Publicly funded networks take more diversity risks than commercial ones

Evidence

Nawaz speculates why the show was a success in Canada but not in the United States: “I think Canada, you know, we were one step removed from 9/11 so that rawness wasn’t there in the country. The networks were more willing to take a chance on a subject like this. Also, the network is the CBC [Canadian Broadcasting Corporation], which is a publicly owned and funded television station. It’s a not-forprofit station so they don’t have to worry about profit-making as much as representing the diversity and the regionality of the country.” — Evelyn Alsultany, Arabs and Muslims in the Media, 1415 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Publicly funded TV networks can take creative risks that profit-driven ones avoid — Evelyn Alsultany, Arabs and Muslims in the Media: Race…, 1415

Broader Connections

• Publicly funded TV networks can take creative risks that profit-driven ones avoid #expands (0.95) — Evelyn Alsultany, Arabs and Muslims in the Media, 1415