A veteran journalist has resigned from Canada’s public broadcaster while making her reasons for quitting public, saying CBC News embodies “the worst trends in mainstream media.”
“In a short period of time, the CBC went from being a trusted source of news to churning out clickbait that reads like a parody of the student press,” wrote Tara Henley on Jan. 3 on Substack, a web and newsletter platform increasingly popular with journalists and authors seeking greater independence.
