC began delivering news online in 1996 via the Newsworld Online website.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Newsworld Online delivers breaking news |url=http://www.cbc.ca/10th/timelineContent/19960703_breaking.html |access-date=July 24, 2018 |publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation}}</ref> The CBC News Online site launched in 1998.<ref>{{Cite web |title=CBC News Online launches |url=http://www.cbc.ca/10th/timelineContent/19981116_news.html |access-date=July 24, 2018 |publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation}}</ref> In 2017, CBC News relaunched its flagship newscast, ''The National'', with four co-anchors based in Toronto, Ottawa and Vancouver and later two anchors Monday through Thursday and a single anchor on Friday and Sunday.<ref name="FourAnchors">{{cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/the-national-new-hosts-1.4230666 |title=CBC taps Arsenault, Barton, Chang, Hanomansing to host The National revamp|work=CBC News|access-date=August 1, 2017}}</ref><ref name="gandm-newformat">{{cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/television/cbcs-the-national-is-set-to-take-on-a-new-identity-will-its-audience-follow/article36827363/ |title=CBC's The National is set to take on a new identity. Will its audience follow?|date=November 3, 2017|work=The Globe and Mail|access-date=November 6, 2017}}</ref><ref name="Globe and Mail">{{cite news |last1=Houpt |first1=Simon |title=CBC's The National to drop four-host television format |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/article-cbcs-the-national-to-drop-four-host-television-format/ |access-date=January 22, 2020 |work=Globe and Mail |date=January 22, 2020}}</ref>

==News output==
[[File:CBC News Logo.svg|thumb|CBC News logo as seen in 2019]]In November 2023, the CBC joined with the [[International Consortium of Investigative Journalists]], {{ill|Paper trail media|lt=Paper Trail Media|de}} and 69 media partners including [[Distributed Denial of Secrets]] and the [[Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project]] (OCCRP) and more than 270 journalists in 55 countries and territories<ref name=":02">{{Cite web |date=2023-11-14 |title=Inside Cyprus Confidential: The data-driven journalism that helped expose an island under Russian influence - ICIJ |url=https://www.icij.org/investigations/cyprus-confidential/leaked-data-journalism-methodology/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231130214812/https://www.icij.org/investigations/cyprus-confidential/leaked-data-journalism-methodology/ |archive-date=2023-11-30 |access-date=2023-12-24 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2023-11-14 |title=About the Cyprus Confidential investigation - ICIJ |url=https://www.icij.org/investigations/cyprus-confidential/about-cyprus-confidential-investigation/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231121093552/https://www.icij.org/investigations/cyprus-confidential/about-cyprus-confidential-investigation/ |archive-date=2023-11-21 |access-date=2023-12-24 |language=en-US}}</ref> to produce the '[[Cyprus Confidential]]' report on the financial network which supports the regime of [[Vladimir Putin]], mostly with connections to Cyprus, and showed Cyprus to have strong links with high-up figures in the Kremlin, some of whom have been sanctioned.<ref>{{cite news |date=15 November 2023 |title=Cyprus Confidential: Leaked Roman Abramovich documents raise fresh questions for Chelsea FC: ICIJ-led investigation reveals how Mediterranean island ignores Russian atrocities and western sanctions to cash in on Putin's oligarchs |language=en |newspaper=The Irish Times |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/business/financial-services/2023/11/15/cyprus-confidential-leaked-roman-abramovich-documents-raise-fresh-questions-for-chelsea-fc/ |access-date=15 November 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=14 November 2023 |title=Cyprus Confidential - ICIJ |url=https://www.icij.org/investigations/cyprus-confidential/ |access-date=14 November 2023 |website=www.icij.org}}</ref> Government officials including Cyprus president [[Nikos Christodoulides]]<ref name=":72">{{Cite web |date=2023-11-15 |title=Cypriot president pledges government probe into Cyprus Confidential revelations - ICIJ |url=https://www.icij.org/investigations/cyprus-confidential/cypriot-president-pledges-government-probe-into-cyprus-confidential-revelations/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231214203142/https://www.icij.org/investigations/cyprus-confidential/cypriot-president-pledges-government-probe-into-cyprus-confidential-revelations/ |archive-date=2023-12-14 |access-date=2023-12-24 |language=en-US}}</ref> and European lawmakers<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-11-23 |title=Lawmakers call for EU crackdown after ICIJ's Cyprus Confidential revelations - ICIJ |url=https://www.icij.org/investigations/cyprus-confidential/lawmakers-call-for-eu-crackdown-after-icijs-cyprus-confidential-revelations/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231224114123/https://www.icij.org/investigations/cyprus-confidential/lawmakers-call-for-eu-crackdown-after-icijs-cyprus-confidential-revelations/ |archive-date=2023-12-24 |access-date=2023-12-24 |language=en-US}}</ref> began responding to the investigation's findings in less than 24 hours,<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |date=2023-11-15 |title=Cypriot president pledges government probe into Cyprus Confidential revelations - ICIJ |url=https://www.icij.org/investigations/cyprus-confidential/cypriot-president-pledges-government-probe-into-cyprus-confidential-revelations/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231214203142/https://www.icij.org/investigations/cyprus-confidential/cypriot-president-pledges-government-probe-into-cyprus-confidential-revelations/ |archive-date=2023-12-14 |access-date=2023-12-24 |language=en-US}}</ref> calling for reforms and launching probes.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |date=2023-11-14 |title=Cyprus ignores Russian atrocities, Western sanctions to shield vast wealth of Putin allies - ICIJ |url=https://www.icij.org/investigations/cyprus-confidential/cyprus-russia-eu-secrecy-tax-haven/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231214002320/https://www.icij.org/investigations/cyprus-confidential/cyprus-russia-eu-secrecy-tax-haven/ |archive-date=2023-12-14 |access-date=2023-12-24 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Solutions |first=BDigital Web |title=Finance Minister perturbed over 'Cyprus Confidential' |url=https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/finance-minister-perturbed-over-cyprus-confidential |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231224114126/https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/finance-minister-perturbed-over-cyprus-confidential |archive-date=2023-12-24 |access-date=2023-12-24 |website=knews.com.cy}}</ref>

