CBC Newsworld TV had an article today about the rescue of some lost Newfoundlanders. Their graphics included a full-screen display of a solid-red map of Newfoundland. Now, I've only touched down in St. John's, but I'm pretty sure that Newfoundland is not actually red.
So why red?
Well, it matches the background colours on Newsworld, which are red.
Which also happens to be the official colour of the Liberal Party of Canada.
Which means that everytime you turn your TV to CBC Newsworld, you are confronted with an implicit message that the Liberal Party represents the way things are, or should be for Canadians; the blue Tories are interlopers.
Think I'm exaggerating?
I just can't see the CBC displaying a map of Newfoundland in Tory blue. Or adopting blue as its official colour.
It's interesting that no-one at the CBC seems worried about giving the appearance of bias in favour of a particular federal political party.
To them, it's just the way it is.
And that's the way the Ball bounces.
Benefit-of-the-Doubt Update: There was a blizzard happening that day. Perhaps Newfoundland was solid red because of blizzard conditions. The comment about red being the background colour of the CBC news set stands.
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