Cable Public Affairs Channel (CPAC) – Bias and Credibility

These sources have minimal bias and use very few loaded words (wording that attempts to influence an audience by appeals to emotion or stereotypes).  The reporting is factual and usually sourced.  These are the most credible media sources. See all Least Biased Sources.

• Overall, we rate CPAC as Least Biased based on streaming and reporting directly from the House of Commons. We also rate them High for factual reporting for the same reason.

Detailed Report

Bias Rating: LEAST BIASED
Factual Reporting: HIGH
Country: Canada
MBFC’s Country Freedom Rating: EXCELLENT
Media Type: TV Station
Traffic/Popularity: Minimal Traffic
MBFC Credibility Rating: HIGH CREDIBILITY

History

CPAC is the Cable Public Affairs Channel, which was created in 1992 by a consortium of cable companies, including Rogers, Shaw, Videotron, Cogeco, EastLink, and Access Communications. They have invested more than $50 million to create and preserve this editorially independent voice. For perspective, this is the C-SPAN of Canada.

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Funded by / Ownership

The Cable Public Affairs Channel (CPAC) is owned by a consortium that includes, among other part-owners Rogers Communications, Shaw Communications, Vidéotron, Cogeco, and Eastlink.

Analysis / Bias

CPAC provides coverage of public and government affairs through streaming proceedings of the House of Commons of Canada, centered around politics just like the USA’s C-SPAN and BBC Parliament of the UK. According to Canadian Business Journal, Colette Watson, President and General Manager of CPAC, says, “Our objective is to provide Canadians with the full, unfiltered story and let them make up their minds.” Further, she added that CPAC realizes this by allowing “Canadians to provide their own context, and our owners believe this is a wonderful and necessary public service to keep democracy alive.”

In reviewing news content on the website, there was minimal bias present, and all articles were sourced from the Canadian Press.

Failed Fact Checks

• None in the Last 5 years

Overall, we rate CPAC as Least Biased based on streaming and reporting directly from the House of Commons. We also rate them High for factual reporting for the same reason. (M. Huitsing 9/13/2017) Updated (12/29/2023)

Source: https://www.cpac.ca/en/