===Television===
{{Main|CBC Television|CBC News Network}}
The Television News section of CBC News is responsible for the news programs on [[CBC Television]] and [[CBC News Network]], including national news programs like ''[[The National (TV program)|The National]]'',<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.cbc.ca/news/thenational| title = CBC News {{!}} The National}}</ref> ''[[Marketplace (Canadian TV program)|Marketplace]]'',<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.cbc.ca/news/marketplace| title = CBC News {{!}} Marketplace}}</ref> ''[[The Fifth Estate (TV program)|The Fifth Estate]]'',<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.cbc.ca/fifth/| title = CBC News {{!}} fifth estate}}</ref> and ''The Investigators'' with Diana Swain.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.cbc.ca/news/theinvestigators| title = CBC News {{!}} The Investigators}}</ref> It is also responsible for ''[[The Weekly with Wendy Mesley]]''<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.cbc.ca/news/theweekly| title = CBC News {{!}} The Weekly}}</ref> until its cancellation in September 2020.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Arnold |first1=Chris |title=Wendy Mesley a host without a show after CBC's The Weekly taken off air |url=https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/wendy-mesley-a-host-without-a-show-after-cbcs-the-weekly-taken-off-air |access-date=October 26, 2020 |work=National Post |date=September 22, 2020 |language=en-CA}}</ref> They are also responsible for news, business, weather and sports information for [[Air Canada]]'s inflight entertainment.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.aircanada.com/en/travelinfo/onboard/entertainment/jan07_guide.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070710071246/http://www.aircanada.com/en/travelinfo/onboard/entertainment/jan07_guide.pdf|url-status=dead|title=enRoute Guide (January 2007)|archive-date=July 10, 2007|access-date=June 26, 2021}}</ref>

