The National last night (April 30, 2024) was the worst exercise in journalism I have ever witnessed on C. B. C. The first 20 minutes at least (I couldn't take any more) was devoted to the student protests at Columbia University rather than any number of more significant news events in Canada or abroad. Almost the entire coverage featured a camera shot of NYPD officers standing in the street doing nothing. Adrienne Arsenault tried desperately to ad-lib a commentary but really had nothing to say. Why didn't the producer/director of the show switch to another story when it was so obvious that this one was going nowhere?
Review of The National
