Canada

I lean left and find CBC to be fairly reliable. It's liberal.

Honestly, I think the most valuable CBC entity is The National. I trust that people who have been literal war reporters can help guide me to take in content that I would never watch on the internet on my own (Ukraine war footage, etc). There is something so chaotic about having complete access to all war footage and everything and not being able to trust myself to know if I'm informing myself or simply being a voyeur... When The National plays war footage, I'm filled with a sense of relief that fairly trustworthy journalists and editors have decided that the footage they play is something that the general public can see without terror, and that it is also important for the public to see. It's like how I needed to build up trust with a certain history podcaster before attempting to listen to the Nanking and Kmer Rouge episodes. There are certain topics that I believe people need their hand held a bit to engage in so I think the CBC does a good job. Maybe it sounds cheesy or something but in the book Oryx and Crake the teen boys watch horrible stuff on the internet and become desensitized, and no longer really have the ability to understand what is real and important or not. I read it as a teen myself and it terrified me how prescient that book was. I don't want the serious stuff in this world to just become noise to me - having framers or meaning-makers or guides is important.

I'd rather trust experienced journalists at the CBC than random hacks throwing content at my face... It depends on the topic of course, but I honestly believe that the CBC is neutral seeming as a leftist and that is good good good news. Of course there is bias in everything but if a news piece seems neutral, it means the journalists are doing their jobs and I don't feel like I'm being manipulated or having my rage stoked up so much (like some other news sites with clear agendas).

I'll never forget the episode of the National where they aired Trudeau stumbling over his words for a question, taking a deep inhale and then getting cut off... I burst out laughing and told my parents "people who think the CBC is Trudeau's mouthpiece should see this clip". It was a few months ago, can't remember the scenario now but it was absolutely comical. It did honestly show Trudeau's unpreparedness/unwillingness to answer a question on a serious topic but it was also hilarious.