====Local====
{{Main|CBC Television local newscasts}}
Most local newscasts on CBC Television are branded as ''CBC News: [city/province name]'', such as ''CBC News: Toronto at Six''. Local radio newscasts are heard on the half-hour during morning and afternoon drive shows and on the hour at other times during the day.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://friends.ca/explore/article/cbc-news-renewal-presentation/|title=CBC News renewal presentation &#124; FRIENDS of Canadian Broadcasting|website=friends.ca|access-date=June 26, 2021|archive-date=June 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210626004213/https://friends.ca/explore/article/cbc-news-renewal-presentation/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.cbc.ca/programguide/program/radio_news_toronto| title = CBC.ca - Program Guide - Programs}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.cbc.ca/programguide/program/radio_news_ottawa| title = CBC.ca - Program Guide - Programs}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.cbc.ca/programguide/program/radio_news_sudbury| title = CBC.ca - Program Guide - Programs}}</ref>

===Radio===
{{Main|CBC Radio}}
The Radio News section of CBC News produces on-the-hour updates for the CBC's national radio newscasts and provides content for regional updates. Major radio programs include ''[[World Report (CBC)|World Report]]'', ''The World at Six'', ''[[The World This Hour]]'' and ''The World this Weekend''. The majority of news and information is aired on [[CBC Radio One]]. All newscasts are available on demand online, via apps or via voice-activated virtual assistants.

===Online===
CBC News Online is the CBC's [[CBC.ca]] news website. Launched in 1996, it was named one of the most popular news websites in Canada in 2012.<ref>[http://cbc.radio-canada.ca/about/services.shtml] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120205104154/http://cbc.radio-canada.ca/about/services.shtml|date=February 5, 2012}}</ref> The website provides regional, national, and international news coverage, and investigative, politics, business, arts and entertainment, investigative, politics, business, entertainment, Indigenous, health, science and tech news. An Opinion section was reintroduced in November 2016. Many reports are accompanied by podcasting, audio and video from the CBC's television and radio news services. CBC News content is available on multiple platforms including Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.<ref name="cbc._Thro">{{Cite web| title = Through the Years| work = cbc.radio-canada.ca| access-date = June 25, 2021| url = https://cbc.radio-canada.ca/en/your-public-broadcaster/history| quote = Radio-Canada's journalism laboratory experiments with new digital content formats. Its team focuses on the news and issues that are important to young adults and digital citizens. Rad.ca Facebook page Instagram page Youtube channel}}</ref>

In November 2022, the CBC launched '''CBC News Explore''', a [[free ad-supported streaming television]] service.<ref name=ransome>Noel Ransome, [https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/television/2022/11/30/cbc-launches-free-ad-supported-streaming-channel-cbc-news-explore.html "CBC launches free ad-supported streaming channel CBC News Explore"]. ''[[Toronto Star]]'', November 30, 2022.</ref> In addition to existing CBC news and information programming, new original programming on the service includes ''About That'', a daily news and interview show hosted by [[Andrew Chang]]; ''Planet Wonder'', an environmental news series hosted by Johanna Wagstaffe; ''Big'', a documentary series about industry; and ''This Week in Canada'', which highlights local news stories from the CBC's local news bureaux in various cities.<ref name=ransome/>

