Stursberg strikes again

So it seems the consensus is that The One -- the US simulcast wannabe-musician reality show the CBC is airing this summer -- stinks.

Why am I not surprised?

Richard Stursberg, the man in charge of CBC-TV, sees the show as

"borne of a strategy to fulfill the difficult, but not impossible, goal we have set for the network: to make CBC Television the most important and popular video platform for Canadian News, Current Affairs, Kids, and Entertainment programming."

This is the same guy who once enthused about the power of Men With Brooms to revitalize the Canadian box-office. Nice powers of judgment buddy.