=== Network ===
{{Main|CBC News Network}}

CBC News Network (formerly CBC Newsworld) is an English-language news channel owned and operated by the CBC. It began broadcasting on July 31, 1989, from several regional studios in Halifax, Toronto, Winnipeg and Calgary. It was revamped and relaunched as the CBC News Network in 2009 as part of a larger renewal of the CBC News division. Current programs include ''CBC News Now'' (based in Toronto with Heather Hiscox, Suhana Meharchand, Carole MacNeil, John Northcott, Andrew Nichols (weekdays) and Aarti Pole and Michael Serapio (weekends), ''[[Power & Politics]]'' (based in Ottawa with host [[David Cochrane (journalist)|David Cochrane]]), and ''[[The National (TV program)|The National]]'' (with Adrienne Arsenault (Toronto), Ian Hanomansing (Vancouver) and Rosemary Barton hosting the weekly ''At Issue'' panel (Ottawa)).<ref>{{Cite web |title=CBC makes changes at 'The National' ahead of free streaming channel launch {{!}} CityNews Ottawa |url=https://ottawa.citynews.ca/2022/06/30/cbc-makes-changes-at-the-national-ahead-of-free-streaming-channel-launch-5535959/ |access-date=2023-12-29 |website=ottawa.citynews.ca|date=July 2022 }}</ref> The network dropped the four-anchor format on January 22, 2020, and had Arsenault and Chang co-anchor from Monday through Thursday with Hanomansing as solo anchor for the Friday and Sunday editions. Barton became the chief political correspondent for CBC News; she continues to host ''The National'''s weekly "At Issue" political panel along with her own politics based program, ''Rosemary Barton Live'' which airs on Sundays.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-10-20 |title=New CBC shows with Rosemary Barton and Vassy Kapelos to boost political and COVID-19 coverage |url=https://www.straight.com/news/new-cbc-shows-with-rosemary-barton-and-vassy-kapelos-to-boost-political-and-covid-19-coverage |access-date=2023-12-29 |website=The Georgia Straight |language=en}}</ref> In early 2023, CBC dropped the co-anchor format in favour of single anchor everyday. Adrienne Arsenault continues to host the show Monday through Thursday with Hanomansing hosting on Friday and Sunday.

===Weather centre===
In November 2005, the CBC News Weather Centre was established to cover [[climate of Canada|local]] and international weather, using in part data provided by [[Environment Canada]]. [[Claire Martin (meteorologist)|Claire Martin]] was hired to serve as the primary face of the Weather Centre.<ref>{{Cite web |title=CBC News Announces 'CBC News: Weather Centre' |date=November 30, 2001 |url=http://www.channelcanada.com/canadian-channels/nets/cbc/cbc-news-announces-cbc-news-weather-centre |access-date=March 23, 2018}}</ref>

In April 2014, the national weather centre was effectively disbanded due to CBC budget cuts (Martin had left the CBC a few months prior). Weather presenters at local CBC stations were retained but with the added responsibility of supplying reports for ''[[The National (CBC)|The National]]'' and [[CBC News Network]].<ref name="tgam-cbc-twn">{{cite news |last=Houpt |first=Simon |date=November 10, 2014 |title=Its outlook stormy, CBC turns to the Weather Network |work=[[The Globe and Mail]] |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/cbc-weather-network-strike-partnership/article21524153/ |access-date=December 30, 2014}}</ref>

In November 2014, citing difficulties implementing this new system, the CBC announced a one-year trial content sharing partnership with [[The Weather Network]], the privately owned cable specialty channel, which went into effect on December 8. Under the partnership, in exchange for access to weather-related news coverage from the CBC, The Weather Network provides the national weather reports seen on ''The National'' and CBCNN daytime programming, as well as local forecasts for [[CBLT-DT|CBC Toronto]]'s weekend newscasts.<ref name="tgam-cbc-twn" /> Apart from Toronto, weather coverage during local newscasts was not affected, and [[CBUT-DT|CBC Vancouver]] meteorologist Johanna Wagstaffe continues to provide weather coverage for the Vancouver-based (primetime) editions of ''[[CBC News Now]]'' on CBC News Network.<ref name="cbc._Joha">{{Cite web| title = Johanna Wagstaffe | work = CBC Media Centre | access-date = June 25, 2021| url = https://www.cbc.ca/mediacentre/bio/johanna-wagstaffe }}</ref>

Most local CBC stations have retained their weather team to provide local weather information, including:
* Johanna Wagstaffe – CBC Vancouver meteorologist
* John Sauder – CBC Manitoba meteorologist
* Jay Scotland – CBC PEI meteorologist
* Karen Johnson – CBC Toronto and Windsor weather specialist
* Catherine Verdon-Diamond – CBC Montreal weather specialist
* Tanara McLean – CBC Edmonton/Calgary weather specialist{{citation needed|date=June 2021}}

The content partnership with the Weather Network has continued beyond the original one-year period; the partnership has also been expanded. The weather section of [[CBC.ca]] has been phased out in favour of forecasts from The Weather Network; further, local CBC news headlines are displayed on the latter's website.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Local Weather - Toronto, Ontario |url=http://www.cbc.ca/weather/s0000458.html |access-date=March 13, 2016 |publisher=[[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]] News |quote=Changes are coming to the weather pages you are visiting at CBCNews.ca. Starting soon, weather pages such as this will no longer be available. Instead, CBC News has partnered with The Weather Network to provide weather information on CBCNews.ca pages. Please visit your local news page to find your local news and weather. |url-status=deviated |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160317081522/http://www.cbc.ca/weather/s0000458.html |archive-date= Mar 17, 2016 }}</ref>

==Programming==

===Television===
CBC News provides the following television programs.

Current programs:

*''[[The National (CBC)|The National]]'', flagship news program
*''[[CBC News Now]]''
*''[[The Fifth Estate (TV)|The Fifth Estate]]'', weekly news magazine
*''[[Marketplace (Canadian TV program)|Marketplace]]'', consumer news magazine
*''[[Power & Politics]]'', political news program
*''The Investigators with Diana Swain''
*[[CBC Television local newscasts|Local newscasts]]
*Documentary series ''[[Doc Zone]]'', ''[[The Passionate Eye]]'', CBC Docs POV and ''[[The Nature of Things]]'' air on CBC News Network but are not produced by CBC News.
*''[[Rosemary Barton Live]]'', Sunday news program replacing ''[[The Weekly with Wendy Mesley]]''
*''[[Hanomansing Tonight]]'', weekday news program replacing ''Canada Tonight''

Former programs:

*''[[CBC News Magazine]]'' (1952–81)
*''[[The Journal (Canadian TV series)|The Journal]]'' (1982–92)
*''[[CBC Prime Time News]]'' (1992–1995)
*''[[Mansbridge One on One]]'' (1999–2017)
*''[[The Exchange (TV series)|The Exchange]]'' (2009–2016)
*''[[On the Money (2016 TV series)|On the Money]]'', business news program (2016–2018)
*''[[The Weekly with Wendy Mesley]]'' (2018–2020)
*''[[Canada Tonight with Ginella Massa|Canada Tonight]]'', weekday news program, premiered with [[Ginella Massa]] as host, with [[Dwight Drummond]] as temporary host from October 2022 while Massa was on parental leave,<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2022-10-27 |title=Revolving Door |url=https://broadcastdialogue.com/?p=54164 |access-date=2022-12-29 |website=Broadcast Dialogue |language=}}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet|number=1582539084005748736|user=Ginella_M|title=That's a wrap for me on Canada Tonight as I head off on maternity leave! All the best to @dwightdrummond who takes over hosting duties for the next year starting Monday Oct 24th. See you next year! ✌🏾|author=Ginella Massa|date=2022-10-18}}</ref> and then [[Travis Dhanraj]] as permanent host January 2024 following Massa's departure from CBC.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Thiessen |first=Connie |date=2023-11-20 |title=Travis Dhanraj named new host of CBC's 'Canada Tonight' |url=https://broadcastdialogue.com/travis-dhanraj-named-new-host-of-cbcs-canada-tonight/ |access-date=2024-01-23 |website=Broadcast Dialogue |language=en-US}}</ref>

===Radio===
CBC News provides the following radio programs.
*''[[World Report (CBC)|World Report]]'', morning newscast
*''The World This Hour'', hourly newscast
*''[[The World at Six]]'', national dinner-hour newscast
*''The World This Weekend''
*''[[The House (radio)|The House]]'', weekly national political affairs show
*Local newscasts

=== Digital ===
CBC Digital provides the following services:

* CBCNews.ca website and Digital News App
* Live and on-demand streaming of radio and TV news programming
* Podcasts (broadcast highlights and original content like ''[[Missing and Murdered: Finding Cleo|Finding Cleo]]'')
* Social media including Facebook. Instagram and Snapchat. CBC News Twitter feed has over 2.5M followers.
* Digital delivery of CBC News in airports, trains, elevators and coffee chain

==Bias allegations{{anchor|Allegations_of_liberal_bias}}==
Public surveys in 2002 suggest that the CBC was viewed with having a left-wing bias.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://policyoptions.irpp.org/fr/magazines/kyoto/is-cbc-really-biased/ |first1=Tiziana |last1=Carafa |website=Options politiques |title=Is CBC Really Biased? |date=December 1, 2002 |access-date=September 6, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/public-policy-2002/cbc-television-news-has-a-bias-problem/ |website= Policy Options |title=CBC Television News has a bias problem |date=July 1, 2002 |access-date=September 6, 2021}}</ref> 

In 2009, CBC President Hubert Lacroix commissioned a study to determine whether its news was biased, and if so, to what extent. He said: "Our job — and we take it seriously — is to ensure that the information that we put out is fair and unbiased in everything that we do."<ref name="Study">{{Cite web |title=CBC to study whether its news is biased |url=http://www.ottawasun.com/news/canada/2010/05/13/13940176.html |date=May 13, 2010 |first1=Althia |last1=Raj |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100517051012/http://www.ottawasun.com/news/canada/2010/05/13/13940176.html |archive-date=May 17, 2010 |publisher=Ottawa Sun}}</ref> The study suggests Canadians perceived the CBC as having a more left-of-centre bias than other Canadian news organizations.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news2/pdf/public-opinionreporteng-oct1_10.pdf |publisher=Ipsos Reid |website=CBC |title=The News Fairness and Balance Report |date=September 2010 |access-date=September 4, 2021}}</ref>

A 2017 survey of Canadians found that CBC TV was the most biased national news media outlet (perceived biased by 50% of Canadians overall, tied with ''The Globe and Mail'') followed closely by CBC Radio (perceived biased by 49% of Canadians overall). Respondents, especially those from Alberta, predominantly saw a bias towards CBC TV and radio coverage favouring the Liberal party, a view that held consistently across Conservative, Liberal and NDP voters.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://abacusdata.ca/canadian-news-media-and-fake-news-under-a-microscope/ |website=Abacus Data |first1=David |last1=Coletto |first2=Bruce |last2=Anderson |title=Canadian News Media And "Fake News" Under A Microscope |date=April 29, 2017 |access-date=September 6, 2021}}</ref>

In October 2025, the network was criticized for a report by Ben Makuch on ''the National'' about Ukrainian military training in the [[Russo-Ukrainian War|Russo-Ukrainian war]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Makuch |first=Ben |date=October 8, 2025 |title=How Russia is recruiting civilians into its shadow war |url=https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.6932030 |access-date=October 12, 2025 |work=CBC News}}</ref> The report featured an in-person interview with a soldier from the [[3rd Assault Brigade]], a unit with historical ties to [[Neo-Nazism]], and portrayed him in a positive light.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-05-27 |title=L'armée française accusée d'avoir entraîné des néonazis ukrainiens dans la Creuse |url=https://www.lejdd.fr/international/larmee-francaise-accusee-davoir-entraine-des-neonazis-ukrainiens-dans-la-creuse-145694 |access-date=2025-10-12 |website=lejdd.fr |language=fr}}</ref> During the interview, the CBC blurred a tattoo on the soldier's arm, which was clearly visible in some frames as a [[swastika]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Landau |first=Jake |title=CBC's The National interviewed a Nazi and tried to cover it up |url=https://www.jakelandau.ca/p/cbcs-the-national-interviewed-a-nazi |access-date=2025-10-12 |website=www.jakelandau.ca |language=en}}</ref>

== Hall of Fame ==
The CBC News Hall of Fame was established in 2015 to honour men and women who have shaped Canadian journalism. Located in CBC's Toronto headquarters, inductees include:

* 2015 – [[Knowlton Nash]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Knowlton Nash named inaugural inductee to CBC News Hall of Fame |publisher=CBC News |date=Apr 22, 2015 |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/knowlton-nash-named-inaugural-inductee-to-cbc-news-hall-of-fame-1.3044135 |access-date=July 24, 2018}}</ref>
* 2016 – [[Joe Schlesinger]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Joe Schlesinger latest inductee into CBC News Hall of Fame |publisher=CBC News |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/joe-schlesinger-cbc-news-hall-of-fame-1.3649631 |access-date=July 24, 2018}}</ref>
* 2017 – [[Barbara Frum]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Barbara Frum latest inductee into CBC News Hall of Fame |publisher=CBC News |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/barbara-frum-cbc-news-hof-1.4180116 |access-date=July 24, 2018}}</ref>
* 2018 – [[Trina McQueen]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Broadcast trailblazer Trina McQueen inducted into CBC News Hall of Fame |publisher=CBC News |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/trina-mcqueen-cbc-news-hall-of-fame-1.4707583 |access-date=July 24, 2018}}</ref>
* 2019 – [[Matthew Halton]] and [[Peter Stursberg]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Wartime correspondents inducted into CBC News Hall of Fame |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/cbcnews-hall-halton-stursberg-1.5173712 |access-date=26 August 2022 |work=CBC News |date=14 June 2019}}</ref>
* 2020 – [[Ernest Tucker]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Weaver |first1=Jackson |title=Journalist Ernest Tucker inducted into CBC News Hall of Fame |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/ernest-tucker-cbc-news-hall-of-fame-1.5841416 |access-date=26 August 2022 |work=CBC News |date=15 December 2020}}</ref>
* 2021 – [[Rassi Nashalik]]<ref name=":0">{{cite news|date=August 7, 2021|title=CBC's first Inuktitut-speaking daily TV news host to be honoured in Hall of Fame|work=CBC News|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/cbc-s-first-inuktitut-tv-host-to-be-honored-in-hall-of-fame-1.6131715|access-date=August 15, 2021}}</ref>

==Ombudsman==
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The CBC sets out to maintain its accuracy, integrity and fairness in its journalism. As a Canadian institution and a press undertaking, the CBC set out the Journalistic Standards and Practices and works in compliance with these principles. Balanced viewpoints must be presented through on-the-air discussions. As it is with other public and private journalistic undertakings, credibility in the eyes of the general population is seen as the corporation's most valuable asset. The CBC Ombudsman is completely independent of CBC program staff and management, reporting directly to the President of the CBC and, through the President, to the corporation's board of directors.<ref>{{cite news |title=The Office of the Ombudsman |publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |url=http://www.cbc.ca/ombudsman/ |url-status=dead |access-date=April 29, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19980208170109/http://www.cbc.ca/ombudsman/ |archive-date=February 8, 1998}}</ref>{{citation needed|date=July 2022}}

==Bureaus==
[[Image:CBC building, Ottawa.JPG|right|thumb|150px|[[CBC Ottawa Broadcast Centre]] in [[Ottawa]]]]
[[Image:cbc-bldg.jpg|right|thumb|150px|[[Maison de Radio-Canada]] in [[Montreal]]]]
[[Image:CBC Centre.JPG|right|thumb|[[Canadian Broadcasting Centre]] in [[Toronto]]]]

CBC has reporters stationed in the following cities. Main cities are listed with the notation (M).
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* [[Whitehorse, Yukon]] (M)
* [[Victoria, British Columbia]]
* [[Vancouver]], British Columbia (M)
* [[Kamloops]], British Columbia
* [[Kelowna]], British Columbia
* [[Nelson, British Columbia|Nelson]], British Columbia
* [[Prince George, British Columbia|Prince George]], British Columbia
* [[Prince Rupert, British Columbia|Prince Rupert]], British Columbia
* [[Yellowknife]], Northwest Territories (M)
* [[Inuvik]], Northwest Territories
* [[Calgary]], Alberta (M)
* [[Edmonton]], Alberta (M)
* [[Fort McMurray]], Alberta
* [[Grande Prairie]], Alberta
* [[Lethbridge]], Alberta
* [[Saskatoon]], Saskatchewan
* [[Regina, Saskatchewan]] (M)
* [[Winnipeg]], Manitoba (M)
* [[Brandon, Manitoba]]
* [[Thunder Bay]], Ontario
* [[Windsor, Ontario]] (M)
* [[London, Ontario]]
* [[Greater Sudbury|Sudbury]], Ontario
* [[Kingston, Ontario]]
* [[Kitchener, Ontario|Kitchener-Waterloo]], Ontario
* [[Hamilton, Ontario]]
* [[Toronto]], Ontario (M)
* [[Ottawa]], Ontario (M)
* [[Montreal]], Quebec (M)
* [[Quebec City]], Quebec (M)
* [[Sherbrooke]], Quebec
* [[Fredericton]], New Brunswick (M)
* [[Saint John, New Brunswick]]
* [[Happy Valley-Goose Bay]], Newfoundland and Labrador
* [[Moncton]], New Brunswick
* [[Bathurst, New Brunswick|Bathurst]], New Brunswick
* [[Halifax, Nova Scotia]] (M)
* [[Charlottetown]], [[Prince Edward Island]] (M)
* [[Sydney, Nova Scotia]]
* [[Corner Brook]], Newfoundland and Labrador
* [[Gander, Newfoundland and Labrador]]
* [[St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador]] (M)
* [[Iqaluit]], [[Nunavut]]
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Currently vacant:

* [[Thompson, Manitoba|Thompson]], Manitoba
* [[Labrador City]], Newfoundland and Labrador
* [[Hay River, Northwest Territories|Hay River]], Northwest Territories{{citation needed|date=June 2021}}

===International===
* [[London]], United Kingdom (M)
* [[Jerusalem]], Israel (M)
* [[Washington, D.C.]], United States (M)
* [[New York City]], United States (M)
* [[Los Angeles]], United States

====Former====
* [[Moscow]], Russia (closed May 2022<ref>{{cite web |title=Russia closing CBC's Moscow bureau in retaliation for Canada banning Russian state TV |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/russia-closes-cbc-bureau-1.6457668 |website=CBC News |access-date=5 January 2023}}</ref>)
* [[Beijing]], China (closed November 2022; English-language posting vacant since 2020<ref>{{cite web |title=CBC shutting down its China news bureau |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/china-cbc-bureau-shutting-down-1.6637691 |website=CBC News |access-date=5 January 2023}}</ref>)

CBC also uses satellite bureaus, with reporters who fly in when a story occurs outside the bureaus. In the late 1990s, the CBC and other media outlets cut back their overseas operations.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/canadian-broadcasting-corporation|title=CBC/Radio-Canada &#124; The Canadian Encyclopedia|website=www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca|access-date=June 26, 2021}}</ref>

==Foreign correspondents==

* London – [[Margaret Evans (journalist)|Margaret Evans]],<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.cbc.ca/mediacentre/bio/margaret-evans| title = Margaret Evans - CBC Media Centre}}</ref> Chris Brown,<ref>{{cite web|access-date=November 16, 2021|url=https://uk.linkedin.com/in/chris-brown-63ba65a4|title=Chris Brown - Foreign Correspondent - CBC &#124; LinkedIn|website=[[LinkedIn]]}}</ref> and Jared Thomas
* Jerusalem – Derek Stoffel<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.cbc.ca/mediacentre/bio/derek-stoffel| title = Derek Stoffel - CBC Media Centre}}</ref>
* Washington, D.C. – [[Paul Hunter (journalist)|Paul Hunter]]<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.cbc.ca/mediacentre/bio/paul-hunter| title = Paul Hunter - CBC Media Centre}}</ref>/[[Katie Simpson]] with Matt Kwong, Ellen Mauro, and Lyndsay Duncombe<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.cbc.ca/mediacentre/bio/lyndsay-duncombe| title = Lyndsay Duncombe - CBC Media Centre}}</ref>
* New York – Kris Reyes
* Los Angeles –

==See also==
{{Portal|Television|Canada}}
*[[List of Canadian Broadcasting Corporation personalities]]
*[[Ici Radio-Canada Télé]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.cbc.ca/news CBC News]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080302002438/http://www.cbc.radio-canada.ca/annualreports/ CBC Annual Reports (1996–97 to present)]

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